This is great news. Works a lot better than gov's accepting gold since the crypto can be instantly converted to cash using coinbase/litepay or whatever. If this passes expect other states to follow suit. Even if it doesn't pass, it shows people that "maybe there's a little something to it after all."
For years I thought the whole thing was a joke/scam but once the futures market allowed it and some fund managers in Barron's (Bill Miller amongst others) starting talking about it, I realized that this is real.