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Senate amends blockchain bill to preserve municipal power over crypto‑mining; bill forwarded to finance
Summary
Lawmakers adopted a floor amendment restoring municipal authority to ban cryptocurrency mining and voted to advance the amended House Bill 639 to the Senate Finance Committee after debate over energy use, noise and local control.
The Senate on the floor amended House Bill 639, which addresses blockchain disputes and rules affecting cryptocurrency-mining operations, to preserve municipal authority to restrict or ban mining within local jurisdictions. The amendment (0291S) was offered on the floor and approved by voice vote, and the bill, as amended, was ordered to the Committee on Finance.
Senator Innes, who offered the amendment, said the change "would enable a town to deny crypto mining in their…
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