This bill:

• defines terms;
• enacts the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act;
• establishes the scope of the provisions this bill enacts;
• provides that a non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature may not be denied legal effect because the non-testamentary estate planning document or electronic signature is in electronic form;
• provides that a non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature is attributable to a person if the non-testamentary estate planning document or the electronic signature was the act of the person;
• provides notarization and acknowledgment requirements for a non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature on an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document;
• provides witnessing and attestation requirements for an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document;
• establishes retention requirements for an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document;
• provides the manner in which an individual may certify a paper copy of an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document;
• provides that an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature on an electronic non-testamentary estate planning document may not be excluded from a proceeding solely because the electronic non-testamentary estate planning document or an electronic signature is in electronic form; and
• provides the manner in which the provisions this bill enacts relate to existing law.