HR1777Referred to Committee
SECURE Notarization Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-03-03
Introduced
8
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Cliff Bentz
Republican · OR · Representative
Votes with party: 98.0% (553 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (8)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
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Referred 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.
2025-03-03
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-03-03
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceReferred To · 2025-03-03
Previously
- Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-03
- Energy and Commerce CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-03
Plain-English Summary
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2025 or the SECURE Notarization Act of 2025 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 the 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.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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