2021-2022 Regular SessionUS Congress Legislature

HB3962: SECURE Notarization Act of 2022 Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2022

Legislative Summary

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.

Bill History

6/17/2021
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
6/17/2021
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.
House of Representatives
6/18/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
House of Representatives
6/23/2022
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House of Representatives
6/23/2022
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 0 .
House of Representatives
7/20/2022
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
House of Representatives
7/20/2022
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 56 - 0.
House of Representatives
7/26/2022
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-443, Part I.
House of Representatives
7/26/2022
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
House of Representatives
7/26/2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 347.
House of Representatives
7/26/2022
Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
House of Representatives
7/26/2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7116-7120)
House of Representatives
7/26/2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3962.
House of Representatives
7/26/2022
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
House of Representatives
7/27/2022
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1254, proceedings on H.R. 3962 are considered vacated.
House of Representatives
7/27/2022
Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 1254, and the motion offered by Mr. Kildee, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 623, as amended; H.R. 3952, as amended; H.R. 3962, as amended; H.R. 4551; H.R. 5313, as amended; H.R. 6933; H.R. 7132, as amended; H.R. 7361; H.R. 7569; H.R. 7624, as amended; H.R. 7733, as amended; and H.R. 7981, as amended. (consideration: CR H7197-7211, H7219-7220, H7223-7237; text: 07/26/2022 CR H7116-7118)
House of Representatives
7/28/2022
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(7/28/2022)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Judiciary(Senate)

Sponsors

Democrat: 75
Republican: 54

Primary Sponsor

Madeleine Dean
Madeleine Dean
Democrat

Co-Sponsors (128)

Kelly Armstrong
Republican
David Scott
Democrat
Josh Gottheimer
Democrat
Brian Fitzpatrick
Republican
Donald Norcross
Democrat
Young Kim
Republican
William Timmons
Republican
David Kustoff
Republican
Cindy Axne
Democrat
Jesus Garcia
Democrat
Ed Perlmutter
Democrat
Joyce Beatty
Democrat
Ro Khanna
Democrat
Robert Good
Republican
Lance Gooden
Republican
Eric Swalwell
Democrat
Nydia Velazquez
Democrat
Jaime Herrera Beutler
Republican
Jim Banks
Republican
Ted Budd
Republican
Anna Eshoo
Democrat
Suzan DelBene
Democrat
Alexander Mooney
Republican
Ann Wagner
Republican
Garland Barr
Republican
Bryan Steil
Republican
Debbie Lesko
Republican
Anthony Gonzalez
Republican
Guy Reschenthaler
Republican
Elissa Slotkin
Democrat
Jennifer Wexton
Democrat
Michael Guest
Republican
Mark Pocan
Democrat
French Hill
Republican
Lucy McBath
Democrat
Jason Crow
Democrat
Lisa Rochester
Democrat
Derek Kilmer
Democrat
Andy Kim
Democrat
Michael Burgess
Republican
Michael McCaul
Republican
Brian Higgins
Democrat
Frank Lucas
Republican
Bill Foster
Democrat
Michael Simpson
Republican
Luis Correa
Democrat
Jake Auchincloss
Democrat
Alan Lowenthal
Democrat
Lloyd Smucker
Republican
Don Bacon
Republican
Morgan Griffith
Republican
Warren Davidson
Republican
Ted Lieu
Democrat
Josh Harder
Democrat
Mike Quigley
Democrat
Greg Steube
Republican
Kay Granger
Republican
Carolyn Bourdeaux
Democrat
Joseph Neguse
Democrat
Matthew Cartwright
Democrat
Jim Costa
Democrat
Al Lawson
Democrat
Veronica Escobar
Democrat
Eric Crawford
Republican
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Democrat
Bobby Rush
Democrat
Rebecca Sherrill
Democrat
Pete Stauber
Republican
Darren Soto
Democrat
Charlie Crist
Democrat
Rodney Davis
Republican
Jason Smith
Republican
Steve Womack
Republican
Ron Estes
Republican
Bill Huizenga
Republican
Tom Tiffany
Republican
Fred Keller
Republican
Robert Wittman
Republican
Steve Cohen
Democrat
John Joyce
Republican
Tracey Mann
Republican
Byron Donalds
Republican
Tom O'Halleran
Democrat
John Rose
Republican
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Democrat
Richard Hudson
Republican
Marilyn Strickland
Democrat
Andrew Garbarino
Republican
Jake Ellzey
Republican
Markwayne Mullin
Republican
Katie Porter
Democrat
Jacob Laturner
Republican
James Langevin
Democrat
Dean Phillips
Democrat
Stephanie Bice
Republican
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat
Elaine Luria
Democrat
Daniel Kildee
Democrat
Mary Gay Scanlon
Democrat
Angela Craig
Democrat
Roger Williams
Republican
John Rutherford
Republican
Patrick Fallon
Republican
Vicente Gonzalez
Democrat
Ron Kind
Democrat
Kim Schrier
Democrat
Jackie Speier
Democrat
Ilhan Omar
Democrat
James McGovern
Democrat
Joe Courtney
Democrat
Rick Larsen
Democrat
Janice Schakowsky
Democrat
Vicky Hartzler
Republican
Blaine Luetkemeyer
Republican
Michael San Nicolas
Democrat
Susan Wild
Democrat
Michael Doyle
Democrat
Dwight Evans
Democrat
Jerry McNerney
Democrat
David Trone
Democrat
Kweisi Mfume
Democrat
John Sarbanes
Democrat
Ann Kuster
Democrat
Chrissy Houlahan
Democrat
Carolyn Maloney
Democrat
Christopher Pappas
Democrat
Dina Titus
Democrat
Nikema Williams
Democrat

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text7/28/2022135.8 KB
Introduced
Bill Text7/27/2022260.7 KB
Introduced
Bill Text7/17/2021272.9 KB