3.0.0 1561 2026-04-03T19:31:21Z 2026-04-03T19:31:21Z Senate S S 2025-05-01 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1561 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-05-01T16:15:07Z SECURE Notarization Act of 2025 119 1777 HR 2025-03-03 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Identical bill CRS 2025-05-01 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2025-05-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2025-05-01 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2025-05-08 False W000790 Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] Raphael Warnock D GA 2025-05-08 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2025-05-12 False Law Computers and information technology 2026-02-04T19:31:42Z Evidence and witnesses 2026-02-04T19:31:42Z Federal preemption 2026-02-04T19:31:42Z Government ethics and transparency, public corruption 2026-02-04T19:31:42Z Government information and archives 2026-02-04T19:31:42Z Intergovernmental relations 2026-02-04T19:31:42Z Judicial procedure and administration 2026-02-04T19:31:42Z State and local government operations 2026-02-04T19:31:42Z Law 2025-05-22T18:14:35Z 00 2025-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2026-04-03T19:30:55Z Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2025 or the SECURE Notarization Act of 2025 

This bill allows a notary public commissioned under state law to remotely notarize electronic records and perform notarizations for remotely located individuals. The bill provides technical requirements for the notarizations, including the creation and retention of video and audio recordings and the use of communication technologies (i.e., video chat).

Additionally, the bill requires U.S. courts and states to recognize notarizations—including remote notarizations of electronic records and notarizations of remotely-located individuals—that occur in or affect interstate commerce and are performed by a notary public commissioned under the laws of other states.

The bill also allows a notary public to remotely notarize electronic records involving an individual located outside of the United States, subject to certain requirements.

]]> SECURE Notarization Act of 2025 Display Title 45 SECURE Notarization Act of 2025 2025-05-16T03:23:18Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 SECURE Notarization Act of 2025 2025-05-16T03:23:17Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2025 2025-05-16T03:23:17Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes. 2025-05-16T03:18:22Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s1561is/xml/BILLS-119s1561is.xml 2025-05-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.