Bill
H 4639
Massachusetts bill standardizes fiduciary access to digital assets, enabling executors and guardians to manage accounts and inheritance after death or incapacity.
H 4639 establishes a uniform legal framework allowing fiduciaries (executors, trustees, guardians, power-of-attorney holders) to access and manage digital assets of the people they represent. The bill likely adopts or adapts the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, a model law developed by the Uniform Law Commission to standardize how states handle this increasingly common issue.
Digital assets—email accounts, social media profiles, cryptocurrency, cloud storage, online banking—now represent significant portions of many people's estates and financial lives, yet most states lack clear legal mechanisms for fiduciaries to access them after death or incapacity. Without such laws, families often face locked accounts, inability to pay bills, lost inheritance, and prolonged probate disputes. Massachusetts adopting uniform standards would protect families and reduce costly litigation.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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