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	1	+	EH1322.1
	2	+	March 21, 2025
	3	+	ENGROSSED
	4	+	HOUSE BILL No. 1322
	5	+	_____
	6	+	DIGEST OF HB 1322 (Updated March 20, 2025 9:57 am - DI 140)
	7	+	Citations Affected: IC 4-13.
	8	+	Synopsis: Blockchain technology. Provides that not later than March
	9	+	1, 2026, the department of administration (department) may issue a
	10	+	request for information for purposes of exploring how the use of
	11	+	blockchain technology could be used by a state agency to: (1) achieve
	12	+	greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and (2) improve
	13	+	consumer convenience, experience, data security, and data privacy.
	14	+	Requires the department to compile a report concerning the request for
	15	+	information and submit the report to the legislative council not later
	16	+	than October 1, 2026.
	17	+	Effective: July 1, 2025.
	18	+	Teshka, Lindauer, Criswell,
	19	+	Pierce K
	20	+	(SENATE SPONSORS — WALKER K, FORD J.D., KOCH)
	21	+	January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory
	22	+	Reform.
	23	+	February 10, 2025, amended, reported — Do Pass.
	24	+	February 13, 2025, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
	25	+	February 14, 2025, engrossed.
	26	+	February 17, 2025, read third time, passed. Yeas 86, nays 9.
	27	+	SENATE ACTION
	28	+	March 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology.
	29	+	March 20, 2025, reported favorably — Do Pass.
	30	+	EH 1322—LS 6634/DI 119 March 21, 2025
1	31		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
2	32		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
3	33		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
4	34		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
5	35		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
6	36		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
7	37		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
8	38		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
9	39		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
10	40		between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
11		-	HOUSE ENROLLED ACT No. 1322
12		-	AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local
13		-	administration.
	41	+	ENGROSSED
	42	+	HOUSE BILL No. 1322
	43	+	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state
	44	+	and local administration.
14	45		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
15		-	SECTION 1. IC 4-13-1-28 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
	46	+	1 SECTION 1. IC 4-13-1-28 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
	47	+	2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
	48	+	3 1, 2025]: Sec. 28. (a) As used in this section, "blockchain
	49	+	4 technology" means distributed ledger technology that uses a
	50	+	5 distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger that may
	51	+	6 be public or private, permissioned or permissionless, and that may
	52	+	7 include the use of electronic currencies or electronic tokens as a
	53	+	8 medium of electronic exchange.
	54	+	9 (b) As used in this section, "distributed ledger technology"
	55	+	10 means:
	56	+	11 (1) a data base that is consensually shared and synchronized
	57	+	12 across multiple sites, institutions, or geographies allowing for
	58	+	13 public witnesses to transactions; and
	59	+	14 (2) supporting infrastructure for a data base described in
	60	+	15 subdivision (1).
	61	+	16 (c) Not later than March 1, 2026, the department may issue a
	62	+	17 request for information in compliance with IC 5-23-4.5 for
	63	+	EH 1322—LS 6634/DI 119 2
	64	+	1 purposes of exploring how the use of blockchain technology could
	65	+	2 be used by a state agency to:
	66	+	3 (1) achieve greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and
	67	+	4 (2) improve consumer:
	68	+	5 (A) convenience;
	69	+	6 (B) experience;
	70	+	7 (C) data security; and
	71	+	8 (D) data privacy.
	72	+	9 If the department issues a request for information, the department
	73	+	10 must comply with the requirements of this section.
	74	+	11 (d) The request for information shall include participation from
	75	+	12 the following state agencies:
	76	+	13 (1) The office of the secretary of state.
	77	+	14 (2) The office of the secretary of family and social services
	78	+	15 (IC 12-8-1.5-1).
	79	+	16 (3) The department of workforce development (IC 22-4.1-2-1).
	80	+	17 (4) The department of child services (IC 31-25-1-1).
	81	+	18 (5) The office of technology (IC 4-13.1-1-3).
	82	+	19 (6) Any other state agency as determined by the office of
	83	+	20 technology.
	84	+	21 (e) The department shall set a deadline of not later than July 1,
	85	+	22 2026, for submission of responses to the request for information.
	86	+	23 (f) Subject to IC 5-23-4.5-3, the department shall prepare a
	87	+	24 report that includes:
	88	+	25 (1) information regarding the responses to the request for
	89	+	26 information, including a copy of any portions of a response
	90	+	27 that may be disclosed under IC 5-14-3;
	91	+	28 (2) any recommendations by the department regarding the
	92	+	29 request for information or the responses to the request for
	93	+	30 information; and
	94	+	31 (3) any other information that the department determines is
	95	+	32 relevant to the request for information.
	96	+	33 (g) Not later than October 1, 2026, the department shall submit
	97	+	34 the report prepared under subsection (g) to the legislative council
	98	+	35 in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
	99	+	36 (h) This section expires December 31, 2026.
