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1998 SESSION
SB 153 Trade and commerce; digital signatures.
Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Trade and commerce; digital signatures. Repeals the second enactment of Chapter 917 of the 1997 Acts of Assembly, which provided that the Council on Information Management (CIM) adopt final regulations on the use of digital signatures by September 1, 1998. The bill: (i) strikes CIM's authority to promulgate regulations to implement state agencies' and localities' use of digital signatures in favor of setting out criteria in the bill; (ii) changes the term "digital" to "electronic" to encompass signatures created by any electronic method; (iii) makes other necessary definitional changes; (iv) sets out criteria that a trier of fact must assess to determine the evidentiary weight to be given a particular electronic signature; and (v) sets out criteria that state agencies and localities must follow to use electronic signatures (which are the same criteria that a trier of fact must assess). The bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 983721860 pdf
- 02/25/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB153ER) pdf
- 03/13/98 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB153ER) pdf
- 03/18/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 983721860
- 01/14/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/19/98 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/98 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/98 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/22/98 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/98 Senate: Communicated to House
- 01/23/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/26/98 House: Read first time
- 01/26/98 House: Referred to Committee on Science and Technology
- 02/20/98 House: Reported from Science and Technology (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/98 House: Read second time
- 02/24/98 House: Read third time
- 02/24/98 House: Passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/98 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB153ER)
- 03/03/98 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/03/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/98 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 03/13/98 Senate: Reading of Governor's communication waived
- 03/13/98 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/13/98 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/13/98 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (88-Y 0-N)
- 03/13/98 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (88-Y 0-N)
- 03/13/98 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 03/13/98 Senate: Reenrolled
- 03/13/98 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB153ER)
- 03/13/98 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 03/13/98 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 03/13/98 House: Enacted, Chapter 127 (effective 7/1/98)
- 03/18/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0127)