diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 36ba7395..6b996d02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+[\#591](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava/pull/591) Add a `raw-params` cli method to query raw parameter values for use in manual verification of gov proposals.
+
 [\#596](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava/pull/596) Add REST client and CLI query to get module account information for the CDP module
 
 [\#590](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava/pull/590) Add CLI query to return kavadist module account balance
diff --git a/x/committee/client/cli/query.go b/x/committee/client/cli/query.go
index 68928e11..8bda3128 100644
--- a/x/committee/client/cli/query.go
+++ b/x/committee/client/cli/query.go
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ func GetQueryCmd(queryRoute string, cdc *codec.Codec) *cobra.Command {
 		GetCmdQueryVotes(queryRoute, cdc),
 		// other
 		GetCmdQueryProposer(queryRoute, cdc),
-		GetCmdQueryTally(queryRoute, cdc))...)
+		GetCmdQueryTally(queryRoute, cdc),
+		GetCmdQueryRawParams(queryRoute, cdc))...)
 
 	return queryCmd
 }
@@ -292,3 +293,37 @@ func GetCmdQueryProposer(queryRoute string, cdc *codec.Codec) *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func GetCmdQueryRawParams(queryRoute string, cdc *codec.Codec) *cobra.Command {
+	return &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "raw-params [subspace] [key]",
+		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(2),
+		Short:   "Query raw parameter values from any module.",
+		Long:    "Query the byte value of any module's parameters. Useful in debugging and verifying governance proposals.",
+		Example: fmt.Sprintf("%s query %s raw-params cdp CollateralParams", version.ClientName, types.ModuleName),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			cliCtx := context.NewCLIContext().WithCodec(cdc)
+
+			// Prepare params for querier
+			bz, err := cdc.MarshalJSON(types.NewQueryRawParamsParams(args[0], args[1]))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			// Query
+			res, _, err := cliCtx.QueryWithData(fmt.Sprintf("custom/%s/%s", queryRoute, types.QueryRawParams), bz)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			// Decode and print results
+			rawParams := []byte{}
+			err = cdc.UnmarshalJSON(res, &rawParams)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			// raw params are encoded raw json bytes, so should be ok to print out as a string
+			return cliCtx.PrintOutput(string(rawParams))
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/x/committee/keeper/querier.go b/x/committee/keeper/querier.go
index ca4ce994..a098854b 100644
--- a/x/committee/keeper/querier.go
+++ b/x/committee/keeper/querier.go
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ func NewQuerier(keeper Keeper) sdk.Querier {
 			return queryVote(ctx, path[1:], req, keeper)
 		case types.QueryTally:
 			return queryTally(ctx, path[1:], req, keeper)
+		case types.QueryRawParams:
+			return queryRawParams(ctx, path[1:], req, keeper)
 
 		default:
 			return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(sdkerrors.ErrUnknownRequest, "unknown %s query endpoint", types.ModuleName)
@@ -172,3 +174,28 @@ func queryTally(ctx sdk.Context, path []string, req abci.RequestQuery, keeper Ke
 	}
 	return bz, nil
 }
+
+// ------------------------------------------
+//				Raw Params
+// ------------------------------------------
+
+func queryRawParams(ctx sdk.Context, path []string, req abci.RequestQuery, keeper Keeper) ([]byte, error) {
+	var params types.QueryRawParamsParams
+	err := keeper.cdc.UnmarshalJSON(req.Data, &params)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrap(sdkerrors.ErrJSONUnmarshal, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	subspace, found := keeper.ParamKeeper.GetSubspace(params.Subspace)
+	if !found {
+		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrapf(types.ErrUnknownSubspace, "subspace: %s", params.Subspace)
+	}
+	rawParams := subspace.GetRaw(ctx, []byte(params.Key))
+
+	// encode the raw params as json, which converts them to a base64 string
+	bz, err := codec.MarshalJSONIndent(keeper.cdc, rawParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, sdkerrors.Wrap(sdkerrors.ErrJSONMarshal, err.Error())
+	}
+	return bz, nil
+}
diff --git a/x/committee/keeper/querier_test.go b/x/committee/keeper/querier_test.go
index 762bf605..9c13fda1 100644
--- a/x/committee/keeper/querier_test.go
+++ b/x/committee/keeper/querier_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params"
 
 	abci "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/abci/types"
 
