Notarial act; definition.
Summary
Electronic notarial acts. Specifies that, for the purposes of notarial acts being performed outside the Commonwealth for use in the Commonwealth, a "notarial act" means an act, whether performed with respect to a tangible or electronic document, that a notary public commissioned in the Commonwealth may perform under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025
Signed Mar 21, 2025
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MINOR
This bill updates the official title and chapter number for a Virginia law regarding notarial acts, changing the session designation to 2025 and assigning it Chapter 209. The text also updates the approval date to March 21, 2025. These are primarily administrative and formatting changes required to finalize the bill into law, with no substantive policy changes to the notarial act regulations themselves.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on notarial acts; the changes only affect the bill's metadata (session year, chapter number, and approval date).
TECHNICAL
Updated the session year from an unspecified previous year to 2025 and assigned the bill Chapter 209 in the Virginia Acts of Assembly.
Changed the approval date to March 21, 2025, reflecting the final enactment date.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 30, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1889ER)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Civil
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
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