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TX HB2798
Bill
Status
4/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mihaela Plesa
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AI Summary
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Requires virtual currency kiosk operators to provide customers with mandatory risk disclosures before initial transactions, including warnings that virtual currency is not legal tender, not FDIC/NCUA/SIPC insured, and that values may be volatile or lost entirely
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Mandates a prominent warning disclosure about irreversible transactions and common scam tactics, which customers must acknowledge before completing any transaction
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Establishes a $2,000 maximum daily transaction limit for new customers at virtual currency kiosks in Texas
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Requires operators to provide receipts containing transaction details including fees, exchange rates, transaction hash, operator contact information, and refund policies
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Allows customers who believe they were victims of fraud to file complaints within 14 days; if law enforcement determines the transaction was fraudulently induced, the operator must refund all fees charged
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Assigns the Texas Department of Banking to administer and enforce the chapter, with authority to charge operators fees and conduct compliance investigations; compliance required by September 1, 2026
Legislative Description
Relating to disclosures and other requirements concerning virtual currency kiosk transactions; authorizing a fee.
Financial
Last Action
Referred to Business & Commerce
4/29/2025