Ban on Inkless Directives and Executive Notarizations Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the use of autopen devices or any other automatic signing mechanism for the President to sign engrossed bills, executive orders, pardons, or commutations. It requires the President to personally sign these documents, banning all other individuals or machines from doing so. The law also retroactively invalidates any past document signed in violation of this rule, regardless of when it was signed. This directly affects the President's signing authority and the legal validity of past executive actions involving machine signatures.
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in committee
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Introduction
Jul 2025
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Introduced Jul 15, 2025
Last action Jul 15, 2025
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Jul 15, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Jul 15, 2025
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
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