House adopts resolution declaring May 13 Digital Asset Awareness Day after floor speech

The Michigan House on May 13 adopted House Resolution 100, declaring May 13, 2025 as Digital Asset Awareness Day in Michigan after floor remarks from Representative Jamie Greene.

"This is not some starry eyed endorsements of digital currencies. That is not what this is," Greene said in a lengthy speech urging awareness, education and responsible engagement with blockchain and related technologies. "This is about digital data integrity. This is about decentralized systems that bring security speed and transparency exactly what the people demand and deserve in an era of digital transformation." Greene closed his remarks by noting for the record that "this speech was crafted in the unmistakable voice of Rush Limbaugh using chat GPT."

The resolution was put before the House; members voted by voice and the presiding officer announced adoption. The transcript records the sponsor’s appeal for education, engagement by schools, agencies and businesses, and a call to understand digital assets rather than reflexively endorse any particular technology.

Discussion vs. decision: debate on the floor consisted of Representative Greene’s remarks describing the justification and aims of the awareness day. The formal action was the adoption of the resolution by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.

The resolution declares a commemorative awareness day and calls for education and discussion; it does not create new programs or appropriations in the text recorded on the House floor.