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1997 SESSION

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SB 923 Trade and commerce; digital signatures.

Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Trade and commerce; digital signatures. Provides legal recognition for digital signatures; allows digital signatures to serve in place of notarized or acknowledged signatures when filing documents with executive agencies of the Commonwealth; and requires the Council on Information Management to promulgate regulations on or before September 1, 1998, on the use of digital signatures

FULL TEXT

• 01/15/97  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 978008408  pdf
• 02/13/97  House: Committee substitute printed 972071200-H1  pdf
• 02/27/97  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB923ER)  pdf
• 04/29/97  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0917)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/15/97  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 978008408
• 01/15/97  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/20/97  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/97  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/97  Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/97  Senate: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/23/97  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/97  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/97  Senate: Communicated to House
• 01/24/97  House: Placed on Calendar
• 01/27/97  House: Read first time
• 01/27/97  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/27/97  House: Assigned to General Laws sub-committee: 4
• 02/13/97  House: Reported from General Laws with sub. (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/97  House: Committee substitute printed 972071200-H1
• 02/14/97  House: Read second time
• 02/17/97  House: Read third time
• 02/17/97  House: Committee substitute agreed to 972071200-H1
• 02/17/97  House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 972071200-H1
• 02/17/97  House: Passed House with substitute (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/97  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/97  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/19/97  Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/97  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/97  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB923ER)
• 03/04/97  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/05/97  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/06/97  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/24/97  Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 04/02/97  Senate: Reading of Governor's communication waived
• 04/02/97  Senate: Senate rejected Gov's recommendation (3-Y 35-N)
• 04/02/97  Senate: VOTE: AGREE TO GOV'S RECOMM. (3-Y 35-N)
• 04/02/97  Senate: Communicated to Governor
• 04/19/97  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 917 (effective 7/1/97)
• 04/29/97  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0917)