Recommended | State | Year | Title |
✓ | Tennessee | 2023 | Why a Sovereign State Bank Is Good for Tennessee, by Richard Werner – Mar 2023 |
✓ | Colorado | 2023 | Draft Bill to Authorize Local Public Banks – Rocky Mountain Public Banking Institute and the Colorado Public Banking Coalition – Mar 2023. Sign the letter of support. |
✓ | Massachusetts | 2021 | Testimony of Massachusetts Public Banking in support of S.665/H.1223 An Act to Establish a Massachusetts Public Bank (with highlights) – Oct 2021. Video of Joint Committee on Financial Services meeting testimony – Oct 26, 2021. |
✓ | New Mexico | 2021 | Alliance for Local Economic Prosperity (AFLEP) Bank Plan. The purpose of the proposed Public Bank of New Mexico is to provide a focused, agile and effective way to leverage some of the State’s General Fund bank deposits toward investing within New Mexico. – Oct 2021 |
✓ | New Mexico | 2020 | Toward Designing a Public Bank for New Mexico – Aug 2020 |
| New Mexico | 2018 | Public Bank Task Force Final Report – Apr 2018 |
| California | 2017 | Report From the State Treasurer’s Cannabis Banking Working Group – Banking Access Strategies for Cannabis-Related Businesses – Nov 2017 |
| Vermont | 2014 | “Exploring a Public Bank for Vermont,” Final Study, Vermonters for a New Economy, 2014. |
| Vermont | 2013 | Exploring Public Banking in Vermont – Preliminary Findings – Vermonters for a New Economy, 2013. |
| Vermont | 2012 | “Putting Vermont Money Bank to Work for Vermont: Introducing the Vermont Partnership Bank” – 2012, by Demos.org |
| Hawaii | 2011 | Report “Putting Hawaii Money Back To Work For Hawaii: Introducing The Hawaii Partnership Bank,” by Demos.org |
| Maine | 2011 | Report “Putting Maine Money to Work for Maine: Introducing the Maine Street Economic Development Bank” by Demos.org |
| Maryland | 2011 | Report “Putting Maryland Money Back to Work for Maryland: Introducing the Maryland Partnership Bank” by Demos.org |
| Massachusetts | 2011 | Report “Introducing the Massachusetts Partnership Bank” by Devos.org |
| Massachusetts | 2011 | “The Bank of North Dakota: A Model for Massachusetts and Other States?” This report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) confirms that the Bank of North Dakota (BND) is a prudent, well-managed financial institution that serves in partnership with community banks as an effective economic backstop in economic downturns. The report suggests, however, that forming a state-owned bank is probably not worth the effort in Massachusetts. PBI respectfully disagrees. PBI response. |
| Oregon | 2011 | “Putting Oregon’s Money to work for Oregon: FAQ Sheet,” 2011; “Putting Oregon’s Money to Work for Oregon: Introducing the Virtual State Bank” – 2011, by Demos.org |
| Washington | 2011 | “Putting Washington Money to Work for Washington: Introducing the Washington Investment Trust” – report by Demos.org, 2011 |