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2021 SESSION
SB 1435 Estate planning documents; electronic execution, codifies Uniform Electronic Wills Act.
Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Electronic execution of estate planning documents; Uniform Electronic Wills Act. Permits trusts, advance medical directives, and refusals to make anatomical gifts to be signed and notarized, as appropriate, by electronic means. The bill also codifies the Uniform Electronic Wills Act, which permits a testator to execute a will by electronic means. The Act requires that the will be signed by two witnesses who are in the physical or electronic presence of the testator and acknowledged by the testator and attesting witnesses in the physical or electronic presence of a notary public.
FULL TEXT
- 01/15/21 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 21100086D pdf
- 02/03/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 21103695D-S1 pdf
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HISTORY
- 01/15/21 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 21100086D
- 01/15/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/28/21 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
- 02/03/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 21103695D-S1
- 02/03/21 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)