Big news: our activism campaign against the California virtual currency license—A.B. 1326—is making big waves in Sacramento. With your help, we’ve demonstrated widespread opposition to the bill and the short-sighted restrictions it threatens to impose.
But today is a crucial day in the fight against California’s virtual currency license. It's the last day that A.B. 1326 could be voted on in 2015. After today, the California Senate will go on break until January of next year.
Can you call your senator and tell them to oppose any attempt to rush this bill through on the last day of the session? A powerful new campaign site will make it easy for you to call to stop the bill:
The site is hosted by Taskforce.is and uses CallPower technology to connect you to your state senator. If you are in California, just visit the website, enter your phone number, and you’ll be connected to your lawmaker’s office. There’s a super-short script on the site that you can follow.
Let's make this a victory
In the last few weeks, EFF supporters have bombarded the California legislature with emails and phone calls against A.B. 1326, helping slow the bill. EFF also organized Bitcoin companies and nonprofits in a coalition letter showcasing the opposition to the proposal, and we brought virtual currency experts to Sacramento for a lobby day against the bill.
All of this is having a huge impact, and the bill is tottering on the verge of being converted into a 2-year bill, which would give us more time to fight the worst of the bill’s components. But the bill's author continues to resist this commonsense measure and has thus far refused to officially change the status of A.B. 1326.
That means the bill could be voted on today. Let's finish this session with a unified voice from the digital rights community: No Bitcoin license.
Help us make sure that the California legislature doesn’t pass this misguided bill. Please pick up the phone and make a call today:
Thanks for helping us fight for user rights,
Rainey Reitman
EFF Activism Team
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