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The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) (also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws) is a nonprofit association established in 1892 that provides states with nonpartisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation. The ULC's acts brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state law. ULC members are practicing lawyers, judges, legislators and legislative staff and
law professors, who have been appointed by state governments, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to research, draft, and promote enactment of uniform state laws when uniformity is helpful.
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The Uniform Law Commission will convene in person for its 131st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, from July 8-14, 2022. Five different acts are being presented for final approval.
Read more about these acts here: http://ow.ly/AABf50JRvuk.
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Twenty-eight organizations signed a bipartisan letter in support of the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act! UPEPA protects the public’s right to engage in constitutionally protected activities without abusive legal retaliation.
http://ow.ly/lHtF50JG88B
The undersigned organizations represent an array of views across the political spectrum, which often results in disagreements on certain issues. Yet protection from meritless lawsuits to punish speech, known as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (“SLAPP”), is one principle that we a...
The Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act has been enacted twice this year! Thank you to Representative Moriarty in Maine and Representative Feist & Senator Johnson in Minnesota for all your work.
Learn more about this act here: http://ow.ly/N3zW50JfY8T
Washington is the first state to enact the Uniform Unregulated Child Custody Transfer Act! Thank you to Governor Jay Inslee for signing SB 5548 into law, and to our legislative sponsor Senator Jamie Pedersen for your hard work!
Interested in enacting the UUCCTA? Check out: http://ow.ly/HC5y50In71L
The Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act has been adopted in Alabama! Thanks to our legislative sponsor Senator Elliott for your efforts on SB 211. Learn more about UCOTVA here: http://ow.ly/OJx350In7eE
On the last day of Human Trafficking Awareness Month, learn more about the Uniform Act on the Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking. The UAPRHT provides 3 components necessary for ending human trafficking: comprehensive criminal penalties; protections for human trafficking victims; and public awareness and prevention methods.
Has your state adopted the UAPRHT?: http://ow.ly/BLz450HIsIL
The Uniform Law Commission recently approved the Uniform Personal Data Protection Act, a model state .
Check out this summary and analysis of the UPDPA by Pollyanna Sanderson for the Future of Privacy Forum : https://fpf.org/blog/uniform-law-commission-finalizes-model-state-privacy-law/
The Uniform Restrictive Employment Agreement Act regulates agreements that prohibit or limit an employee or other worker from working after the work relationship ends.
Uniform legislation protects workers & employers across the country! Learn more about the core elements of this important Act here: http://ow.ly/Txb250FDK2B
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The National Guardianship Network recommends vital reforms to guardianship law, including adoption of the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act by every state legislature: http://ow.ly/Lp2B50FiOVf
Check out the NGN Recommendations and then watch the following video to learn how the UGCOPAA can help improve conditions in your state! http://ow.ly/Fhai50FiOVe
The Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and other Protective Arrangements Act (UGCOPAA) is a comprehensive guardianship statute for the twenty-first centu...
The Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act (RUAAA) has been enacted in 2 more states! Thanks to our legislative sponsors in Oklahoma and Missouri for your hard work.
The RUAAA provides protections to student athletes and educational institutions by regulating the conduct of athlete agents who are recruiting or soliciting student athletes to enter into agency contracts. An athlete agent’s recruitment of a student athlete while they are still enrolled in an educational institution may cause substantial eligibility or other problems for both the student athlete and the educational institution. The problem worsens when an unethical agent misleads a student athlete, especially when the athlete is unaware of the possible repercussions of signing the agency contract. To address these and other problems, the Uniform Law Commission drafted the Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act in 2015.
RUAAA provides enhanced protection for student athletes and educational institutions, creates a uniform body of agent registration information for use by state agencies, and streamlines the registration process for athlete agents operating in multiple states.
To read more, visit: ow.ly/3O3950z6UOl
Thanks to the hard work of our legislative sponsors and commissioners, Hawaii is the first state in the nation to adopt the Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act!
Generally, when someone asks for the login information to an individual’s personal online account, that individual is free to say “no.” Unfortunately, that is less true in the employment and educational contexts where employers and educational institutions have coercive power over current or prospective employees and students. In recent years, there have been a number of reports of incidents where employers and educational institutions have demanded and received access to an employee’s or student’s personal online account.
In response, UESOPPA was drafted to prevent employers and public/private postsecondary educational institutions from requiring, coercing, or requesting access to the employee’s or student’s login information for protected personal online accounts or the content of such accounts except in extraordinary circumstances. This enables employees and students to maintain the privacy of their personal online accounts.
For more information on the Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act, see: http://ow.ly/Dv1650F6IZD
Uniform Law Commission The Uniform Law Commission (ULC, also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws), established in 1892, provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state stat...
The Uniform Public Expression Protection Act makes Washington a “safer place for the public to participate in government. Deep-pocketed bullies won’t be allowed to use the courts to intimidate people into silence anymore.”
