119th Congress
H.R. 1777
SECURE Notarization Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Cliff Bentz(R-OR)
- Introduced
- Mar 3, 2025
- Policy area
- Law
- Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce; House Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (8)
Original cosponsors (2)
- Julie Fedorchak (R-ND)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
Added later (6)
- H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) · Mar 4, 2025
- Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) · May 7, 2025
- David Kustoff (R-TN) · May 20, 2025
- Joe Neguse (D-CO) · May 20, 2025
- Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA) · Jun 11, 2025
- Sarah McBride (D-DE) · Jul 21, 2025
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Mar 3, 2025 · House
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. - Mar 3, 2025
Introduced in House