SB1045

Blockchain technology; tax; fee; prohibition

Chamber Passed·2/25/26

Arizona SB1045 prohibits local governments from restricting or taxing blockchain technology use in residences.

Arizona SB1045 amends state statutes to prevent cities, towns, and counties from restricting or imposing taxes on individuals using computational power or running blockchain nodes in their homes. The bill defines "computational power" as the use of computer hardware and software for data processing, algorithms, and tasks requiring significant computing resources. It also defines "running a node on blockchain technology" as providing computing power to validate or encrypt blockchain transactions.

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Where it stands

Last
Passed the Senate · 0–0 · Feb 25
Current
Ways and Means Committee
Next
House floor vote

Sponsors

0
1
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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

16 Yea

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11 Nay

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3 Not Voting

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Calendar

Feb 2

1:00 PM

Senate Rules

Jan 28

9:00 AM

Senate Government

History

Mar 3

House

House read second time

Mar 2

House

Introduced in House and read first time

Mar 2

House

Assigned to House WM Committee