*EH1322.1*
March 21, 2025
ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1322
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DIGEST OF HB 1322 (Updated March 20, 2025 9:57 am - DI 140)
Citations Affected: IC 4-13.
Synopsis: Blockchain technology. Provides that not later than March
1, 2026, the department of administration (department) may issue a
request for information for purposes of exploring how the use of
blockchain technology could be used by a state agency to: (1) achieve
greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and (2) improve
consumer convenience, experience, data security, and data privacy.
Requires the department to compile a report concerning the request for
information and submit the report to the legislative council not later
than October 1, 2026.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Teshka, Lindauer, Criswell,
Pierce K
(SENATE SPONSORS — WALKER K, FORD J.D., KOCH)
January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory
Reform.
February 10, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass.
February 13, 2025, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
February 14, 2025, engrossed.
February 17, 2025, read third time, passed. Yeas 86, nays 9.
SENATE ACTION
March 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology.
March 20, 2025, reported favorably — Do Pass.
EH 1322—LS 6634/DI 119 March 21, 2025
First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL No. 1322
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state
and local administration.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 4-13-1-28 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
3 1, 2025]: Sec. 28. (a) As used in this section, "blockchain
4 technology" means distributed ledger technology that uses a
5 distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger that may
6 be public or private, permissioned or permissionless, and that may
7 include the use of electronic currencies or electronic tokens as a
8 medium of electronic exchange.
9 (b) As used in this section, "distributed ledger technology"
10 means:
11 (1) a data base that is consensually shared and synchronized
12 across multiple sites, institutions, or geographies allowing for
13 public witnesses to transactions; and
14 (2) supporting infrastructure for a data base described in
15 subdivision (1).
16 (c) Not later than March 1, 2026, the department may issue a
17 request for information in compliance with IC 5-23-4.5 for
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1 purposes of exploring how the use of blockchain technology could
2 be used by a state agency to:
3 (1) achieve greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and
4 (2) improve consumer:
5 (A) convenience;
6 (B) experience;
7 (C) data security; and
8 (D) data privacy.
9 If the department issues a request for information, the department
10 must comply with the requirements of this section.
11 (d) The request for information shall include participation from
12 the following state agencies:
13 (1) The office of the secretary of state.
14 (2) The office of the secretary of family and social services
15 (IC 12-8-1.5-1).
16 (3) The department of workforce development (IC 22-4.1-2-1).
17 (4) The department of child services (IC 31-25-1-1).
18 (5) The office of technology (IC 4-13.1-1-3).
19 (6) Any other state agency as determined by the office of
20 technology.
21 (e) The department shall set a deadline of not later than July 1,
22 2026, for submission of responses to the request for information.
23 (f) Subject to IC 5-23-4.5-3, the department shall prepare a
24 report that includes:
25 (1) information regarding the responses to the request for
26 information, including a copy of any portions of a response
27 that may be disclosed under IC 5-14-3;
28 (2) any recommendations by the department regarding the
29 request for information or the responses to the request for
30 information; and
31 (3) any other information that the department determines is
32 relevant to the request for information.
33 (g) Not later than October 1, 2026, the department shall submit
34 the report prepared under subsection (g) to the legislative council
35 in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
36 (h) This section expires December 31, 2026.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Government and Regulatory
Reform, to which was referred House Bill 1322, has had the same
under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
Page 1, delete lines 1 through 17.
Page 2, delete lines 1 through 36, begin an new paragraph and
insert:
"SECTION 1. IC 4-13-1-28 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2025]: Sec. 28. (a) As used in this section, "blockchain
technology" means distributed ledger technology that uses a
distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger that may
be public or private, permissioned or permissionless, and that may
include the use of electronic currencies or electronic tokens as a
medium of electronic exchange.
(b) As used in this section, "distributed ledger technology"
means:
(1) a data base that is consensually shared and synchronized
across multiple sites, institutions, or geographies allowing for
public witnesses to transactions; and
(2) supporting infrastructure for a data base described in
subdivision (1).
(c) Not later than March 1, 2026, the department may issue a
request for information in compliance with IC 5-23-4.5 for
purposes of exploring how the use of blockchain technology could
be used by a state agency to:
(1) achieve greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and
(2) improve consumer:
(A) convenience;
(B) experience;
(C) data security; and
(D) data privacy.
If the department issues a request for information, the department
must comply with the requirements of this section.
(d) The request for information shall include participation from
the following state agencies:
(1) The office of the secretary of state.
(2) The office of the secretary of family and social services (IC
12-8-1.5-1).
(3) The department of workforce development (IC 22-4.1-2-1).
(4) The department of child services (IC 31-25-1-1).
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(5) The office of technology (IC 4-13.1-1-3).
(6) Any other state agency as determined by the office of
technology.
(e) The department shall set a deadline of not later than July 1,
2026, for submission of responses to the request for information.
(f) Subject to IC 5-23-4.5-3, the department shall prepare a
report that includes:
(1) information regarding the responses to the request for
information, including a copy of any portions of a response
that may be disclosed under IC 5-14-3;
(2) any recommendations by the department regarding the
request for information or the responses to the request for
information; and
(3) any other information that the department determines is
relevant to the request for information.
(g) Not later than October 1, 2026, the department shall submit
the report prepared under subsection (g) to the legislative council
in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(h) This section expires December 31, 2026.".
Page 3, delete lines 22 through 28.
Page 4, delete lines 7 through 9, begin a new paragraph and insert:
"(b) The treasurer of state may invest or reinvest funds that are
held by the treasurer of state and available for investment in
approved Bitcoin exchange traded funds.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
(Reference is to HB 1322 as introduced.)
MILLER D
Committee Vote: yeas 9, nays 3.
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HOUSE MOTION
Mr. Speaker: I move that House Bill 1322 be amended to read as
follows:
Page 2, delete lines 37 through 42.
Delete pages 3 through 4.
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(Reference is to HB 1322 as printed February 10, 2025.)
DELANEY
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Commerce and
Technology, to which was referred House Bill No. 1322, has had the
same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
Senate with the recommendation that said bill DO PASS.
(Reference is to HB 1322 as reprinted February 14, 2025.)
BUCHANAN, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
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