Just over two months into the new year, 2021 has already seen a flurry of public banking activity.
Sixteen new bills to form publicly-owned banks or facilitate their formation were introduced in eight U.S. states just in January and February.
Ellen Brown
Two bills for a state-owned bank were introduced in New Mexico, two in Massachusetts, two in New York, one each in Oregon and Hawaii, and Washington State’s Public Bank Bill was re-introduced as a “Substitution.”
Bills for city-owned banks were introduced in Philadelphia and San Francisco, and bills facilitating the formation of public banks or for a feasibility study were introduced in New York, Oregon (three bills), and Hawaii.