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Alabama
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None
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Alaska
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HB 196
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Requires the adoption of regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that provides for (A) the use of block chain technology to protect election data; (B) development of a voter authentication system that (i) assigns digital multi-factor authentication security identifiers to all registered voters; (ii) ensures a qualitative voter authentication method for voters voting at a location other than a polling place; and (iii) includes an alternative authentication process for voters unable to use digital multi-factor authentication.
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SB 39 |
Requires the adoption of regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that provides for (A) the use of the most functional application of distributed ledger technology, which may include blockchain, Hashgraph, DAG, Holochain, or Tempo, to protect election data; (B) development of a voter authentication system that (i) assigns digital multi-factor authentication security identifiers to all registered voters; (ii) ensures a qualitative voter authentication method for voters voting at a location other than a polling place; and (iii) includes an alternative authentication process for voters unable to use digital multi-factor authentication. |
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Arkansas
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None
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Arizona
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HB 2544
Signed by governor 5/7/21, Chapter 339
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Establishes the blockchain and cryptocurrency study committee.
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SB 112
Signed by governor with line-item veto 7/12/21, Chapter 69
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Makes appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021-22 fiscal year. Requires the Department of Technology to consider the use of various technologies that support privacy protections, including blockchain technology or single digital identifiers, when planning and developing the Digital Identification pilot program.
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SB 129 |
Makes appropriations for the support of state government for the 2021-22 fiscal year. Requires the Department of Technology to consider the use of various technologies that support privacy protections, including blockchain technology or single digital identifiers, when planning and developing the Digital Identification pilot program.
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California
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SB 638
Passed Senate 5/10/21
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Existing law, the General Corporation Law, authorizes the formation of a corporation by executing and submitting articles of incorporation to the secretary of state for filing, according to specified procedures. Existing law, the Social Purpose Corporations Act, authorizes the formation of a social purpose corporation by executing and submitting articles of incorporation to the secretary of state for filing, as specified. Existing law authorizes, until Jan. 1, 2022, a corporation or a social purpose corporation that does not have outstanding securities listed on specified securities exchanges to adopt provisions within its articles of incorporation authorizing records administered by or on behalf of the corporation in which the names of all of the corporation’s stockholders of record, the address and number of shares registered in the name of each of those stockholders, and all issuances and transfers of stock of the corporation to be recorded and kept on or by means of blockchain technology, as specified. Existing law defines “blockchain technology” for these purposes to mean a mathematically secured, chronological, and decentralized consensus ledger or database. The bill delays the repeal of these provisions until Jan. 1, 2027. The bill also revises the definition of “blockchain technology” to mean a decentralized data system, in which the data stored is mathematically verifiable, that uses distributed ledgers or databases to store specialized data in the permanent order of transactions recorded. The bill provides that these provisions do not alter or affect a corporation’s obligations to comply with applicable privacy laws.
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California
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SB 689
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Existing law requires the state registrar, local registrar, or county recorder, upon request and payment of the required fee, to supply to an applicant a certified copy of the record of a birth, fetal death, death, marriage, or marriage dissolution registered with the official. Existing law requires the certificate to contain certain information and to be printed on chemically sensitized security paper, as specified. This bill authorizes a certified copy of a birth, death, or marriage record issued pursuant to those provisions to be issued, in addition to the required method described above, by means of blockchain technology, as defined. Existing law requires the secretary of the Government Operations Agency to appoint a blockchain working group and requires that group to submit a report containing specified information related to blockchain technology to the Legislature on or before July 1, 2020. This bill revises and recasts the definition of blockchain for purposes of those provisions.
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Colorado
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HB 1268
Signed by governor 6/18/21, Chapter 258
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Requires the state institutions of higher education to study potential uses of emerging technologies to more effectively manage state's water supply. Includes in the emerging technologies blockchain-based documentation, communication, and authentication of data regarding water use; fulfillment of obligations under Colorado's system of prior appropriation, including augmentation plans; and water conservation.
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Connecticut
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SB 1039
Signed by governor 7/12/21, Special Act 21-25
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Requires (1) the Department of Administrative Services to issue a request for information for the incorporation of blockchain technology to make a state administrative function more efficient or cost effective, and (2) the Department of Economic and Community Development to develop a plan to promote existing remote work workspaces and incentivize the creation of new remote work workspaces. |
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Delaware
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None
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District of Columbia
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None
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Florida
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HB 4119
Died in committee 4/30/21
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Provides an appropriation for the Food Equity & Racial Disparities in Food Supply Chain Blockchain Pilot: St. Petersburg.