Read more: http://ow.ly/tcOI50EQO6D
The Washington Legislature worked in a bipartisan manner to restore protections for members of the public to speak out and influence public policy. The new law would accelerate dismissal of lawsuits designed to silence opponents.
Arkansas is the 20th state to adopt the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act! Thanks to our legislative sponsor Senator Dismang for your work on SB 601.
Read more about this comprehensive LLC statute in this JDSupra article: http://ow.ly/Y4KV50EOxrK
For further details on the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, see: http://ow.ly/2Yfg50EOxrL
Arkansas recently became the 20th state to enact the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (the “ULLCA”) as the governing law for the formation and...
Washington leads the way with the first enactment of the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA)! UPEPA is designed to prevent an abusive type of litigation called a “SLAPP,” or “strategic lawsuit against public participation.” A SLAPP may be filed as a defamation, invasion of privacy, nuisance, or other type of claim, but its real purpose is to silence and intimidate the defendant from engaging in constitutionally protected activities, such as free speech.
UPEPA offers to enacting states a comprehensive, efficient framework for the resolution of SLAPPs. The uniform act’s broad scope also provides more protection to citizens than most existing anti-SLAPP statutes. States that have already adopted a SLAPP law should consider updating their existing law by adopting the uniform act.
Learn more about the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act here: http://ow.ly/1b5B50EM8JH
Join us TOMORROW for a free one-hour webinar on how the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act can expand access to justice!
Interested? Register here: ow.ly/7f6f50EDG2e
Nebraska is the first state in the nation to adopt the Uniform Easement Relocation Act (UERA)! An easement is a legal right to use another person’s private property for a specific purpose. Easements are often granted to provide a right-of-way to access otherwise inaccessible property.
The Uniform Easement Relocation Act was approved by the Uniform Law Commission in 2020 to modernize a common law rule that gives easement holders absolute power to restrict development of land burdened by an easement. Enacting the UERA will encourage flexibility and cooperation between property owners and protect the property rights of both easement holders and the owners of land subject to an easement.
To read more about the UERA, see: http://ow.ly/q8qu50EGAhKs
Citizens' access to the law is hindered when a state does not publish official electronic legal material. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated challenges for states to provide access to justice, particularly to those with low incomes and to communities of color.
This free one-hour webinar held on Thursday, May 11th will address how adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act can contribute to greater access to justice, and how you can help to enact it in your state. The webinar will also discuss how to build a coalition of supporters with others interested in enacting UELMA.
Interested? Register here: http://ow.ly/3Txk50EDGoe
HB 109 has been signed into law in Kentucky, enacting the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act (UDPCVA)!
The Uniform Law Commission drafted the UDPCVA in 2012. This act addresses child custody and visitation issues that arise when service members are deployed. The current patchwork of laws across states makes it difficult for the parents to resolve custody issues quickly and fairly. The UDPCVA ensures a proper balance of interests— protecting the rights of the service member, the other parent, and above all the best interest of the children involved.
The act has been adopted in 15 states, including Kentucky. To read more about this act, see: http://ow.ly/SElo50EqQ83
The Uniform Law Commission concludes its first ever effort to approve new uniform acts through online sessions! Three new uniform acts were approved: Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, Uniform Pretrial Release and Detention Act, and Uniform Easement Relocation Act!
The Uniform Law Commission committee on Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Data is drafting a uniform state privacy law.
Learn more about the ULC’s drafting process and status of this project in this JD Supra article: http://ow.ly/uPfO50Ar02Q
In response to the privacy compliance nightmare that appears to be developing from the proliferation of state privacy legislation, the Uniform Law...
Florida is the 18th state to enact the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act! Thank you to legislative sponsors Senator Randolph Bracy and Rep. Loranne Ausley for your effort in passing SB 580.
To read more about the UPHPA: http://ow.ly/8oIl50AeI0s
The Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act has been enacted in Wisconsin, making it the 15th state to do so! Thank you to Governor Tony Evers for signing SB 117 into law and to Representative Rob Brooks, Rep. Ron Tusler, and Sen. André Jacque for sponsoring the act!
Want to learn more? Check out: http://ow.ly/VCtj50yKm98
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The Uniform Law Commission is now accepting applications for a ULC Fellow: a one-year appointment for a motivated attorney that will undertake complex legal research projects to support the work of ULC Committees.
For further information, see: http://uniformlaws.org/careers
The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) seeks a motivated and public-spirited attorney for a one-year appointment to the ULC staff in Chicago as a ULC Fellow.
The Uniform Law Commission's Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Data Drafting Committee is working to “creat[e] a more unified approach to privacy law across the country.”
Read more about this committee and its drafting process in the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) article by Joe Duball, that interviews both Committee Chair Harvey Perlman and Reporter William McGeveran!
http://ow.ly/iUpp50yvPdr
Efforts to create state privacy legislation are being undertaken in rapid succession across the U.S. of late. Most agree the desire each state has to address privacy is a positive development, but there’s also agreement that the state-by-state "patchwork" of laws is problematic for compliance.�....
