Texas lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly to amend the state's bill of rights to include the right of its residents to own, hold and use digital currency. The bill, HJR 146, was authored by Republican State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione in March. The lone state's crypto enthusiast, Texas Republican US Sen. Ted Cruz, has been supportive of crypto through the introduction of multiple bills over the past year. Cruz has also suggested banning the US Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency, in line with other Republican lawmakers' criticism of a US-backed CBDC.