Arkansas Senate votes to allow introduction of bill targeting crypto miners’ energy usage

April 15, 2024 at 7:29 p.m.

by Michael R. Wickline

Sen. Bryan King (center), R-Green Forest, speaks with Sen. Fred Love (left), D-Mabelvale, as Sen. Steve Crowell, R-Magnolia looks at documents before the start of a session in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)
Sen. Bryan King (center), R-Green Forest, speaks with Sen. Fred Love (left), D-Mabelvale, as Sen. Steve Crowell, R-Magnolia looks at documents before the start of a session in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Colin Murphey)


The Arkansas Senate on Monday approved a resolution to authorize the introduction of a nonappropriation bill that would require a crypto mining business to pay a fee for extraordinary electrical energy usage.

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