Oklahoma Senator introduces bill to allow Bitcoin payments and salary receipts

A US lawmaker from the state of Oklahoma has introduced a bill to allow for bitcoin pay and settlement. On the 8th (local time), Republican Senator Dusty Devers
Deevers has proposed a bill that would allow employees and residents in Oklahoma to receive their pay in Bitcoin and allow merchants to accept Bitcoin payments.
Senator Devers introduced the "Bitcoin Freedom Act," stating, "If Washington DC could screw something up, they probably would."
"And it's certainly undermining the U.S. dollar," he said. "At a time when inflation is eroding the purchasing power of hardworking Oklahomans, Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that can protect income and investments."
"As Bitcoin continues to rise and dollars continue to be printed and lost in Washington DC, Oklahoma is taking steps to protect its residents," he said.
"We must act to ensure that this bill is implemented," he added. The bill, called SB 325, was designed to make participation completely voluntary. Devers said:
"The bill respects free market principles and empowers employees, employers and businesses to choose their own payment options," he explained. According to the proposed bill, one of the aims of the bill is to
The goal is to make Bitcoin safe for private businesses and individual citizens to use, and another goal is to recognize Bitcoin as an acceptable means of transaction, salary and investment.