Mark Obenshain
- Republican
- Senator
- District 2
Primary
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
Approved by Governor-Chapter 80 (effective 7/1/17)
Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2017
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/15/17
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Read third time
Passed House (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
Read second time
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Read second time and engrossed
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100085D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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| Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100085D | HTML |
| Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB903ER) | HTML |
| Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080) | HTML |
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