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H.B. 181 Uniform Estate Planning Amendments

Became lawWritten by Rep. Nelson T. Abbott · carried in the Senate by Sen. Michael K. McKell

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

The bill would let people sign non-testamentary estate planning documents, such as powers of attorney, medical directives, trusts, and certificates of trust, electronically. It would also allow electronic notaries to be used on those documents.

Plain-English summary written by AI from the sponsor’s presentation in committee and on the floor. Check the official text below.

Official description
  • defines terms
  • enacts the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act
  • establishes the scope of the provisions this bill enacts
  • provides that a non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature may not be denied legal effect because the non-testamentary estate planning document or electronic signature is in electronic form
  • provides that a non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature is attributable to a person if the non-testamentary estate planning document or the electronic signature was the act of the person
  • provides notarization and acknowledgment requirements for a non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature on an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document
  • provides witnessing and attestation requirements for an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document
  • establishes retention requirements for an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document
  • provides the manner in which an individual may certify a paper copy of an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document
  • provides that an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature on an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document may not be excluded from a proceeding solely because the electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature is in electronic form
  • provides the manner in which the provisions this bill enacts relate to existing law
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