TO REGULATE THE WITNESSING OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY A NOTARY PUBLIC; TO ALLOW FOR REMOTE WITNESSING OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY A NOTARY PUBLIC; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Feb 22, 2021
Signed Apr 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2021 · House Apr 26, 2021
How they voted
33–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Apr 14, 2021
D
Democratic7
71% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
13
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Apr 30, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB340 is now Act 1047
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Apr 26, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Apr 26, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
upper
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Motion to suspend rules to amend on House floor, Engross and for final passage passed
lower
Apr 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2
upper
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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