General Assembly Raised Bill No. 443 February Session, 2018 LCO No. 2182 *02182_______CE_* Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: (CE) General Assembly Raised Bill No. 443 February Session, 2018 LCO No. 2182 *02182_______CE_* Referred to Committee on COMMERCE Introduced by: (CE) AN ACT CONCERNING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Department of Economic and Community Development shall conduct a study relating to all facets of blockchain technology. Not later than January 1, 2019, the department shall submit a report of the results of such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Purpose: To require the Department of Economic and Community Development to study blockchain technology. [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]