Delaware House Bill 345 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4)
Status: Passed on August 12 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-08-12 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Recognizing that an increasing percentage of people's lives are being conducted online and that this has posed challenges after a person dies or becomes incapacitated, this Act specifically authorizes fiduciaries to access and control the digital assets and digital accounts of an incapacitated person, principal under a personal power of attorney, decedents or settlors, and beneficiaries of trusts. The Act should be construed liberally to allow such access and control, especially when expressly provided for in a written instrument. Section 1 creates a new Chapter 50 in Title 12 to contain the Act itself while Sections 2 through 4 amend existing statutes pertaining to personal powers of attorney, guardianships, and trustee powers to include the authority permitted under Section 1.

An Act To Amend Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Fiduciary Access To Digital Assets And Digital Accounts.

Rep. Darryl Scott [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]	Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Debra Heffernan [D]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]
Rep. James Johnson [D]	Rep. Quinton Johnson [D]	Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. John Mitchell [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Rep. Michael Ramone [R]	Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Rep. Daniel Short [R]
Rep. Melanie Smith [D]	Rep. Rebecca Walker [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]	Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]

2014-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 39 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-06-30 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-06-12 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-08-12	Senate	Signed by Governor
2014-06-30	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 39 YES 1 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-30	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-30	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-30	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (EXECUTIVE) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2014-06-25	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2014-06-17	Senate	Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
2014-06-12	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 34 YES 6 NO 1 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-12	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2014-06-12	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2014-06-04	House	Reported Out of Committee (TELECOMMUNICATION INTERNET and TECHNOLOGY) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2014-05-15	House	Introduced and Assigned to Telecommunication Internet and Technology Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/ed02328e743f63cf85257cc8003f3732?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+345/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/702a930b0ba7092785257cf50079de42?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/7c6b612cff14f44d85257d080008a8c6?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/a04583a9fd6bf63285257d0800123bf9?OpenDocument