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Georgia
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None
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Guam
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None
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Hawaii
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HB 622
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Requires the Hawaii technology development corporation to establish a blockchain working group to recommend a definition for blockchain technology and make recommendations for individuals, businesses, and state agencies to use blockchain technology and report to the legislature. Appropriates funds.
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Hawaii
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SCR 93
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Requests the office of enterprise technology services to conduct a study on the potential benefits and value of blockchain technology to state government administration and affairs.
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Hawaii
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SR 72
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Requests the office of enterprise technology services to conduct a study on the potential benefits and value of blockchain technology to state government administration and affairs.
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Idaho
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HB 327
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Relates to financial technology; amends title 26, Idaho Code, by the addition of a new chapter 38, title 26, Idaho Code, to provide a short title, to define terms, to provide for utility tokens, to provide for powers and duties of the director, and to provide remedies for violations; and amends title 26, Idaho Code, by the addition of a new chapter 39, title 26, Idaho Code, to provide a short title, to define terms, to provide for a financial technology sandbox and a certain waiver, to provide for a financial technology sandbox application, to provide for the operation of the financial technology sandbox, to provide for revocation or suspension of the financial technology sandbox authorization, to provide for extension of the sandbox period, and to provide for rules and orders, bonds, restitution and applicability of the administrative procedure act.
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Illinois
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None
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Indiana
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None
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Iowa
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HF 799
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Code chapter 554D, the uniform electronic transactions Act, facilitates the use of electronic transactions in commerce by giving legal recognition to electronic records, signatures, and contracts. This bill modifies the Code chapter by permitting the use of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts in electronic transactions. The bill defines “distributed ledger technology” as an electronic record of transactions or other data that is uniformly ordered, redundantly maintained or processed by one or more computers or machines to guarantee the consistency or nonrepudiation of the recorded transactions or other data and is validated by the use of cryptography. The bill defines “smart contract” as an event-driven program or computerized transaction protocol that runs on a distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger that executes the terms of a contract by taking custody over and instructing transfer of assets on the ledger. The bill adds contracts secured through distributed ledger technology and smart contracts to the definition of “contract.” The bill adds the concept of security through distributed ledger technology to the definitions of “electronic record” and “electronic signature.” The bill provides that a person who, in engaging in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, uses distributed ledger technology to secure information that the person owns or has the right to use retains the same rights of ownership or use with respect to such information as before the person secured the information using distributed ledger technology, unless in connection with a transaction with terms that expressly provide for the transfer of rights of ownership or use with respect to such information. The bill provides that a contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because the contract is a smart contract or contains a smart contract provision.
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Iowa
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SF 303
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Code chapter 554D, the uniform electronic transactions Act, facilitates the use of electronic transactions in commerce by giving legal recognition to electronic records, signatures, and contracts. This bill modifies the Code chapter by permitting the use of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts in electronic transactions. The bill defines “distributed ledger technology” as an electronic record of transactions or other data that is uniformly ordered, redundantly maintained or processed by one or more computers or machines to guarantee the consistency or nonrepudiation of the recorded transactions or other data and is validated by the use of cryptography. The bill defines “smart contract” as an event-driven program or computerized transaction protocol that runs on a distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger that executes the terms of a contract by taking custody over and instructing transfer of assets on the ledger. The bill adds contracts secured through distributed ledger technology and smart contracts to the definition of “contract.” The bill adds the concept of security through distributed ledger technology to the definitions of “electronic record” and “electronic signature.” The bill provides that a person who, in engaging in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, uses distributed ledger technology to secure information that the person owns or has the right to use retains the same rights of ownership or use with respect to such information as before the person secured the information using distributed ledger technology, unless in connection with a transaction with terms that expressly provide for the transfer of rights of ownership or use with respect to such information. The bill provides that a contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because the contract is a smart contract or contains a smart contract provision.
