HB 1203 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Public finance; enacting the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act; definitions; investments; State Treasurer; assets; state retirement funds; digital assets; effective date.

HB 1203, the "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act," would allow Oklahoma's State Treasurer to invest up to 10% of three specific state funds (the State General Fund, Revenue Stabilization Fund, and Constitutional Reserve Fund) in Bitcoin or digital assets with a market cap exceeding $500 billion, plus approved stablecoins. It requires all investments to be held through secure custody solutions (like encrypted government-controlled storage) or qualified custodians, and mandates that stablecoins must have regulatory approval from U.S., U.K., Japanese, or EU authorities. The bill also specifies that taxes paid to the state in Bitcoin would be converted to U.S. currency and deposited into the State General Fund. This would directly affect how state funds are managed and invested, with no current implementation as the bill failed committee review in April 2025.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 15, 2025
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What changed between versions

Engrossed Floor (House) · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was transitioned from its Engrossed version to the House Floor version, resulting in significant substantive changes including a higher investment limit for stablecoins (increased from 5% to 10%), expanded direct custody options for the State Treasurer, and reorganized definitions and section numbering. These changes reflect committee amendments that broadened the scope of permissible investments and modified operational requirements for the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to allow the State Treasurer to hold stablecoins at a higher threshold (10% instead of 5%) and introduced direct custody options through secure custody solutions, whereas the previous version required qualified custodians or exchange-traded products for all holdings.
FISCAL

Increased the stablecoin investment limit from 5% to 10% of total public funds in the account.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new option for the State Treasurer to hold digital assets directly through a secure custody solution, expanding beyond qualified custodians and exchange-traded products.

Added requirement that taxes and fees be paid to the State General Fund, which was not present in the original engrossed version.

DEFINITION

Reorganized and modified definitions section, adding new terms like 'Secure custody solution' and 'Staking as a service' while consolidating existing definitions.

TECHNICAL

Changed bill header from 'ENGROSSED HOUSE' to 'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION' and updated page numbering and formatting conventions.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Failed in Committee - Revenue and Taxation
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 77 Nays: 15
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Amended by floor substitute
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass Government Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Banking, Financial Services and Pensions
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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