Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 1156: Digital asset mining.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 1156 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Digital asset mining. Primary sponsor: Kyle Pierce (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2025): Representative Judy added as coauthor.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Prohibits a county, municipality, or township (unit) from adopting or enforcing an ordinance that would have the effect of prohibiting, restricting, or impairing an individual's or a business's ability to: (1) use digital assets to purchase legal goods and services; (2) accept digital assets as a method of payment for legal goods and services; (3) use a hardware wallet or self-hosted wallet to store the individual's or business's digital assets; (4) take custody of digital assets by using a hardware wallet or self-hosted wallet; or (5) operate a node for the purpose of connecting to a blockchain protocol and participating in the blockchain protocol's operations. Provides that use of a property for a digital asset mining business is a permitted industrial use under any applicable zoning ordinance of a unit and may not be disallowed by a zoning ordinance in a zoning district that permits industrial use. Prohibits a unit from applying the unit's zoning ordinances in specified ways to regulate digital asset mining.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 3
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Pierce | Primary sponsor | Republican | House | 36 |
| Chris Judy | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 83 |
| Kyle Miller | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 82 |
| Heath VanNatter | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 38 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Representative Judy added as coauthor
- First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
- Authored by Representative Pierce K
- Coauthored by Representatives VanNatter and Miller K