Signed by Governor Mark Gordon

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits the forced disclosure of private digital keys.

Highlights:

• Prohibits any individual from being compelled to or forced to disclose a private digital key identity or make a private digital key identity known to other individuals in any civil, criminal, adminstrative, legislative, or other proceeding of any kind (Sec. 1).

• Defines “private key” as a unique element of cryptographic data, or any substantially similar analogue, which is (Sec. 2):

• Held by an individual;

• Paired with a unique, publicly available element of cryptographic data; and

• Associated with an algorithm that is necessary to carry out an encryption of decryption required to execute a transaction.

• Specifies that nothing in this bill shall be construed or be interpreted to to prohibit any lawful proceeding that compels an individual to produce, sell, transfer, convey, or disclose a digital asset key identity (Sec. 1)

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