@@ -238,6 +239,57 @@ func (suite *QuerierTestSuite) TestQueryTally() {
 	// Check
 	suite.Equal(int64(len(suite.votes[propID])), tally)
 }
+
+type TestSubParam struct {
+	Some   string
+	Test   sdk.Dec
+	Params []types.Vote
+}
+type TestParams struct {
+	TestKey TestSubParam
+}
+
+const paramKey = "TestKey"
+
+func (p *TestParams) ParamSetPairs() params.ParamSetPairs {
+	return params.ParamSetPairs{
+		params.NewParamSetPair([]byte(paramKey), &p.TestKey, func(interface{}) error { return nil }),
+	}
+}
+func (suite *QuerierTestSuite) TestQueryRawParams() {
+	ctx := suite.ctx.WithIsCheckTx(false) // ?
+
+	// Create a new param subspace to avoid adding dependency to another module. Set a test param value.
+	subspaceName := "test"
+	subspace := suite.app.GetParamsKeeper().Subspace(subspaceName)
+	subspace = subspace.WithKeyTable(params.NewKeyTable().RegisterParamSet(&TestParams{}))
+
+	paramValue := TestSubParam{
+		Some:   "test",
+		Test:   d("1000000000000.000000000000000001"),
+		Params: []types.Vote{{1, suite.addresses[0]}, {12, suite.addresses[1]}},
+	}
+	subspace.Set(ctx, []byte(paramKey), paramValue)
+
+	// Set up request query
+	query := abci.RequestQuery{
+		Path: strings.Join([]string{custom, types.QuerierRoute, types.QueryRawParams}, "/"),
+		Data: suite.cdc.MustMarshalJSON(types.NewQueryRawParamsParams(subspaceName, paramKey)),
+	}
+
+	// Execute query
+	bz, err := suite.querier(ctx, []string{types.QueryRawParams}, query)
+	suite.NoError(err)
+	suite.NotNil(bz)
+
+	// Unmarshal the bytes
+	var returnedParamValue []byte
+	suite.NoError(suite.cdc.UnmarshalJSON(bz, &returnedParamValue))
+
+	// Check
+	suite.Equal(suite.cdc.MustMarshalJSON(paramValue), returnedParamValue)
+}
+
 func TestQuerierTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(QuerierTestSuite))
 }
diff --git a/x/committee/types/errors.go b/x/committee/types/errors.go
index f5a6fc49..e95779c0 100644
--- a/x/committee/types/errors.go
+++ b/x/committee/types/errors.go
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ var (
 	ErrUnknownVote             = sdkerrors.Register(ModuleName, 7, "vote not found")
 	ErrInvalidGenesis          = sdkerrors.Register(ModuleName, 8, "invalid genesis")
 	ErrNoProposalHandlerExists = sdkerrors.Register(ModuleName, 9, "pubproposal has no corresponding handler")
+	ErrUnknownSubspace         = sdkerrors.Register(ModuleName, 10, "subspace not found")
 )
diff --git a/x/committee/types/querier.go b/x/committee/types/querier.go
index af1df4f2..5512323f 100644
--- a/x/committee/types/querier.go
+++ b/x/committee/types/querier.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const (
 	QueryVotes      = "votes"
 	QueryVote       = "vote"
 	QueryTally      = "tally"
+	QueryRawParams  = "raw_params"
 )
 
 type QueryCommitteeParams struct {
@@ -46,3 +47,15 @@ func NewQueryVoteParams(proposalID uint64, voter sdk.AccAddress) QueryVoteParams
 		Voter:      voter,
 	}
 }
+
+type QueryRawParamsParams struct {
+	Subspace string
+	Key      string
+}
+
+func NewQueryRawParamsParams(subspace, key string) QueryRawParamsParams {
+	return QueryRawParamsParams{
+		Subspace: subspace,
+		Key:      key,
+	}
+}