Well, of course, the original statute was replacing a bunch of State statutes or State rules, partly common law, partly statutory, that -- they had kind of a mixed up legal situation, and there was an interest in having one uniform rule for the first time around.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
A single statute that could encompass other statutes and common law would hopefully reduce ambiguity and increase consistency.

pick from the following. -Yes. -It's impossible to say. -No.
Yes