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Signed as Law: Asset Forfeiture Reformed by Kansas, but Massive Federal Loophole Remains Mostly Open

The law makes modest reforms to the state's civil asset forfeiture process, but leaves participation in a federal program that allows state and local police to circumvent more strict state forfeiture laws mostly in tact.

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Tennessee Governor Signs Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act Into Law

It prohibits any financial institution operation in the state from requiring or permitting “the assignment of a firearms code in a way that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers.” “Firearms code” is defined in the bill as “a merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization or an equivalent successor organization that is specifically assigned to a firearms retailer.”

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Alaska Senate Committee Passes Bill to Make Gold and Silver Legal Tender in the State

The proposed law would make gold and silver specie legal tender in the state, recognizing it as a medium of exchange for the payment of debts. In effect, gold and silver specie would be treated as money, rather than a mere investment vehicle, putting it on par with Federal Reserve notes in Alaska.

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Iowa Governor Signs Bill That Prohibits Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

The new law prohibits a financial institution operating in Iowa from requiring or assigning a firearms code that distinguishes a firearms dealer from any other retailer. “Firearms code” is defined as “a merchant category code approved by the international organization for standardization specifically for firearm dealers.” It is now also illegal to deny a transaction based solely on the acquirer’s assignment of a firearms code to the firearms retailer.

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New Hampshire Committee Advances Bill to Prohibit Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

Titled the Firearm Purchaser’s Privacy Act, the proposed law would prohibit a payment card network from requiring a New Hampshire merchant to use a “firearms code” defined as “merchant category code 5723, approved in September 2022 by the International Organization for Standardization, for firearms retailers.”

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Louisiana Senate Passes Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

Titled the “Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act,” the bill would prohibit any financial institution operation in the state from requiring or permitting “the assignment of a firearms code in a way that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers.”

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Signed by the Governor: Tennessee Law Excludes CBDC from Definition of Money and Deposit Account

Governor Bill Lee signed a bill into law that expressly excludes a central bank digital currency (CBDC) from the definition of money and a "deposit account" under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), creating potentially significant roadblocks to its use as such in the Volunteer State.

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Alabama Committees Pass Bills to Prohibit Credit Card Codes to Track Firearms Purchases

Alabama House and Senate committees passed the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, a bill that would prohibit financial institutions operating in the state from using a credit card merchant code to enable the tracking of firearm and ammunition purchases.

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Sound Money Success: The Utah Case Study | Path to Liberty Podcast

Since 2011 - a combination of state laws and human action has built what is likely the most robust foundation for the advancement of gold and silver as money in the United Sates.

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New Hampshire Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Defend the Guard Act

The legislation would prohibit the governor from releasing any unit or member of the New Hampshire National Guard into “active duty combat” unless specific constitutional requirements is met.

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