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Committee actions at a glance: several bills moved forward after mixed debate
Summary
During the March 13 hearing the committee also advanced or passed several other bills with limited floor discussion. This roundup lists actions and recorded committee vote tallies for those items and notes next procedural steps.
Alongside longer debates on AI in claims (HB 2175) and unemployment indexing (HB 2450), the committee considered multiple additional measures and recorded votes. Below are the bills that received committee action during the March 13 hearing and the vote tallies recorded on the hearing record.
Votes at a glance
- House Bill 23‑24 (forfeiture and digital‑asset handling): Committee returned the bill with a due‑pass recommendation after adopting its changes. Recorded committee tally in the hearing transcript: 5–2 in favor. The bill would allow courts to order forfeiture of digital assets traceable to offenses, authorize sale of seized digital assets, and create a Bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund to receive 25% of post‑victim distribution proceeds; victims and attorney‑general costs are prioritized in the distribution waterfall.
- House Bill 29‑06 (expand fin‑tech sandbox to digital assets/blockchain): Passed by the committee 6–1. The measure broadens the state’s fintech sandbox to explicitly include digital assets and blockchain use in eligible “innovation” experiments under Attorney General oversight.
- House Bill 21‑19 (local notification when cities adopt model city tax code options): Passed by committee (recorded tally 6–1 after adoption of an amendment). The adopted amendment narrows application to municipalities that issue business licenses and requires cities to request lists of affected taxpayers from the Department of Revenue at least 75 days before proposing a change.
- HCR 20‑23 (constitutional referral regarding property‑tax exemptions for certain veterans): Passed the committee by recorded tally 4–3. The referral would place a measure on the ballot exempting property of combat veterans with a 100% service‑connected disability from primary property taxes; the resolution also bars tax authorities from increasing rates to offset the exemption.
- House Bill 20‑80 (administrative updates to public safety retirement statutes): Passed (committee recorded tally indicated an affirmative committee recommendation; hearing record shows unanimous or near‑unanimous support in committee testimony and final procedural passage).
- House Bill 22‑10 (continuation of Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions): Passed committee (recorded vote 6–1). The department provided an audit update to the committee and outlined steps taken toward implementation of audit recommendations.
What to watch next
Most of the bills above proceed to subsequent committee or floor consideration depending on the chamber calendar. Several measures (notably the digital asset forfeiture bill and the fintech sandbox expansion) prompted technical questions about implementation and interagency responsibilities (for example, custody and administration of any digital‑asset reserve), and sponsors signaled intent to continue technical work with affected agencies.
Ending: The committee scheduled further floor and follow‑up work; sponsors and affected agencies were told to return with clarifying language where needed.