	100	+	EH 1322—LS 6634/DI 119 3
	101	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	102	+	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Government and Regulatory
	103	+	Reform, to which was referred House Bill 1322, has had the same
	104	+	under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
	105	+	House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
	106	+	Page 1, delete lines 1 through 17.
	107	+	Page 2, delete lines 1 through 36, begin an new paragraph and
	108	+	insert:
	109	+	"SECTION 1. IC 4-13-1-28 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
16	110		AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
17	111		1, 2025]: Sec. 28. (a) As used in this section, "blockchain
18	112		technology" means distributed ledger technology that uses a
19	113		distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger that may
20	114		be public or private, permissioned or permissionless, and that may
21	115		include the use of electronic currencies or electronic tokens as a
22	116		medium of electronic exchange.
23	117		(b) As used in this section, "distributed ledger technology"
24	118		means:
25	119		(1) a data base that is consensually shared and synchronized
26	120		across multiple sites, institutions, or geographies allowing for
27	121		public witnesses to transactions; and
28	122		(2) supporting infrastructure for a data base described in
29	123		subdivision (1).
30	124		(c) Not later than March 1, 2026, the department may issue a
31	125		request for information in compliance with IC 5-23-4.5 for
32	126		purposes of exploring how the use of blockchain technology could
33	127		be used by a state agency to:
34	128		(1) achieve greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and
35	129		(2) improve consumer:
36		-	HEA 1322 2
37	130		(A) convenience;
38	131		(B) experience;
39	132		(C) data security; and
40	133		(D) data privacy.
41	134		If the department issues a request for information, the department
42	135		must comply with the requirements of this section.
43	136		(d) The request for information shall include participation from
44	137		the following state agencies:
45	138		(1) The office of the secretary of state.
46		-	(2) The office of the secretary of family and social services
47		-	~~(IC~~ 12-8-1.5-1).
	139	+	(2) The office of the secretary of family and social services (IC
	140	+	12-8-1.5-1).
48	141		(3) The department of workforce development (IC 22-4.1-2-1).
49	142		(4) The department of child services (IC 31-25-1-1).
	143	+	EH 1322—LS 6634/DI 119 4
50	144		(5) The office of technology (IC 4-13.1-1-3).
51	145		(6) Any other state agency as determined by the office of
52	146		technology.
53	147		(e) The department shall set a deadline of not later than July 1,
54	148		2026, for submission of responses to the request for information.
55	149		(f) Subject to IC 5-23-4.5-3, the department shall prepare a
56	150		report that includes:
57	151		(1) information regarding the responses to the request for
58	152		information, including a copy of any portions of a response
59	153		that may be disclosed under IC 5-14-3;
60	154		(2) any recommendations by the department regarding the
61	155		request for information or the responses to the request for
62	156		information; and
63	157		(3) any other information that the department determines is
64	158		relevant to the request for information.
65	159		(g) Not later than October 1, 2026, the department shall submit
66	160		the report prepared under subsection (g) to the legislative council
67	161		in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
68		-	(h) This section expires December 31, 2026.
69		-	HEA 1322 Speaker of the House of Representatives
70		-	President of the Senate
71		-	President Pro Tempore
72		-	Governor of the State of Indiana
73		-	Date: Time:
74		-	HEA 1322
	162	+	(h) This section expires December 31, 2026.".
	163	+	Page 3, delete lines 22 through 28.
	164	+	Page 4, delete lines 7 through 9, begin a new paragraph and insert:
	165	+	"(b) The treasurer of state may invest or reinvest funds that are
	166	+	held by the treasurer of state and available for investment in
	167	+	approved Bitcoin exchange traded funds.".
	168	+	Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
	169	+	and when so amended that said bill do pass.
	170	+	(Reference is to HB 1322 as introduced.)
	171	+	MILLER D
	172	+	Committee Vote: yeas 9, nays 3.
	173	+	_____
	174	+	HOUSE MOTION
	175	+	Mr. Speaker: I move that House Bill 1322 be amended to read as
	176	+	follows:
	177	+	Page 2, delete lines 37 through 42.
	178	+	Delete pages 3 through 4.
	179	+	EH 1322—LS 6634/DI 119 5
	180	+	(Reference is to HB 1322 as printed February 10, 2025.)
	181	+	DELANEY
	182	+	_____
	183	+	COMMITTEE REPORT
	184	+	Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Commerce and
	185	+	Technology, to which was referred House Bill No. 1322, has had the
	186	+	same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
	187	+	Senate with the recommendation that said bill DO PASS.
	188	+	(Reference is to HB 1322 as reprinted February 14, 2025.)
	189	+
	190	+	BUCHANAN, Chairperson
	191	+	Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
	192	+	EH 1322—LS 6634/DI 119