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2017 SESSION
HB 1608 Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
Introduced by: James A. "Jay" Leftwich | 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 SB 903.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101621D pdf
- 02/10/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1608ER) pdf
- 02/17/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/03/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101621D
- 01/03/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/13/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/16/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/17 House: Read first time
- 01/25/17 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/17 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/26/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/06/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/08/17 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/17 House: Enrolled
- 02/10/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1608ER)
- 02/10/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/13/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/13/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
- 02/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
- 02/17/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 33 (effective 7/1/17)
- 02/17/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033)