Estate planning; creating the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act; electronic will; affidavit; electronic record and signature. Effective date.

This bill establishes the Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act in Oklahoma to allow individuals to create and sign certain estate planning documents using electronic records and signatures instead of paper. It directly affects people making wills, trusts, powers of attorney, advance healthcare directives, and other non-testamentary estate plans by giving these digital documents the same legal validity as traditional paper versions. The law sets specific rules for how electronic signatures must be attached to records, how notarization and witnessing can be done electronically, and how these documents must be kept and stored. By adopting these standards, the bill simplifies estate planning processes and ensures that digital documents are recognized in legal proceedings without requiring physical paper copies.