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SB 826 Notaries public; rewrites law to include electronic notarization & details application requirements.
Introduced by: Jeannemarie D. Davis | 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 HB 2058.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073051726 pdf | impact statement
- 01/15/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 077790726-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077247726-H1 pdf
- 03/07/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB826ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/03/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/05/07 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 073051726
- 01/05/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/15/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 077790726-S1
- 01/15/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
- 01/15/07 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/23/07 Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/07 Senate: Read second time
- 01/25/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/25/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 077790726-S1
- 01/25/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB826S1
- 01/26/07 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/07 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/07 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/06/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/07 House: Read first time
- 02/06/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077247726-H1
- 02/20/07 House: Read second time
- 02/21/07 House: Read third time
- 02/21/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 077247726-H1
- 02/21/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB826H1
- 02/21/07 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/07 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/07 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB826ER)
- 03/07/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 590 (effective - see bill)
- 04/03/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0590)