SECURE Notarization Act of 2022
Latest action · Jul 28, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 17, 2021
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2022 or the SECURE Notarization Act of 2022
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 such 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.
Cosponsors 128
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 17, 2021 to Jul 26, 2022; 32 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| R-OH | Anthony Gonzalez | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| R-WI | Bryan Steil | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| D-GA | David Scott | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Original | Jun 17, 2021 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 17, 2021Markup Jul 20, 2022Reported Jul 26, 2022 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Jun 18, 2021Markup Jun 23, 2022Reported Jun 23, 2022 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 17, 2021Discharged Jul 26, 2022 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2022 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Jul 27, 2022Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1254, proceedings on H.R. 3962 are considered vacated.
- Jul 27, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1254, and the motion offered by Mr. Kildee, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 623, as amended; H.R. 3952, as amended; H.R. 3962, as amended; H.R. 4551; H.R. 5313, as amended; H.R. 6933; H.R. 7132, as amended; H.R. 7361; H.R. 7569; H.R. 7624, as amended; H.R. 7733, as amended; and H.R. 7981, as amended. (consideration: CR H7197-7211, H7219-7220, H7223-7237; text: 07/26/2022 CR H7116-7118)
- Jul 26, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-443, Part I.
- Jul 26, 2022Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- Jul 26, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 347.
- Jul 26, 2022Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 26, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7116-7120)
- Jul 26, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3962.
- Jul 26, 2022At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Jul 20, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 20, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 56 - 0.
- Jun 23, 2022Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 23, 2022Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 0 .
- Jun 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- Jun 17, 2021Introduced in House
- Jun 17, 2021Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7197, H7223Text printed H7199, H7224–H7226 | Daniel T. Kildee D-MI | Jul 27, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7116–H7120Text printed H7116–H7118 | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Kelly Armstrong R-ND, Madeleine Dean D-PA | Jul 26, 2022 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 17, 2022H.R. 3962, SECURE Notarization Act of 2022As passed by the House of Representatives on July 27, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 106, June 17, 2021, page H2928.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-87 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AND STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY VIA WEBEX251 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 26, 2022 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 8
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2022
- SECURE Notarization Act of 2022
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- SECURE Notarization Act of 2022
- Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2022
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- SECURE Notarization Act of 2022
- Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2022Referred in Senate
- Jul 27, 2022Engrossed in House
- Jul 26, 2022Reported in House
- Jun 17, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
