Relating to disclosures and other requirements concerning virtual currency kiosk transactions; authorizing a fee.
Bill overview
Relating to disclosures and other requirements concerning virtual currency kiosk transactions; authorizing a fee.
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HB 2798 sources, status methodology and verification
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KeepTXRed summary
HB 2798 was a House-passed consumer-protection proposal for virtual-currency kiosks, often called crypto ATMs. It would have required prominent risk and scam warnings, transaction disclosures, receipts, a $2,000 daily limit for new customers and refunds in specified fraud cases. The Senate did not pass it.
What would change
Operators would have had to disclose fees, exchange rates, market-price differences, irreversibility and fraud risks; obtain customer acknowledgements; provide detailed receipts; cap first-72-hour customers at $2,000 per day; and refund qualifying new customers who reported fraudulent inducement within the proposed time limits. The Department of Banking would have administered the framework and could charge implementation fees.
Who may be affected
Crypto-kiosk customers, kiosk operators and digital-asset service providers, scam victims, the Texas Department of Banking, law enforcement and consumer-protection officials.
When it would take effect
HB 2798 did not take effect. It passed the House and was referred to Senate Business & Commerce but did not receive final Senate passage.
Limits and uncertainty
The proposed warnings, $2,000 new-customer limit and fraud-refund right were not enacted through HB 2798. Current virtual-currency kiosk requirements must be determined from separately enacted Texas and federal law.
Editorial sources and review notes
Official House-engrossed text, committee analysis and stages reviewed. House passed; Senate did not.
Editorial explanation reviewed 9/6/2026.
Current status
Passed
Referred to Business & Commerce
Latest official action
Referred to Business & Commerce
April 29, 2025 · house
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Committee history
- Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
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- Business & Commerce
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Legislative timeline
Referred to Business & Commerce
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