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Iowa
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SF 541
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Code chapter 554D, the uniform electronic transactions Act, facilitates the use of electronic transactions in commerce by giving legal recognition to electronic records, signatures, and contracts. This bill modifies the Code chapter by permitting the use of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts in electronic transactions. The bill defines “distributed ledger technology” as an electronic record of transactions or other data that is uniformly ordered, redundantly maintained or processed by one or more computers or machines to guarantee the consistency or nonrepudiation of the recorded transactions or other data and is validated by the use of cryptography. The bill defines “smart contract” as an event-driven program or computerized transaction protocol that runs on a distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger that executes the terms of a contract by taking custody over and instructing transfer of assets on the ledger. The bill adds contracts secured through distributed ledger technology and smart contracts to the definition of “contract.” The bill adds the concept of security through distributed ledger technology to the definitions of “electronic record” and “electronic signature.” The bill provides that a person who, in engaging in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, uses distributed ledger technology to secure information that the person owns or has the right to use retains the same rights of ownership or use with respect to such information as before the person secured the information using distributed ledger technology, unless in connection with a transaction with terms that expressly provide for the transfer of rights of ownership or use with respect to such information. The bill provides that a contract shall not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because the contract is a smart contract or contains a smart contract provision.
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Kansas
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None
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Kentucky
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None
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Louisiana
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None
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Maine
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None
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Maryland
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None
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Massachusetts
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None
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Michigan
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None
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Minnesota
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None
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Missouri
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None
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Montana
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None
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Nebraska
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None
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Nevada
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AB 163
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Relating to elections; requires, with certain exceptions, proof of identity for voting in person; requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, under certain circumstances, to issue voter identification cards at no cost; authorizes, under certain circumstances, a county or city clerk to use a voting system with blockchain technology; revises the deadlines for returning and counting absent ballots; prohibits, with certain exceptions, a person from returning an absent ballot or mailing ballot on behalf of a voter; requires a county or city clerk to allow any member of the public to observe the counting of ballots; revises the deadline for the completion of the canvass of an election by a board of county commissioners; eliminates the authority for a person to register to vote after the close of registration; requires the secretary of state to enter into a cooperative agreement with the state registrar of vital statistics to obtain certain information relating to the statewide voter registration list; repeals provisions relating to voting by mail ballot and conducting certain elections affected by a disaster or emergency; and provides other matters properly relating thereto.
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Nevada
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SB 110
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Creates the Emerging Technologies Task Force within the Department of Business and Industry; prescribes the membership, powers and duties of the Task Force; authorizes the director of the Department to create an Opportunity Center for Emerging Technology Businesses as part of the Office of Business Finance and Planning of the Department; and provides other matters properly relating thereto.
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New Hampshire
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None
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New Jersey
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AB 320
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This bill requires the state of New Jersey to review and approve a viable blockchain-based, digital payment platform to provide payment services to legal and licensed businesses in this state that do not have access to traditional financial services and are forced to operate in cash-only or cash-heavy environments. The purpose of the payment platform is to provide a safe, secure, and compliant system that does not exclude these businesses from participating in digital commerce. The bill requires the payment platform to provide businesses with access to cashless transactions and to secure revenue on a one-to-one basis of virtual currency to U.S. dollars. A business shall only have access to the payment platform with approval from the state. The payment platform shall provide the ability to manage and process all business expenditures and allow all transactions to be recorded on an immutable blockchain ledger. The payment platform shall facilitate regulatory compliance, provide for audits by the state, and allow for payment of sales tax to local municipalities.
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New Jersey
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AB 1178
Passed Assembly 10/29/20
SB 898
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Permits corporations to use blockchain technology for certain recordkeeping requirements.
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New Jersey
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AB 2891
SB 3132
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Creates the Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Act.
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New Mexico
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HB 296
Passed House 3/12/21
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Provides that the unexpended balance of the appropriation to the higher education department in Subsection 2 of Section 39 of Chapter 81 of Laws 2020 to plan, design and construct a blockchain center at Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque in Bernalillo county shall not be expended for the original purpose but is changed to conduct feasibility studies, to design, develop, acquire, build, improve, furnish and equip information technology and to install a distributed ledger technology system at Central New Mexico Community College.
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New York
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AB 3099
SB 5643
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Establishes the office of financial resilience to develop and implement new programs and initiatives for the purpose of supporting local economies and promoting resilient financial models.
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New York
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AB 3587
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Establishes the test, trust, and certify act to establish a protocol for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and immunity certification and to protect individuals' right to privacy; grants individuals the right to control their self-sovereign identification data; provides for the anonymization of biometric data for protection from law enforcement. "Tracking" or "contact tracing" shall mean the protocol through which the infectious spread of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and corresponding propagation of COVID-19 is monitored in individuals. Such protocol may be implemented through, but not limited to, the use of smart phone applications, an anonymized or pseudonymous digital tracing identifier, and blockchain, GPS, or Bluetooth technology.
