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CS/CS/SB 172: Notaries Public

GENERAL BILL by Regulated Industries ; Commerce and Tourism ; Soto

Notaries Public; Requiring a notary public to record specified information in a notarial journal when performing certain notarial acts; requiring that a notary public retain a notarial journal for a specified period; requiring a notary public to notify the Notary Section of the Executive Office of the Governor if a notarial journal is lost, stolen, misplaced, destroyed, erased, compromised, rendered unusable, or becomes otherwise inaccessible during the retention period; exempting certain acts of specified law enforcement and correctional officers from the notarial journal requirements, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2015
 Last Action: 5/2/2014 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Regulated Industries (RI)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
9/18/2013 Senate • Filed
9/25/2013 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Regulated Industries -SJ 23
3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 23
3/5/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/10/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
3/10/2014 Senate • CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 243
3/12/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/13/2014 Senate • Now in Regulated Industries -SJ 243
3/17/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/20/14, 8:30 am, 301 Senate Office Building --Temporarily Postponed
• CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time -SJ 246
3/21/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Regulated Industries, 03/26/14, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
3/26/2014 Senate • CS/CS by- Regulated Industries; YEAS 6 NAYS 3 -SJ 356
3/28/2014 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
3/31/2014 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 356
4/1/2014 Senate • CS/CS by Regulated Industries read 1st time -SJ 360
4/11/2014 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/14
4/23/2014 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 532
• Amendment(s) adopted (330542) -SJ 532
• Ordered engrossed -SJ 533
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/24/2014 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 610
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 1 -SJ 610
4/25/2014 House • In Messages
5/2/2014 House • Died in Messages