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Sponsor says virtual-currency kiosks are a fraud vector; bill would add guardrails for operators
House of Representatives · February 11, 2026
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Summary
Representative Clauston told the House his bill would create consumer protections for virtual-currency kiosks after law-enforcement reports of scams; he said his county lost $3 million to kiosk fraud last year. The House introduced the bill and sent it to Revenue committee.
Representative Clauston described House Bill 75 as a "common-sense" consumer-protection measure aimed at virtual-currency kiosks (often called Bitcoin ATMs). Clauston said law-enforcement and victim-advocacy groups alerted him to a rising number of scams tied to the machines that allow rapid, mostly…
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