I apologize for the long comment, this is a topic I have been thanking about. Docusign wasn't required and there is no one standard. required or adopted. Requi

I apologize for the long comment, this is a topic I have been thanking about. Docusign wasn't required and there is no one standard. required or adopted. Requirements for storing digital documents were added, requirements to have physical documents were relaxed in many but not all areas, and government agencies were told to allow digital signing by a certain date but how well this was achieved varies. Meanwhile an e-id called "my number"[1] was introduced in 2015 but it's probably not going to solve the problem of making a standardized system anytime soon. I personally think that in a democratic country it is in everyone's best interest to adopt an e-id with good privacy rules, separated from immigration status etc. I live in Europe now in a country that has a very convenient and well-accepted e-id system. I can do any government process online. But it's privatized and essentially depends on you having a bank account in good standing. On balance I'd rather just have this be an accountable public service. [1] Everyone is required to have it and everyone is assigned a "my number" which is similar to an SSN. It offers a lot of benefits like doing tax stuff online or ordering documents from a convenience store instead of waiting in line at city hall. But it's so far not required and a very unpopular idea to require everyone to get a physical my number card which in theory could be a good way to prove identity when digitally signing documents, and extended to some standard system for recording contracts.