House approves optional 'sheriff's node' for some blockchains amid split views on immutability
Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 160 allowing blockchain implementations to optionally include a court‑ordered reversible element (a 'sheriff's node') that would let the attorney general reverse transactions on a specific node with a court order. Sponsors called it a consumer‑protection option; opponents said it is antithetical to blockchain’s immutable design. (Passed 65–6.)
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Representative Tusher (moving to uncircle the bill) told the House that first substitute Senate Bill 160 was drafted by the blockchain and digital innovation task force and would let blockchains optionally include a reversible mechanism for fraud or mistake when authorized by a court and exercised by the attorney general.
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