diff --git a/tests/integration/tx/aminojson/aminojson_test.go b/tests/integration/tx/aminojson/aminojson_test.go
index cf9695b4b451..69ab768ff4c3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/tx/aminojson/aminojson_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/tx/aminojson/aminojson_test.go
@@ -258,6 +258,11 @@ func TestAminoJSON_LegacyParity(t *testing.T) {
 		"gov/v1_msg_submit_proposal": {
 			gogo: &gov_v1_types.MsgSubmitProposal{},
 		},
+		"gov/v1_params": {
+			gogo: &gov_v1_types.Params{
+				Quorum: math.LegacyMustNewDecFromStr("0.33").String(),
+			},
+		},
 		"slashing/params/dec": {
 			gogo: &slashingtypes.Params{
 				DowntimeJailDuration:    1e9 + 7,
diff --git a/x/tx/signing/aminojson/encoder.go b/x/tx/signing/aminojson/encoder.go
index d3e1e75c8bba..fa327d5c6503 100644
--- a/x/tx/signing/aminojson/encoder.go
+++ b/x/tx/signing/aminojson/encoder.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func cosmosIntEncoder(_ *Encoder, v protoreflect.Value, w io.Writer) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// cosmosDecEncoder provides legacy compatible encoding for cosmos.Dec and cosmos.Int types. These are sometimes
+// cosmosDecEncoder provides legacy compatible encoding for cosmos.Dec types. These are sometimes
 // represented as strings in pulsar messages and sometimes as bytes.  This encoder handles both cases.
 func cosmosDecEncoder(_ *Encoder, v protoreflect.Value, w io.Writer) error {
 	switch val := v.Interface().(type) {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func cosmosDecEncoder(_ *Encoder, v protoreflect.Value, w io.Writer) error {
 		var dec math.LegacyDec
 		err := dec.Unmarshal([]byte(val))
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal for Amino JSON encoding; string %q into Dec: %w", val, err)
 		}
 		return jsonMarshal(w, dec.String())
 	case []byte:
diff --git a/x/tx/signing/aminojson/json_marshal.go b/x/tx/signing/aminojson/json_marshal.go
index 52defcca6357..6629fb350506 100644
--- a/x/tx/signing/aminojson/json_marshal.go
+++ b/x/tx/signing/aminojson/json_marshal.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"cosmossdk.io/x/tx/signing"
 )
 
+const cosmosDecType = "cosmos.Dec"
+
 // MessageEncoder is a function that can encode a protobuf protoreflect.Message to JSON.
 type MessageEncoder func(*Encoder, protoreflect.Message, io.Writer) error
 
@@ -68,8 +70,8 @@ func NewEncoder(options EncoderOptions) Encoder {
 	}
 	enc := Encoder{
 		cosmosProtoScalarEncoders: map[string]FieldEncoder{
-			"cosmos.Dec": cosmosDecEncoder,
-			"cosmos.Int": cosmosIntEncoder,
+			cosmosDecType: cosmosDecEncoder,
+			"cosmos.Int":  cosmosIntEncoder,
 		},
 		aminoMessageEncoders: map[string]MessageEncoder{
 			"key_field":        keyFieldEncoder,
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@ func (enc Encoder) marshalMessage(msg protoreflect.Message, writer io.Writer) er
 		}
 
 		// encode value
-		if encoder := enc.getFieldEncoding(f); encoder != nil {
+		if encoder := enc.getFieldEncoder(f); encoder != nil {
 			err = encoder(&enc, v, writer)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/x/tx/signing/aminojson/options.go b/x/tx/signing/aminojson/options.go
index cf9110aef3ae..c5c9462ef106 100644
--- a/x/tx/signing/aminojson/options.go
+++ b/x/tx/signing/aminojson/options.go
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package aminojson
 
 import (
 	cosmos_proto "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto"
+	gogo "github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/gogoproto"
 	gogoproto "github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
 	"github.com/iancoleman/strcase"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/descriptorpb"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/api/amino"
 )
@@ -100,7 +103,16 @@ func (enc Encoder) getMessageEncoder(message protoreflect.Message) MessageEncode
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (enc Encoder) getFieldEncoding(field protoreflect.FieldDescriptor) FieldEncoder {
+var customTypeExtension = protoimpl.ExtensionInfo{
+	ExtendedType:  (*descriptorpb.FieldOptions)(nil),
+	ExtensionType: gogo.E_Customtype.ExtensionType,
+	Field:         gogo.E_Customtype.Field,
+	Name:          gogo.E_Customtype.Name,
+	Tag:           gogo.E_Customtype.Tag,
+	Filename:      gogo.E_Customtype.Filename,
+}
+
+func (enc Encoder) getFieldEncoder(field protoreflect.FieldDescriptor) FieldEncoder {
 	opts := field.Options()
 	if proto.HasExtension(opts, amino.E_Encoding) {
 		encoding := proto.GetExtension(opts, amino.E_Encoding).(string)
@@ -110,6 +122,18 @@ func (enc Encoder) getFieldEncoding(field protoreflect.FieldDescriptor) FieldEnc
 	}
 	if proto.HasExtension(opts, cosmos_proto.E_Scalar) {
 		scalar := proto.GetExtension(opts, cosmos_proto.E_Scalar).(string)
+		// do not handle encoding of fields tagged only with scalar which are not backed by a
+		// LegacyDec custom type.  This types are handled by the default encoding, as they are
+		// expected to already be encoded as their human readable string representation
+		// containing a radix, i.e. "1.2345".
+		// For example:
+		// https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/9076487d035e43d39fe54e8498da1ce31b9c845c/x/gov/proto/cosmos/gov/v1/gov.proto#L274
+		if scalar == cosmosDecType {
+			customType := proto.GetExtension(opts, &customTypeExtension)
+			if customType != "cosmossdk.io/math.LegacyDec" {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
 		if fn, ok := enc.cosmosProtoScalarEncoders[scalar]; ok {
 			return fn
 		}