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SB21
Signed by Governor Authored by Charles Schwertner (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve for the purpose of investing in cryptocurrency and the investment authority of the comptroller of public accounts over the reserve and certain other state funds. Initially Referred to Senate Business & Commerce Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 21 establishes the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, a state-managed cryptocurrency investment fund overseen by the comptroller of public accounts. The reserve operates outside the state treasury and consists of legislative appropriations, dedicated revenue, investment earnings, and donations of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The comptroller is authorized to buy, sell, exchange, and manage Bitcoin and other digital assets using prudent investment strategies. The bill requires investments to be limited to cryptocurrencies with a market capitalization of at least $500 billion over the past 12 months and allows for the use of cold storage solutions for asset security. An advisory committee of cryptocurrency experts will guide investment decisions, and the comptroller must publish biennial reports on the fund's holdings and performance.
Co-authors: A. Hinojosa (R); Parker (R); West (D) Sponsors: Capriglione (R) Co-sponsors: Bhojani (D); Buckley (R); Bumgarner (R); DeAyala (R); Garcia, L. (D); Harris (R); Hayes (R); Hull (R); Isaac (R); Kitzman (R); LaHood (R); Lalani (D); Leo Wilson (R); Lujan (R); McQueeney (R); Metcalf (R); Orr (R); Patterson (R); Paul (R); Perez, M. (D); Phelan (R); Raymond (D); Richardson (R); Toth (R); Villalobos (R)
(S) Bhojani signed onto the bill as (S) Buckley signed onto the bill as (S) Bumgarner signed onto the bill as (S) Capriglione signed onto the bill as (S) DeAyala signed onto the bill as (S) Garcia, L. signed onto the bill as (S) Harris signed onto the bill as (S) Hayes signed onto the bill as (S) Hull signed onto the bill as (S) Isaac signed onto the bill as (S) Kitzman signed onto the bill as (S) LaHood signed onto the bill as (S) Lalani signed onto the bill as (S) Leo Wilson signed onto the bill as (S) Lujan signed onto the bill as (S) McQueeney signed onto the bill as (S) Metcalf signed onto the bill as (S) Orr signed onto the bill as (S) Patterson signed onto the bill as (S) Paul signed onto the bill as (S) Perez, M. signed onto the bill as (S) Phelan signed onto the bill as (S) Raymond signed onto the bill as (S) Richardson signed onto the bill as (S) Toth signed onto the bill as (S) Villalobos signed onto the bill as
Feb 12, 2025
(S) Schwertner signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Feb 13, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Business & Commerce, chaired by a Republican
Feb 18, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Left pending in committee
Feb 19, 2025
(S) Parker signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized
Feb 27, 2025
(S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee
Mar 4, 2025
(S) Reported favorably as substituted (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 5, 2025
(S) A. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Placed on intent calendar
Mar 6, 2025
(S) West signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Second Reading of SB21
20250306_SB21_2R: Yea 25 (R 16, D 9) - Nay 5 (R 4, D 1)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Mar 11, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Apr 9, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Delivery of Government Efficiency, chaired by a Republican
Apr 23, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
May 7, 2025
(H) Considered in public hearing (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. (H) Reported favorably as substituted
May 12, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 13, 2025
(H) Committee report distributed (H) Committee report sent to Calendars
May 16, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 20, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar (H) Rules suspended (H) Additional sponsor(s) authorized (H) Read 2nd time (H) A Democrat amendment (No. 1) from Garcia, L. amended the bill. (H) Record vote
RV#3105: Yea 123 (R 73, D 50) - Nay 6 (R 2, D 4) View Source
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(S) House passage as amended reported
May 25, 2025
(S) House amendment(s) laid before the Senate (S) Read (S) Senate refuses to concur (S) Senate requests conference committee (S) Senate appoints conferees (H) Senate refuses to concur-reported (H) Senate requests conference committee-reported (H) Senate appoints conferees-reported
May 27, 2025
(H) House grants request for conference committee (H) House appoints conferees (S) House grants request for conf comm-reported (S) House appoints conferees-reported (S) Conference committee report filed (H) Conf. Comm. Report distributed
May 29, 2025
(H) House adopts conference committee report (H) Record vote
RV#4050: Yea 110 (R 72, D 38) - Nay 25 (R 8, D 17) View Source
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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (S) House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
May 30, 2025
(S) Senate adopts conference committee report (S) Record vote
May 31, 2025
(H) Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported (S) Reported enrolled (S) Signed in the Senate
Jun 1, 2025
(H) Signed in the House (E) Sent to the Governor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
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(Tue 2/18/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Blake Burns for self (with Intrana) (Tue 2/18/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Court Welty for self (with Intrana) (Tue 2/18/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Cyrus Reed for (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Adrian Shelley for Public Citizen (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Cyrus Reed for Sierra Club (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Steven Deline for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Susan Stewart for self
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(Wed 4/23/2025) Testifying before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Emmanuel Jonathan for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Testifying before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Jessi Goostree for Texas Blockchain Council (Wed 4/23/2025) Testifying before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Khyati Joshi for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Testifying before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Lee Bratcher for Texas Blockchain Council (Tue 2/18/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Lee Bratcher for self (with Texas Blockchain Council) (Wed 4/23/2025) Testifying before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Lohitha Mahesh for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Testifying before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Phil Geiger for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Pierre Rochard for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Testifying before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Robert Bobo for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Robert DiMarco for self (with Novarra BBX, LLC) (Tue 2/18/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Sam Knight for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Testifying before S Business & Commerce as Zach Whiting for Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Alex Martinez for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Alex MArtinez for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Alexander Shultz for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Anthony Rosario for self (with University of Austin (UATX)) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Antonio Shepherd for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Austin Hatten for self (with Dallas Bitcoin and Account Grower) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Ben Coffee for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Benny Cardenas for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering 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self (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Halley Patteson for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Jack Lesser for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Jerry Rogers for self (with Voss Alan) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Jessi Goostree for self (with Texas Blockchain Council) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as John Montgomery for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as John Olsavsky for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Johnathan Krage for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Jon Barrios for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Joseph Blackmore for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Lisa Hough for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Lucas Blough for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Makenzie Houchin for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Marc Mckirahan for Texas Blockchain Council (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Marc Mckirahan for self (with Texas Blockchain Council) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Maria Hernandez for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Mark Vane for Crypto.com (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Michael Schiltz for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Michael Wade for self (with SOVRN Capital) (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Ramkumar Rajagopal for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Riley Mills for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Ryan Hallford for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Sahil Chaturvedi for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Samuel Crumpton for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Simon Lariviere for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Stephen Graddy for self (with Texas Blockchain Council) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Sung-Chul Song for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Taylor Cave for self (with Weaver&TBC) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Teresa Martin for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Tobalo Torres-Valderas for self (with Fort Worth DAO) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Tom Glass for self (with Texas Constitutional Enforcement) (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Tom Honzik for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Delivery of Government Efficiency as Tom Honzik for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as Wayne Christian for self (Tue 2/18/2025) Registering before S Business & Commerce as William Ramirez for self