“Mississippians must be able to retain ownership of land their ancestors developed and cherished.” (Beth Orlansky of the
Mississippi Center for Justice in the The Clarion-Ledger): http://ow.ly/inOI50yqOB1
The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act, introduced in Mississippi, helps many across the United States protect their family land.
For more information on this act or to enact in your state, see: http://ow.ly/3xQF50yqTXK
Two new introductions of the Model Veterans Treatment Court Act, which helps to ensure that veterans in the criminal justice system receive the support they need.
Thanks to Rep. Lowry Snow for introducing HB 100 in Utah and Rep. Mel Ponder for introducing HB 1085 in Florida!
Watch this video for more information on this act:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ6Btq7l9bo
The Model Veterans Treatment Court Act (MVTCA) allows a state to implement diversionary courts for veterans of the U.S. armed services. Veterans’ courts have...
The Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act addresses an increasingly common form of abuse that can cause immediate and irreversible harm.
Thank you to Representative Tim Johns for introducing this important Act in South Dakota!
For more information about this act, see: http://ow.ly/Gowr50yfvaA
The Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act (UCOTVA) regulates the titling of boats in a similar manner as automobile titling, protecting consumers and deterring theft.
Check out this article by Charles Fort in BoatUS to learn more about UCOTVA!
https://www.boatus.com/expert-advice/expert-advice-archive/2020/february/uniform-titling-for-boats
For more information on UCOTVA, see our website: https://www.uniformlaws.org/committees/community-home?CommunityKey=61fb3255-092e-4e91-982b-6fa1ae66fd82
A Member interested in a used boat wanted to know how to tell if it might have been salvaged or sunk after a hurricane. The answer? You can't tell. Yet.
Thanks to Representatives Zack Hudgins and Shelley Kloba for introducing the Uniform Automated Operation of Vehicles Act in Washington! The UAOVA gives states a technology neutral framework to allow for the safe deployment of this revolutionary new technology.
For more info on this Act: https://www.uniformlaws.org/committees/community-home?CommunityKey=4e70cf8e-a3f4-4c55-9d27-fb3e2ab241d6
The Uniform Voidable Transactions Act (UVTA) strengthens creditor protections by providing remedies for certain transactions by a debtor that are intended to hinder or defraud the debtor’s creditors. As described by Jay Adkisson in this Forbes article, New York makes a “long overdue” change by enacting the UVTA, which modernizes fraudulent transfer law: http://ow.ly/zG9J50xwPkJ
To learn more about the UVTA or enact it in your state, check out: http://ow.ly/hXmB50xwPkK
For many lower- and middle-income families who cannot afford an estate plan, real estate is their single most valuable asset. However, millions of dollars of inherited wealth has been lost by families who were vulnerable to real-estate speculators. The issue can affect anyone who inherits land from a relative and takes title as a tenant-in-common with other heirs.
As such, the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (UPHPA) helps preserve family wealth for future generations. A thank you to Sen. Lincoln Hough & Rep. David Evans for introducing this Act in Missouri as the Save the Family Farm Act, enacted in 2019!
Learn more about the UPHPA and its history in this article by Madison McVan in the Columbia Missourian.
http://ow.ly/iL2P50xrXIx
Model legislation was created to save farms that had been in families for generations. In many cases, those ties date back to Reconstruction.
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Our Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (2018) modernizes and clarifies the law governing notaries public and harmonizes the notarization of all records, including electronic. RULONA also permits remote notarization.
Interested?: http://ow.ly/rnJg50x58RU
The Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act streamlines the process to recognize and enforce a Canadian money judgment in the U.S.
Read Jay Adkisson's article for more info: http://ow.ly/7eNN50wVNRn
Find out how to enact in your state:
http://ow.ly/JFtm50wVNRm
Governor JB Pritzker proclaimed today, October 26, Illinois Collaborative Practice Day. Illinois is one of 19 states to enact the Uniform Collaborative Law Act/Rules—has your state enacted it yet? Check here: http://ow.ly/yb3250wTU29
Happy ! We thank all our Uniform Law Commission Commissioners for donating your time and expertise to drafting uniform state laws. For information about current ULC projects, visit: https://www.uniformlaws.org/projects/committees/all
The Uniform E-Wills Act allows any qualified person or company to offer online estate planning. The Act is technology-neutral and encourages will completion by eliminating the need for an in-person meeting to sign the documents.
Interested? Check out: http://ow.ly/BdXr50wO01e
Important law reform is sweeping the nation! The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act () helps prevent forced sales of family-owned real estate:
http://ow.ly/uvB650wrbkt
Find out how to enact in your state:
http://ow.ly/erSk50wrbIk
Legal loopholes stripped millions of acres of land from black families, but a campaign to rewrite the rules is gaining momentum.
It's ! Did you know the Uniform Military & Overseas Voters Act helps military personnel and overseas civilians participate in American elections by simplifying the obstacles related to voter registration?
More info: http://ow.ly/feqH50vWK47
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