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Missouri House Bill HB1136 Compare Versions

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
2-HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
32 HOUSEBILLNO.1136
43 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
5-1102H.02C JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
4+INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBYRNES.
5+1102H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Toamendchapter362,RSMo,byaddingtheretofournewsectionsrelatingtothedigital
88 assetsauthorizationact.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Chapter362,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretofournewsections,to
1111 2beknownassections362.1125,362.1126,362.1127,and362.1128,toreadasfollows:
1212 362.1125.1.Sections362.1125to362.1128shallbeknownandmaybecitedas
1313 2the"DigitalAssetsAuthorizationAct".
1414 3 2.Asusedinsections362.1125to362.1128,thefollowingtermsmean:
1515 4 (1)"Blockchain",datathatissharedacrossanetworktocreatealedgerof
1616 5verifiedtransactionsorinformationamongnetworkparticipantslinkedusing
1717 6cryptographytomaintaintheintegrityoftheledgerandtoexecuteotherfunctions
1818 7anddistributedamongnetworkparticipantsinanautomatedfashiontoconcurrently
1919 8updatenetworkparticipantsonthestateoftheledgerandanyotherfunctions;
2020 9 (2)"Blockchainprotocol",anexecutablesoftwaredeployedtoablockchain
2121 10composedofsourcecodethatispubliclyavailableandaccessible,includingasmart
2222 11contractoranetworkofsmartcontracts;
2323 12 (3)"Decentralized",asystemornetworkwherenosingleentity,includinga
2424 13publicorprivateentity,holdsunilateralcontroloverthegovernance,transactions,or
2525 14maintenanceoftheledgerandinwhichconsensusisachievedthroughadistributed
2626 15networkofparticipants;
2727 16 (4)"Digitalasset",adecentralizedvirtualcurrency,cryptocurrency,native
2828 17electronicassetincludingadecentralizedstablecoinornonfungibletoken,oranyother
29-18digital-onlyassetthatconferseconomic,proprietary,oraccessrightsorpowers.The
3029 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
31-intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 19termdoesnotincludeacentralbankdigitalcurrencyoranyothergovernment-
30+intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18digital-onlyassetthatconferseconomic,proprietary,oraccessrightsorpowers.The
31+19termdoesnotincludeacentralbankdigitalcurrencyoranyothergovernment-
3232 20controlleddigital-onlyasset;
3333 21 (5)"Hardwarewallet",aphysicaldevicethatisnotcontinuouslyconnectedto
3434 22theinternetandallowsanindividualtosecureandtransferadigitalassetandunder
3535 23whichtheownerofthedigitalassetretainsindependentcontroloverthedigitalasset;
3636 24 (6)"Node",acomputationaldevicethatcontainsandupdatesacopyofa
3737 25blockchain;
38-26 (7)"Publicinformation",anyinformation,regardlessofformorformat,thata
39-27departmentorpoliticalsubdivisionofthestateofMissouridiscloses,disseminates,or
40-28makesavailabletothepublic;
41-29 (8)"Self-hostedwallet",adigitalinterfaceusedtosecureandtransferadigital
42-30assetandunderwhichtheownerofthedigitalassetretainsindependentcontroloverthe
43-31digitalasset.
38+26 (7)"Self-hostedwallet",adigitalinterfaceusedtosecureandtransferadigital
39+27assetandunderwhichtheownerofthedigitalassetretainsindependentcontroloverthe
40+28digitalasset.
4441 362.1126.1.ThestateofMissourioramunicipalityshallnotprohibit,restrict,
4542 2orotherwiseimpairtheabilityofanindividualorbusinesstodoeitherofthefollowing:
4643 3 (1)Acceptdigitalassetsasamethodofpaymentforlegalgoodsandservices;or
4744 4 (2)Maintainself-custodyofadigitalassetusingaself-hostedwalletorhardware
4845 5wallet.
4946 6 2.ThestateofMissourioramunicipalityshallnotimposeanyadditionaltax,
50-7withholding,assessment,orchargeonadigitalassetthatisbasedsolelyontheuseofthe
47+7withholding,assessment,orchargeonadigitassetthatisbasedsolelyontheuseofthe
5148 8digitalassetasamethodofpaymenttopurchaselegalgoodsorservices.Nothinginthis
5249 9subsectionshallbeconstruedtoprohibitthestateoramunicipalityfromimposingatax,
5350 10withholding,assessment,orchargeonadigitalassetforapurchaseifthetax,
5451 11withholding,assessment,orchargewouldotherwisebeimposedforthepurchase
5552 12throughtheuseoflegaltenderoftheUnitedStates.
56-362.1127.1.Itshallbelawfulinthisstatetooperateanodeforthefollowing
53+362.1127.Itshallbelawfulinthisstatetooperateanodeforthefollowing
5754 2purposes:
5855 3 (1)Connectingtoablockchainprotocoloraprotocolbuiltontopofa
5956 4blockchainprotocol;or
6057 5 (2)Transferringadigitalassetonablockchainprotocol.
61-6 2.ItshallbelawfulforthestateofMissouri,itsdepartments,andallpolitical
62-7subdivisionsthereintostore,present,utilize,andmaintainpublicinformationona
63-8domesticblockchainprotocol.
6458 362.1128.Nothinginsections362.1125to362.1128shallbeconstruedtooverride
6559 2orlimittheapplicabilityofanyofthefollowing:
6660 3 (1)Chapter400,relatingtocommercialcode,includingprovisionsregarding
6761 4transferrableelectronicrecords;
68-HCSHB1136 2 5 (2)Sections472.400to472.490,relatingtouniformfiduciaryaccesstodigital
62+5 (2)Sections472.400to472.490,relatingtouniformfiduciaryaccesstodigital
6963 6assets;
7064 7 (3)Sections361.900to361.1035,relatingtotheMissourimoneytransmission
7165 8modernizationact;
72-9 (4)Anyotherstatelawprovidingforthelicensingandregulationofvirtual
66+HB1136 2 9 (4)Anyotherstatelawprovidingforthelicensingandregulationofvirtual
7367 10currencybusinessesandtheprotectionofvirtualcurrencybusinesscustomers;or
7468 11 (5)Anystatelaworregulationthatrequiresthereportinganddisclosureof
7569 12informationregardingsuspectedorattemptedfinancialexploitationorfraud.
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