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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

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  • CS/CS/SB 172, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/23/2014 at 10:51 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 407 (c2) Notaries Public Peters Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Economic Affairs Committee
    Location: In committee/council (EAC)

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/24/2014 4:59 PM Senate 36 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    117.055 Page 2 (pdf)
    117.10 Law enforcement and correctional officers. Page 4 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 172, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/7/2014 at 10:41 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 407 (c2) Notaries Public Peters Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Economic Affairs Committee
    Location: In committee/council (EAC)

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    330542 - Amendment
    Delete lines 37 - 38 and insert:
    Soto 4/3/2014
    6:16 PM
    Senate: Adopted
    4/23/2014
    Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    117.055 Page 2 (pdf)
    117.10 Law enforcement and correctional officers. Page 4 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 172, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/12/2014 at 4:41 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Regulated Industries (Pre-Meeting) 3/19/2014 (pdf)
    Regulated Industries (Post-Meeting) 3/28/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 407 (c2) Notaries Public Peters Similar Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Economic Affairs Committee
    Location: In committee/council (EAC)

    Committee Amendments (5)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    324058 - Amendment
    Delete line 50 and insert:
    Regulated Industries
    (Braynon)
    3/19/2014
    8:16 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/27/2014
    Web Page
    PDF
    918642 - Amendment
    Delete lines 52 - 60 and insert:
    Regulated Industries
    (Braynon)
    3/19/2014
    8:17 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/27/2014
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 886058 - Amendment to Amendment (918642)
    Delete lines 18 - 19 and insert:
    Regulated Industries
    (Braynon)
    3/19/2014
    3:56 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/27/2014
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 317768 - Amendment to Amendment (918642)
    Delete lines 25 - 28 and insert:
    Regulated Industries
    (Braynon)
    3/19/2014
    10:04 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/27/2014
    Web Page
    PDF
    631106 - Amendment
    Delete lines 72 - 73 and insert:
    Regulated Industries
    (Braynon)
    3/25/2014
    11:14 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/27/2014
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/26/2014 1:30 PM Regulated Industries 6 Yeas - 3 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    117.055 Page 1 (pdf)
    117.10 Law enforcement and correctional officers. Page 3 (pdf)

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  • SB 172, Original Filed Version Posted 9/18/2013 at 1:12 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 3/12/2014 (pdf)
    Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2014 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 407 (c2) Notaries Public Peters Compare Last Action: 5/2/2014 H Died in Economic Affairs Committee
    Location: In committee/council (EAC)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    547324 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Commerce and Tourism
    (Abruzzo)
    3/7/2014
    4:26 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/10/2014
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/10/2014 4:00 PM Commerce and Tourism 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    117.055

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