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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2064 Recording an electronic document; electronic notarial certificate.
Introduced by: Marcus B. Simon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Recording an electronic document; electronic notarial certificate; emergency. Provides that if a clerk has an eRecording System, the clerk shall follow the provisions of the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act. The bill further provides that if a clerk does not have an eRecording System, the clerk shall record a legible paper copy of an electronic document, provided that such copy otherwise meets the requirements for recordation and is certified to be a true and accurate copy of the electronic original by the party who submits the document for recordation. The bill requires an electronic notarial certificate to include the county or city in the Commonwealth where the notary public was physically located and indicate whether the notarization was done in person or by remote online notarization, defined in the bill as an electronic notarization where the signer is not in the physical presence of the notary. The bill also adds additional forms of "satisfactory evidence of identity" when a notary is using video and audio communication. The bill contains an emergency clause.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102874D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103673D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2064ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/21 21102874D
- 01/12/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/26/21 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/27/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103673D-H1
- 01/29/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Read second time
- 02/02/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103673D-H1
- 02/02/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2064H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/03/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/03/21 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/03/21 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/21 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2064ER)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 02/25/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/11/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 78 (effective 3/11/21)
- 03/11/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078)