<p>California became the latest state last week of the current legislative cycle to weigh allowing residents to pay for government services in the form of crypto.</p> <p><a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1275#99INT" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Bill 1275</a>, filed on February 18, "would authorize a state agency to accept cryptocurrency as a method of payment for the provision of government services," according to the text. The bill is sponsored by State Senator Sydney Kamlager-Dove, a Democrat.</p> <p>The bill joins a nascent but growing chorus of state efforts to allow people to make such payments. This month, Colorado governor Jared Polis <a href="https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/134820/colorado-governor-polis-says-the-state-will-accept-crypto-for-taxes-by-this-summer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged </a>to let residents pay their taxes in crypto by the summer, though in this instance, such payments would be exchanged for fiat currency before the state takes possession.</p> <p>Similar efforts have taken shape in Arizona and Wyoming. <a href="https://legiscan.com/IL/text/HB5287/2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Legislation</a> filed in late January in Illinois notably would let The Department of Revenue accept cryptocurrency directly. </p> <p>As noted by a recent report from <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/31/crypto-wyoming-arizona-tax-payments-00003910" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a> on the subject, past efforts to open the doors to crypto tax payments saw limited use. </p>