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@ Yaël
2024-12-23 23:49:44
Through my work as a consumer advocate, both as the deputy director of the **Consumer Choice Center** and a Fellow at the **Bitcoin Policy Institute**, I’ve contributed to various model policies that can be enacted at a state-level in the United States to help advance Bitcoin.
Working with state lawmakers, policy organizations, and fellow passionate bitcoiners, these are some of the model policies we offer open-source to anyone who would like to pass something similar in their state. An active list can be found on [GitHub](https://github.com/yaeloss/Bitcoin-Model-Policies).\
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[*Smart Cryptocurrency Rules Act*](https://github.com/yaeloss/Bitcoin-Model-Policies/tree/main/Smart-Cryptocurrency-Rules-Act)\
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–This model policy was adopted by the American Legislative Exchange Council on [July 29, 2022](https://alec.org/model-policy/the-smart-cryptocurrency-rules-act/).\
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[*Reject CBDCs and Protect Financial Privacy Act*](https://github.com/yaeloss/Bitcoin-Model-Policies/tree/main/Reject-CBDCs-and-Protect-Financial-Privacy-Act)\
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–This model policy was adopted by the American Legislative Exchange Council on [August 28, 2023](https://alec.org/model-policy/reject-cbdcs-and-protect-financial-privacy-act/).
–This model policy was SIGNED into law in the state of SOUTH DAKOTA on February 27, 2024 as [HB1161](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24958).
–This model policy was SIGNED into law in the state of INDIANA on March 11, 2024 as [SB180](https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/180/details).
–This model policy was SIGNED into law by the state of UTAH on March 13, 2024 as [HB164](https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0164.html).
–This model policy was SIGNED into law in the state of LOUISIANA on June 19, 2024 as [HB488](https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246246).
–This model policy was SIGNED into law by the state of GEORGIA on July 1, 2024 as [HB1053](https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB1053/2023).
–This model policy was SIGNED into law by the NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY overriding a gubernatorial veto on September 9, 2024 as [H690](https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookup/2023/H690).
–This model policy was PASSED by the MISSOURI STATE HOUSE on March 5, 2024 as [HB1676](https://legiscan.com/MO/bill/HB1676/2024).
–This model policy was INTRODUCED into the MISSOURI STATE SENATE on December 1, 2023 as [SB826](https://legiscan.com/MO/bill/SB826/2024).
–The model policy was INTRODUCED into the IOWA LEGISLATURE on February 7, 2024 as [HF2358](https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/HF2358/2023).
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**PURPOSE**\
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The purpose of the [GitHub page](https://github.com/yaeloss/Bitcoin-Model-Policies) is to provide state and local legislators with a template of consumer-friendly policies on Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized finance.\
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As model policies, these serve the purpose of providing general guidelines or goals to achieve in state legislation, and will therefore require various amendments, customizations, and accommodations with existing laws and regulations.\
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State lawmakers and their staff are encouraged to take parts, or the whole, of these model policies to help usher in consumer-friendly policies on cryptocurrencies and decentralized finance in their jurisdiction.\
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Members of the public are encouraged to suggest their own edits.\
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**GITHUB MODIFICATIONS AND COMMITS**\
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This GitHub repository will serve as the living model for these model policies.\
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Edits, modifications, and additions are welcome by all. Doing so helps better crowdsource the most appropriate and beneficial rules on digital assets such as Bitcoin and its crypto-offspring, as well as any industries, projects, or protocols that may support them.\
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Considering the complex nature of digital assets and decentralized blockchain technology, there are inevitably concerns that are not addressed by these model policies. However, this repository should serve as collection of templates for future action and language, while remaining loyal to the consumer-friendly principles of open and decentralized blockchains and related industries.\
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Updates can be found on GitHub here: <https://github.com/yaeloss/Bitcoin-Model-Policies>