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HB 2058 Notaries public; rewrites law to include electronic notarization & details application requirements.
Introduced by: Michele B. McQuigg | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Notaries public. Rewrites the notary law to include electronic notarization and details the application and technology requirements for electronic notarization. These particular provisions become effective July 1, 2008. The bill creates a nonreverting technology fee account for the Secretary of the Commonwealth's use. A list of prohibited acts for notaries is included (e.g., use of official seal to promote or oppose products, candidates, etc.; use of signature or seal on incomplete documents; committing fraud under the guise of an official act) that subject the notary to suspension, removal, or reprimand as under current law. The bill also creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for obtaining, concealing, etc., electronic notarization software or hardware. The bill also increases the Secretary's fee for commissioning a notary from $25 to $35 and allows a fee of $35 for commissioning an electronic notary. The fee for notarizing a document remains at $5, and the fee for electronic notarization is not to exceed $25. This bill is identical to SB 826.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073052412 pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077202412-H1 pdf
- 02/01/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077228412-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070750412-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2058ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/15/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073052412
- 01/08/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/07 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law
- 01/26/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/07 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/07 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Technology (Wardrup)
- 01/29/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077202412-H1
- 01/31/07 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (24-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077228412-H2
- 02/02/07 House: Read first time
- 02/03/07 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/07 House: Read second time
- 02/05/07 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/05/07 House: Committee substitute (Courts) rejected 077202412-H1
- 02/05/07 House: Committee substitute (Appropriations) agreed to 077228412-H2
- 02/05/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2058H2
- 02/06/07 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/06/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/06/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070750412-S1
- 02/13/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 070750412-S1
- 02/14/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2058S1
- 02/14/07 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/07 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/16/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 1-N)
- 02/22/07 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2058ER)
- 02/23/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 269 (effective - see bill)
- 03/15/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0269)