Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed bill HB 4488. It grants legal protection to Bitcoin’s ultimate national reserve, but it is not yet officially present. The law, approved last Friday, ensures that if this type of fund is created, it will be excluded from future laws that attempt to dissolve it or incorporate it into the general state budget.
The measure will make Texas one of the first states in the United States to approve a legal framework specifically designed to protect Bitcoin’s potential reserves, in the context that several states are already investigating similar initiatives. The project establishes that if these funds are established by future law, they will have a “permanent fund” and will not be billed or allocated to other state agencies.
Law HB 4488 does not directly allow states to purchase or store Bitcoin, but it feels legally grounded as this occurs through another proposal. Senate Act sub-cryptography.
SB 21 allows states to invest in Bitcoin and other crypto-actives with market capitalizations of over USD 500,000 million. But so far, the governor has not yet signed or rejected the project. According to state legislative rules, if Abbott does not act before June 22nd, the proposal will automatically become law without needing a signature.
Texas has shown a growing institutional interest in cryptocurrencies in recent years, and the recent approval of HB 4488 has strengthened that trend. The initiative is part of a wider US movement in 2025, where more than a dozen states are considering proposing to adopt Bitcoin as an asset in state reserves. Among them, Arizona stands out this week. Active reserve for BTC.
In the case of Texas, if SB 21 is promulgated and put into effect, the state could be the first to establish strategic preparations backed by the legal framework already defined in HB 4488. For now, approval of this final project represents a preliminary but important step towards the integration of Bitcoin into state financial management.
The final destination for SB 21 is defined, but with approval from HB 4488, Texas has made it clear that Bitcoin is ready for the future, which is part of its official reserves, and is anticipating future attempts to dismantle that type of fund at once.