July 26, 2024 - Uniform law commissioners from around the country met in Boston, Massachusetts, for the 133rd Annual Meeting of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), held from July 19 through July 24, 2024. In addition to the approval of two new uniform acts and amendments to acts, there were new drafting and study committees appointed.
Highlights from the 2024 annual meeting include:
Three new uniform acts or amendments to acts were approved:
* Uniform Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Act
* Uniform Mortgage Modification Act
* Amendments to Unincorporated Organization Acts
Other drafts which were debated at the ULC annual meeting, but which were not scheduled for final approval, include: Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates Act, Virtual Currency Customer Protection Act, Judicial Interview of Children Act, and Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act.
Two new study committees were approved at the annual meeting:
* Study Committee on Doxing
* Study Committee on Commercial Law Framework for Voluntary Carbon Credits
In addition, three new study committees were approved in April:
* Study Committee on Earned Wage Advances
* Study Committee on Updates to the Uniform Trade Secrets Act
* Study Committee on Mental Privacy, Cognitive Biometrics, and Neural Data
Two new drafting committees were approved:
* Drafting Committee on Indian Child Welfare Act Issues
* Drafting Committee on Nonconsensual Pornographic Deepfakes
ULC officers for 2024-2025 are:
* ULC President: Tim Berg, Arizona
* ULC Vice President: Lane Shetterly, Oregon
* ULC Secretary: Sam Thumma, Arizona
* ULC Treasurer: Thomas J. Buiteweg, Michigan
Other leadership positions include:
* Chair, ULC Executive Committee: Lisa Jacobs, Pennsylvania
* Chair, ULC Scope and Program Committee: Steve Willborn, Nebraska
* Chair, ULC Legislative Committee: William Barrett, Indiana
The ULC, now in its 133rd year, comprises more than 350 practicing lawyers, governmental lawyers, judges, law professors, and lawyer-legislators from every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Commissioners are appointed by their states to draft and promote enactment of uniform laws that are designed to solve problems common to all the states.
After receiving the ULC's seal of approval, a uniform act is officially promulgated for consideration by the states, and legislatures are urged to adopt it. Since its inception in 1892, the ULC has been responsible for more than 200 acts, among them such bulwarks of state statutory law as the Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Probate Code, the Uniform Partnership Act, and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
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Contact: Katie Robinson, ULC Senior Director, Strategy & Communications, krobinson@...
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Katie Robinson
Senior Director for Strategy and Communications
Chicago IL
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