l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 1217

The "Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets and Digital Accounts Act"; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "FIDUCIARY ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS AND DIGITAL ACCOUNTS ACT"; TO CREATE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT APPLIES TO A GRANT OF AUTHORITY TO A FIDUCIARY OVER A DIGITAL ACCOUNT OR A DIGITAL ASSET; TO PROVIDE THAT DIGITAL ASSETS AND DIGITAL ACCOUNTS OF AN EMPLOYER REGULARLY USED BY AN EMPLOYEE IN THE USUAL COURSE OF BUSINESS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO LIST THE DUTIES AND LIMITATIONS OF A PERSON THAT ELECTRONICALLY STORES DIGITAL ASSETS OR DIGITAL ACCOUNTS OF AN ACCOUNT HOLDER OR OTHERWISE HAS CONTROL OVER DIGITAL ASSETS OR DIGITAL ACCOUNTS OF THE ACCOUNT HOLDER; TO PROVIDE THAT A FIDUCIARY MAY EXERCISE CONTROL OVER ANY AND ALL RIGHTS IN DIGITAL ASSETS AND DIGITAL ACCOUNTS OF AN ACCOUNT HOLDER, TO THE EXTENT AUTHORIZED BY STATE LAW, FEDERAL LAW, REGULATIONS OR ANY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT A FIDUCIARY'S AUTHORITY OVER DIGITAL ASSETS OR DIGITAL ACCOUNTS OF AN ACCOUNT HOLDER SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE ACCOUNT HOLDER; TO AMEND SECTIONS 87-3-7, 81-5-34, 87-3-109 AND 91-8-303, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2015, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Judiciary AJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published