2025 bills / H.B. 306
H.B. 306 Precious Metals Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Vetoed by governor (stopped here)
What this bill does
This bill extends the state treasurer's precious metals study requirement and adds a sunset date to it. It directs the treasurer to run a competitive bidding process for a payment system backed by precious metals, set rules for the request for proposals, evaluate bids, and report yearly to a legislative committee.
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Official description
- extends and adds a sunset date to the state treasurer's precious metals study requirement
- requires the state treasurer to develop and issue a competitive procurement for a precious metals-backed electronic payment system
- establishes requirements for the request for proposals
- requires the state treasurer to evaluate proposals
- requires annual reporting to the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee
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Every vote
- 14 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 14 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 71 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · Feb 13, 2025Who voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 26, 2025Who voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Revenue and Taxation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 26, 2025Who voted how
- 22 yes, 4 no, 3 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
- 58 yes, 6 no, 11 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how