HR 3962 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

SECURE Notarization Act of 2022

Introduced Jun 17, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Madeleine Dean D-PA

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
D-CA	Eric Swalwell	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Original	Jun 17, 2021
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton	Original	Jun 17, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-IN	Jim Banks	Original	Jun 17, 2021
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer	Original	Jun 17, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-TX	Lance Gooden	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Jun 17, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Jun 17, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Jun 17, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-NC	Ted Budd	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-CA	Young Kim	Original	Jun 17, 2021
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jun 22, 2021
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Jun 22, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Jun 22, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow		Jun 24, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jun 29, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Jun 29, 2021
D-NJ	Andy Kim		Jul 19, 2021
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jul 19, 2021
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jul 19, 2021
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 27, 2021
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jul 27, 2021
D-IL	Bill Foster		Jul 29, 2021
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Jul 29, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Aug 6, 2021
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Aug 6, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Aug 6, 2021
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker		Aug 6, 2021
R-NE	Don Bacon		Aug 13, 2021
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Aug 13, 2021
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Aug 13, 2021
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Aug 23, 2021
D-CA	Josh Harder		Sep 20, 2021
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Sep 21, 2021
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Oct 20, 2021
R-TX	Kay Granger		Nov 26, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Nov 30, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Dec 2, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Dec 14, 2021
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.		Jan 6, 2022
D-CA	Jim Costa		Jan 6, 2022
D-TX	Veronica Escobar		Jan 20, 2022
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Feb 1, 2022
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Feb 25, 2022
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Feb 25, 2022
D-FL	Darren Soto		Mar 1, 2022
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Mar 1, 2022
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Mar 1, 2022
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Mar 16, 2022
R-MO	Jason Smith		Mar 28, 2022
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Mar 28, 2022
R-KS	Ron Estes		Mar 28, 2022
R-AR	Steve Womack		Mar 28, 2022
R-MI	Bill Huizenga		Mar 31, 2022
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany		Apr 1, 2022
R-PA	Fred Keller		Apr 5, 2022
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Apr 5, 2022
R-PA	John Joyce		Apr 11, 2022
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Apr 11, 2022
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Apr 27, 2022
R-KS	Tracey Mann		Apr 27, 2022
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Apr 29, 2022
R-TN	John W. Rose		May 3, 2022
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		May 3, 2022
R-NC	Richard Hudson		May 3, 2022
R-NY	Andrew R. Garbarino		May 12, 2022
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		May 12, 2022
R-TX	Jake Ellzey		May 18, 2022
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin		May 18, 2022
D-CA	Katie Porter		May 19, 2022
R-KS	Jake LaTurner		May 24, 2022
D-MN	Dean Phillips		May 27, 2022
D-RI	James R. Langevin		May 27, 2022
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice		May 27, 2022
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		May 31, 2022
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		May 31, 2022
D-MN	Angie Craig		Jun 7, 2022
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Jun 7, 2022
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Jun 7, 2022
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Jun 8, 2022
R-TX	Roger Williams		Jun 8, 2022
R-TX	Pat Fallon		Jun 13, 2022
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Jun 15, 2022
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jun 15, 2022
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez		Jun 15, 2022
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jun 16, 2022
D-MN	Ilhan Omar		Jun 23, 2022
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jun 23, 2022
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jul 1, 2022
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jul 1, 2022
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jul 1, 2022
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jul 1, 2022
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Jul 13, 2022
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Jul 14, 2022
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Jul 14, 2022
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jul 14, 2022
D-GU	Michael F. Q. San Nicolas		Jul 14, 2022
D-PA	Susan Wild		Jul 14, 2022
D-MD	David J. Trone		Jul 15, 2022
D-MD	Kweisi Mfume		Jul 15, 2022
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Jul 19, 2022
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jul 19, 2022
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jul 26, 2022
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jul 26, 2022
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jul 26, 2022
D-NV	Dina Titus		Jul 26, 2022
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Jul 26, 2022

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.

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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

H. Rept. 117-443

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Section I, Article 8

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.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 1254	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3771) to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research and improvement of cardiovascular health among the South Asian population of the United States, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5118) to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6929) to increase the benefits guaranteed in connection with certain pension plans, and for other purposes; and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jul 26, 2022
S 1625	Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2021	Identical bill	May 13, 2021
HR 4350	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022	Related bill	Mar 1, 2022

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

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