SECURE Notarization Act of 2023
- Introduced Feb 17
- Committee Feb 17
- Passed House Feb 27
- Passed Senate Next
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Summary
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2023 or the SECURE Notarization Act of 2023
Full summary3 paragraphs
This bill allows a notary public commissioned under state law to remotely notarize electronic records and perform notarizations for remotely located individuals. The bill provides technical requirements for the notarizations, including the creation and retention of video and audio recordings and the use of communication technologies (i.e., video chat).
Additionally, the bill requires U.S. courts and states to recognize notarizations, including remote notarizations of electronic records and notarizations of remotely-located individuals, that occur in or affect interstate commerce and are performed by a notary public commissioned under the laws of other states.
The bill also allows a notary public to remotely notarize electronic records involving an individual located outside of the United States, subject to certain requirements.
Library of Congress summary, Feb 27, 2023
- Passed HouseFeb 27, 2023
- Introduced in HouseFeb 17, 2023
Actions
- SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.Feb 28, 2023
- HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.Feb 27, 2023
- HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H893-894)Feb 27, 2023
- HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1059.Feb 27, 2023
- HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H892-896)Feb 27, 2023
- HouseMr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.Feb 27, 2023
- HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.Feb 24, 2023
- HouseIntroduced in HouseFeb 17, 2023
- HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.Feb 17, 2023
Bill record
Text versions3
- Referred in SenateFeb 28, 2023PDF: Referred in Senate
- Engrossed in HouseFeb 27, 2023PDF: Engrossed in House
- Introduced in HouseFeb 17, 2023PDF: Introduced in House
Committees3
- Senate Judiciary CommitteeReferred To Feb 28, 2023
- House Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To Feb 17, 2023
- Subcommittee: Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade SubcommitteeReferred to
- House Judiciary CommitteeReferred To Feb 17, 2023
Sponsor and cosponsors30 cosponsors
- Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND)Sponsor, Feb 17, 2023
- Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Ann Wagner (R-MO-2)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Dina Titus (D-NV-1)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Dwight Evans (D-PA-3)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI-2)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Mike Quigley (D-IL-5)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY-7)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Young Kim (R-CA-40)OriginalJoined Feb 17, 2023
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7)Joined Feb 21, 2023
- Bill Foster (D-IL-11)Joined Feb 24, 2023
- Bryan Steil (R-WI-1)Joined Feb 24, 2023
- David Kustoff (R-TN-8)Joined Feb 24, 2023
- David Trone (D-MD-6)Joined Feb 24, 2023
- Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1)Joined Feb 24, 2023
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA-2)Joined Feb 24, 2023
- Joe Neguse (D-CO-2)Joined Feb 24, 2023
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE)Joined Feb 24, 2023
- Suzan DelBene (D-WA-1)Joined Feb 24, 2023
- Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3)Joined Feb 27, 2023
- Brian Higgins (D-NY-26)Joined Feb 27, 2023
- Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6)Joined Feb 27, 2023
- H. Griffith (R-VA-9)Joined Feb 27, 2023
- KWEISI MFUME (D-MD-7)Joined Feb 27, 2023
- Marie Perez (D-WA-3)Joined Feb 27, 2023
Amendments0
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Cost estimates and reports0
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Titles3
- SECURE Notarization Act of 2023Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2023Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes.Official Title as Introduced
Subjects9
Related bills1
- S. 1212 118th, Related bill Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2023
Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.