COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio House plan to set up a cryptocurrency reserve is turning into something a bit different.

One recent amendment expanded the scope of potential investments to include more traditional assets like bonds or exchange traded funds.

That change also directs a share of the interest earned on mortgage insurance, the rainy-day fund and unclaimed funds to the effort, and scrubs “cryptocurrency” from the new fund’s name.

Another tweak, approved Tuesday, gives the officials tasked with overseeing the fund certain liability protections if those investments go south.

The idea gave state Rep. Ismael Mohamed, D-Columbus, pause during Tuesday’s hearing.

“Does that also apply to acts of negligence or mismanagement?” he asked. “I certainly understand that the goal of this a

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