ND HCR3002

Request Legislative Management to study potential benefits of distributed ledger technology and blockchain for North Dakota state government operations.

Study should evaluate effects on government accounting and budgeting, decisionmaking, information technology authentication, records management, and remote electronic voting.

Study should assess eGovernment applications including tax collection, land registry, benefit distribution, and digital currencies.

Legislative Management must report findings and recommendations, including any required legislation, to the Sixty-seventh Legislative Assembly.

References other states including Arizona, California, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Wyoming that have introduced blockchain legislation; West Virginia and Utah have begun voting pilot projects.