Bill Text: IA SSB1047 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to electronic presence for purposes of executing wills and codicils.(See SF 515.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-06 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 515. [SSB1047 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SSB1047-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1047
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
ZAUN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
electronic
presence
for
purposes
of
1
executing
wills
and
codicils.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
633.279,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
Electronic
presence
requirements.
For
3
electronic
presence,
the
testator
must
provide
correct
verbal
4
responses
to
all
of
the
following
before
signing,
in
addition
5
to
satisfying
the
other
requirements
of
this
section:
6
a.
Are
you
currently
married?
If
so,
please
state
the
name
7
of
your
spouse.
8
b.
Please
state
the
names
of
anyone
who
assisted
you
in
9
accessing
the
means
of
your
electronic
presence
today.
10
c.
Please
state
the
names
of
anyone
who
assisted
you
in
11
preparing
or
reviewing
the
documents
you
are
signing
today.
12
d.
Where
are
you
currently
located?
13
e.
Who
is
in
the
room
with
you?
14
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
Definition.
For
purposes
of
this
15
section,
“presence”
means
any
manner,
physical
or
electronic,
16
in
which
the
witness
and
testator
can
see
and
hear
the
acts
of
17
each
other
in
real
time.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
authorizes
the
electronic
presence
of
testators
22
and
witnesses
in
executing
wills
and
codicils
and
creates
23
associated
requirements.
The
bill
defines
the
term
“presence”
24
to
mean
any
manner,
physical
or
electronic,
in
which
the
25
witness
and
testator
can
see
and
hear
the
acts
of
each
other
in
26
real
time.
The
bill
requires
a
testator
present
electronically
27
to
respond
to
a
series
of
requests
set
forth
in
the
bill
prior
28
to
signing
a
will
or
codicil.
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