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House approves Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act for transmittal to Senate
Summary
Senate Bill 121, the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, was presented and passed the House unanimously (71-0); the bill authorizes official reliance on authenticated electronic copies of legal materials in a designated repository.
Representative Snow presented Senate Bill 121, the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, explaining it allows an officially designated electronic repository to be relied upon as the official source for legal materials when properly authenticated. Members questioned whether authenticated backups and repository procedures would be designated by the office holding the record; the sponsor said designated offices would authenticate electronic copies and maintain backups.
Representative Thurston asked about loss or destruction of paper or electronic originals and whether backups would be treated as official. The sponsor said designated offices would authenticate and maintain faithful backups so restoration would preserve the official record. Representative Snow waived further summation and the House voted; the presiding officer announced SB121 passed the House 71-0 and will be signed by the Speaker Pro Tem and returned to the Senate for the President’s signature.
Next steps: The bill will be returned to the Senate for signature and any required administrative steps to implement electronic repository procedures will be assigned to the designated office.
