In June 2007, after participating in AALL's National Summit,
Minnesota Revisor of Statutes and NCCUSL Commissioner Michele Timmons
submitted a proposal to NCCUSL to create a study committee to explore
the complex issues regarding digital authentication. In February 2008,
NCCUSL informed AALL that it had approved the Study Committee on Online
Authentication of Legal Materials to investigate the issues and discuss
the feasibility of creating a uniform law or model act. Timmons was
named chair of the Study Committee and Barbara A. Bintliff served as
AALL's observer.
Study Committee Documents:
During NCCUSL's July 2009 annual conference, the Executive Committee
unanimously approved the Study Committee's recommendation to create a
Drafting Committee on Authentication and Preservation of Electronic
State Legal Materials. Timmons was named chair of the Drafting
Committee, Barbara A. Bintliff served as the committee's reporter, and
Keith Ann Stiverson was AALL's observer.
In July 2011, NCCUSL (now known as the Uniform Law Commission (ULC)) approved the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act at its Annual Meeting in Vail, Colorado.
For information about AALL's advocacy efforts on
UELMA, please see
UELMA Resources.