LegislationJun 25, 2021 - Illinois
IL Senate Bill 2176 - Illinois enacts the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and its provision on notarization and acknowledgment.
LegislationJun 23, 2021 - Maine
ME House Paper 1033 - House Paper 1033 continues until January 1, 2023, temporary modification of in-person notarization laws and remote notarization previously issued in Executive Order 37 of 2020 and extended by proclamation.
LegislationJun 21, 2021 - Colorado
CO Senate Bill 21-250 - Senate Bill 21-250 no longer requires circulator for various elections petitions to present a second form of identification to a Notary when having a circulator’s affidavit notarized.
LegislationJun 17, 2021 - West Virginia
WV Senate Bill 469 - Senate Bill 469 enacts provisions authorizing West Virginia Notaries to perform remote online and ink signed notarizations.
LegislationJun 16, 2021 - Massachusetts
MA Senate Bill 2475 - Senate Bill 2475 extends the temporary remote notarization provisions enacted last year in Senate Bill 2645 through December 15, 2021.
LegislationJun 15, 2021 - Oregon
OR Senate Bill 765 - Senate Bill 765 makes permanent the remote notarization provisions that were temporarily enacted by House Bill 4212 of 2020.
LegislationJun 01, 2021 - Louisiana
LA House Bill 307 - House Bill 307 repeals the semiannual reporting requirement of providers of Notary Public examination preparatory courses.
LegislationMay 18, 2021 - South Carolina
SC Senate Bill 631 - Senate Bill 631 enacts the NNA’s Model Electronic Notarization Act (MENA) in substantive form, authorizing South Carolina Notaries to perform electronic notarial acts.
LegislationMay 07, 2021 - Colorado
CO Senate Bill 21-195 - Senate Bill 21-195 permits a declaration to withhold medical care or a request to make an anatomical gift to be witnessed or acknowledged before a Notary Public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments.
LegislationMay 05, 2021 - Utah
UT House Bill 276 - House Bill 276 now allows individuals who do not reside in Utah but have been employed in Utah for at least 30 days to apply for a Notary Public commission.