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House strips $500,000 university allocation from special‑purpose bank bill
Summary
Representatives voted to remove a $500,000 appropriation to a university center for blockchain/digital asset work that had been attached to Senate File 95. The deletion passed on a roll call, 40‑19 (3 excused). Debate focused on whether the university or the executive branch should develop enterprise software for state filing systems.
Representative Lucas moved to delete a $500,000 appropriation that had been attached to Senate File 95, a bill dealing with special‑purpose depository institutions and banking. Lucas characterized the appropriation as a poor fit for the bill and described the proposed expenditure as a "science experiment" to have a university build blockchain‑based enterprise software that the affected state business agency…
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