Ban a Central Bank Digital Currency in Ohio — Support HB 163 and HB 155

URGENT UPDATE: HB 163, a second bill that bans CBDCs, has been introduced. Contact your state legislators and urge them to support these important bills!

Members of the Ohio General Assembly are seeking to enact legislation banning Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in the state.

House Bill No. 163 (HB 163) is sponsored by Representative Jennifer Gross (R-West Chester), and it is cosponsored by eight other representatives. Meanwhile, House Bill No. 155 (HB 155) is sponsored by Representatives Tom Young (R-Washington Twp.) and Steve Demetriou (R- Bainbridge Twp.), and it is also cosponsored by eight other representatives.

If enacted, HB 163 and HB 155 would amend the state’s definition of money, found in the Ohio’s Uniform Commercial Code, to exclude CBDCs — regardless of whether they are “issued by the United States federal reserve system, a federal agency, a foreign government, a foreign central bank, or a foreign reserve system.” This would effectively ban them within Ohio.

HB 163 and HB 155 come as state legislatures consider legislation pushed by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) that would pave the way for a CBDC by banning free-market cryptocurrencies.

Dangers of a Central Bank Digital Currency

A digital currency is a major and imminent threat to Americans’ liberty and privacy — and the Federal Reserve, White House, and Treasury Department are already taking steps to implement one in the United States.

A CBDC would amount to a major expansion of government power, allowing it to restrict our personal freedoms and implement its leftist agenda with no opposition. A digital currency would be centrally controlled by the Federal Reserve, allowing it to oversee all our transactions and thus obliterating privacy and anonymity.

Additionally, the Federal Reserve would be able to set the rules for a digital currency — it could prevent Americans from using it for transactions that the Fed’s leaders and other globalist elites dislike.

Not so long ago, we saw the Canadian government shut down the bank accounts of pro-freedom demonstrators, and Big Tech companies prevent electronic payments in Russia. If a digital currency is implemented, these displays of draconian government power against its political opponents, or those with “unacceptable views,” will intensify exponentially.

If a digital currency is implemented, it would be on a global level rather than just a national level. For example, as of March 2022, nine countries have already implemented digital currencies while 78 others are considering it. Furthermore, at the 2022 World Government Summit, globalist “experts” called for the creation of a global digital financial system.

Last, but not least, the Deep State has been planning a digital currency for many years due to the control over people that it would gain. In fact, a digital currency is a crucial component of the Great Reset plan to control humanity. Covid-19 provided an excuse for it to accelerate those plans.

Ultimately, Ohio must fully restore sound money within its borders — including nullifying the Federal Reserve, recognizing gold and silver as legal tender, and creating a state bullion depository — in pursuance with Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution. However, stopping a CBDC is an important step toward preventing totalitarian control over all Americans. Accordingly, urge your state representative and senator to support HB 163 and HB 155.