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SB 903 Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. Creates the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. The bill allows fiduciaries to manage digital property such as computer files, web domains, and virtual currency, and restricts a fiduciary's access to electronic communications such as email, text messages, and social media accounts unless the original user consented to such access in a will, trust, power of attorney, or other record. The bill repeals the Privacy Expectation Afterlife and Choices Act, which was enacted in 2015. This bill is identical to HB 1608.
FULL TEXT
- 12/22/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100085D pdf
- 02/14/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB903ER) pdf
- 02/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/22/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100085D
- 12/22/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N)
- 01/17/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/17 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/19/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/30/17 House: Read first time
- 01/30/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/17 House: Read second time
- 02/13/17 House: Read third time
- 02/13/17 House: Passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/13/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/14/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/14/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB903ER)
- 02/14/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/15/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/15/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
- 02/15/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
- 02/20/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 80 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/20/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)