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.
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Sponsor and status
118th Congress (2023–2025)
Passed House (Senate next) on Feb 27, 2023
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30 Cosponsors (22 Democrats, 8 Republicans)
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Feb 17, 2023
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Introduced
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Feb 21, 2023
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Text Published
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Feb 27, 2023
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Passed House (Senate next)
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H.R. 1059 is a bill in the United States Congress.
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