West Virginia Senate Bill 693 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-6)
Status: Engrossed on March 29 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-30 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Uniform Fiduciary Access To Digital Assets Act. In creating this new article the bill contains the following provisions: providing a short title; defining certain terms; setting forth to whom the article applies; providing for user direction for disclosure of assets; addressing terms of service agreements; setting forth a procedure for disclosing digital assets; providing for disclosure of the content of electronic communications of deceased users; providing for disclosure of content of electronic communications of a principal; addressing disclosure of digital assets of a principal; addressing disclosure of digital assets held in trust when the trustee is not the original owner or user; addressing disclosure of digital assets to a conservator of a protected person; setting forth a fiduciary’s duties and authority; providing for a custodian’s compliance and immunity; providing for the uniformity of the application and construction of the article; addressing the relation of the article to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act; providing for the severability of the article; and, setting a date when the article takes effect.

Creating WV Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act

Sen. Charles Trump [R]	Sen. Ryan Weld [R]	Sen. Charles Clements [R]	Sen. Sue Cline [R]
Sen. Ryan Ferns [R]	Sen. Robert Karnes [R]	Sen. Mark Maynard [R]	Sen. Patricia Rucker [R]
Sen. Randy Smith [R]	Sen. Chandler Swope [R]	Sen. Robert Beach [D]	Sen. Glenn Jeffries [D]
Sen. Ronald Miller [D]	Sen. Richard Ojeda [D]	Sen. Michael Romano [D]	Sen. Mike Woelfel [D]

2017-03-29 - Senate - Passed Senate (Roll No. 296) (Y: 34 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-30	House	To House Judiciary
2017-03-30	House	To Judiciary
2017-03-30	House	Introduced in House
2017-03-29	Senate	Ordered to House
2017-03-29	Senate	Passed Senate (Roll No. 296)
2017-03-29	Senate	Read 3rd time
2017-03-29	Senate	On 3rd reading
2017-03-28	Senate	Read 2nd time
2017-03-28	Senate	On 2nd reading
2017-03-27	Senate	Read 1st time
2017-03-27	Senate	Immediate consideration
2017-03-27	Senate	Reported do pass
2017-03-27	Senate	Originating in Senate Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
44	5B	1	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	10	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	11	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	12	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	13	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	14	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	15	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	16	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	17	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	18	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	19	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	2	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	3	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	4	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	5	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	6	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	7	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	8	New Code	See Bill Text
44	5B	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=693&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb693%20org.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=693
Roll Call	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2017/RS/votes/senate/03-29-0296.pdf