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S.B. 173: Cryptocurrency Amendments

2026 General Session · Originating chamber: Senate

Saved official records and Ledger coverage. The outcome below is from the Legislature’s own step list.

What the bill does

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026.

This bill modifies the Money Transmitter Act to regulate virtual currency kiosk operations.

  • Defines terms
  • Requires virtual currency kiosk operators to obtain money transmitter licenses
  • Limits virtual currency transactions in certain situations
  • Caps the amount that a virtual currency kiosk operator may charge as a transaction fee
  • Requires a virtual currency kiosk operator to provide certain fraud warnings prior to a transaction
  • Provides enforcement authority to the attorney general

The description and list come from the bill's own long title as recorded by the Legislature. Read the official bill. The Ledger takes no position on it.

Subjects: Technology · Business · Commerce and Trade · Consumer Protection · Public Utilities and Technology · Judicial Operations · Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice · Attorney General · Blockchain · Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice · Peace Officer Standards and Training

How it moved

  1. · Senate1st reading (Introduced)Rules Committee
  2. · Senatefiledfile for bills not passed

Steps as the Legislature recorded them; clerical and fiscal-staff entries are left out. Numbers such as 54-14-7 are yeas, nays and absent.

Bill overview

Sponsor: Brady Brammer

Legislature passed-list status: Not available in the saved metadata.

Passed-list membership is not a finding that a bill was signed or took effect. A bill absent from that list is not necessarily pending or defeated.

Latest recorded action

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The full step list is above. Find the bill in the official session list for status, hearings and committee records.

Recorded floor votes

No floor-vote records for this bill and session are available here. This does not mean no vote occurred; consult the official bill record.

Ledger coverage

No Ledger stories with an explicit source link to this bill and session are listed here.