118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1212 — Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2023

“A bill 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 notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes.”

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Introduced Apr 19, 2023

Last action Apr 19, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Apr 19, 2023

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Referred

Apr 19, 2023

the Judiciary

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Committee

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Senate

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House floor

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Resolve Changes

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Signed

SummaryCRS Summary

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 pu...

Provisions · 11 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Apr 19, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Apr 19, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.