LegislationJan 01, 2026 - Colorado
CO House Bill 25-1076 - The Colorado General Assembly enacts a mobile driver’s license and ID bill and clarifies these electronic IDs may be accepted to verify a person’s age or identity.
LegislationAug 01, 2025 - North Dakota
ND Senate Bill 2144 - Senate Bill 2144 authorizes Notaries who perform in-person electronic and remote notarial acts to charge a technology fee if certain requirements, as specified are met.
LegislationJul 01, 2025 - South Dakota
SD House Bill 1133 - House Bill 1133 eliminates the $5,000 Notary Public surety bond requirement.
LegislationJul 01, 2025 - South Dakota
SD House Bill 1192 - House Bill 1992 effectively enables Notaries Public to set their own fees.
LegislationApr 03, 2025 - Ohio
OH House Bill 315 - House Bill 315 makes several changes to Ohio’s Notary Public statutes, including clarifying that a Notary Public commission is not an occupational or professional license. As a result, it is not subject to the out-of-state licensing reciprocity provisions established by the state’s broad 2023 occupational licensing law.
LegislationMar 31, 2025 - Michigan
MI House Bill 5207 - House Bill 5207 repeals the prohibition on surrogate parentage agreements and requires a surrogacy agreement to be attested by a notarial officer.
LegislationMar 31, 2025 - Michigan
MI House Bill 5214 - House Bill 5214 modifies the law regarding acknowledgment of parentage forms.
Rule/Regulation
Feb 26, 2025 - Vermont
VT Administrative Rules (2025) - The Vermont Secretary of State adopts permanent rules for remote and in-person electronic notarization, official stamps, reporting name changes, complaints, and administrative matters.
LegislationJan 01, 2025 - Oregon
OR House Bill 2531 - House Bill 2531 makes a simple pointer reference change to a statute that had been renumbered in two sections of Oregon's Notary Public statutes.
LegislationJan 01, 2025 - Texas
TX House Bill 4504 - House Bill 4504 makes a non-substantive statute reference change to the Government Code related to a Notary's exemption from the requirement to record certain oaths in their journals.