A bill to authorize and establish minimum standards for electronic and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court located in a State to recognize notarizations performed by a notary public commissioned by another State when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notary public commissioned by another State when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce or when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding of the State in which the notary public was commissioned.
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Sponsor and status
116th Congress (2019–2021)
This bill was introduced on March 18, 2020, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
5 Cosponsors (3 Republicans, 1 Independent, 1 Democrat)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Sens. Cramer, Warner Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Allow Remote Online Notarizations Nationwide”
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Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]
(Co-sponsor)
on Mar 19, 2020
History
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Mar 18, 2020
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Introduced
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May 13, 2021
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, S. 1625 (117th). |
S. 3533 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 3533. This is the one from the 116th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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