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New York
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AB 3760
SB 1801
Passed Senate 2/10/21
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Allows signatures, records and contracts secured through blockchain technology to be considered in an electronic form and to be an electronic record and signature; allows smart contracts to exist in commerce.
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New York
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AB 3813
SB 1800
Passed Senate 2/22/21
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Relates to the development and creation of distributed ledger technology, which is a mathematically secured, chronological, and decentralized consensus ledger or database, whether maintained via internet interaction, peer-to-peer network, or otherwise used to authenticate, record, share and synchronize transactions in their respective electronic ledgers or databases, and business entities that develop distributed ledger technology.
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New York
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AB 3862
SB 4195
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Establishes a task force to study and report on the potential implementation of blockchain technology in state record keeping, information storage, and service delivery.
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New York
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AB 4332
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Directs the state board of elections to study and evaluate the use of blockchain technology to protect voter records and election results.
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North Carolina
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None
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North Dakota
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None
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N. Mariana Islands
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None
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Ohio
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HB 177
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Enacts §9.16 of the Revised Code to allow a governmental entity to utilize distributed ledger technology, including blockchain technology.
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Oklahoma
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None
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Oregon
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None
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Pennsylvania
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None
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Puerto Rico
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None
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Rhode Island
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HB 5425
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This bill establishes an economic growth blockchain act, sets regulations for the sale of hemp, regulates virtual and digital assets and establishes depository banks for these purposes.
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Rhode Island
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SB 345
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This bill establishes an economic growth blockchain act, sets regulations for the sale of hemp, regulates virtual and digital assets and establishes depository banks for these purposes.
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A. Samoa
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None
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South Carolina
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HB 3493
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Creates the South Carolina blockchain voting verification study committee to address utilizing blockchain technology to allow South Carolina voters to verify their votes.
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South Carolina
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HB 3495
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Enacts the "South Carolina Blockchain Industry Empowerment Act of 2021" in order to establish this state as an incubator for tech industries seeking to develop innovation by using blockchain technology; adds s§33-6-245 so as to further provide for the construction of terms relating to stock and certificate tokens; amends §33-6-250, relating to the form and content of corporate stock certificates, so as to authorize corporations to issue certificate tokens in lieu of stock certificates; adds chapter 47 to title 34 to provide that a person who develops, sells, or facilitates the exchange of an open blockchain token is not subject to specified securities and money transmission laws, and provides specified verification authority to the attorney general and banking commissioner; adds chapter 51 to title 34 so as to specify that digital assets are property within the uniform commercial code, authorizes security interests in digital assets, establishes an opt-in framework for banks to provide custodial services for digital asset property as custodians, specifies standards and procedures for custodial services, clarifies the jurisdiction of South Carolina courts relating to digital assets, authorizes a supervision fee, and provides for other related provisions to digital assets; amends §35-11-105, relating to definitions under the South Carolina anti-money laundering act, so as to define the term "virtual currency"; and amends §35-11-110, relating to matters and transactions to which the anti-money laundering act does not apply, so as to provide that the act does not apply to buying, selling, issuing, or taking custody of payment instruments or stored value in the form of virtual currency or receiving virtual currency for transmission to a location within or outside the United States by any means.
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South Dakota
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None
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Tennessee
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None
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Texas
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HB 1576
SB 1076
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Relates to the creation of a work group on blockchain matters concerning this state.
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Texas
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HB 2199
SB 1077
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Relates to the establishment of the digital identity work group.
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Texas
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SB 344
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Relates to the use of electronic signatures that employ blockchain or distributed ledger technology in certain business or governmental transactions.
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U.S. Virgin Islands
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None
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Utah
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None
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Vermont
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None
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Virginia
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None
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Washington
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None
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West Virginia
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None
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Wisconsin
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None
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Wyoming
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HB 142
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Relates to corporations, partnerships and associations; authorizes the secretary of state to develop and implement a blockchain or other distributed ledger filing system; provides requirements for the filing system; provides definitions; authorizes the supreme court to develop a similar filing system for the chancery court; authorizes the promulgation of rules; repeals the previous enabling legislation; creates an account; provides appropriations for the updating of filing systems by the secretary of state and the chancery court and for advertising; and provides for retention of a consultant and a report.
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Wyoming
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SF 38
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Relates to corporations; provides for the formation and management of decentralized autonomous organizations and provides definition.
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