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SB 848: Electronic Legal Documents

GENERAL BILL by Powell

Electronic Legal Documents; Revising the definition of the term “online notarization”; clarifying that supervising the witnessing of an electronic record by an online notary public is a notarial act; revising the statutory form for an affidavit for acceptance of and reliance upon a power of attorney to reflect means of notarization; revising the form for a petition of summary relief for the sale or transfer of certain property owned by an absentee to reflect means of notarization, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 4/22/2021 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 483 (Ch. 2021-205) -SJ 608
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/27/2021 Senate • Filed
    2/4/2021 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 98
    2/25/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/02/21, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 98
    • Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 191
    3/3/2021 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    3/4/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/09/21, 11:45 am, 412 Knott Building
    3/9/2021 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
    3/10/2021 Senate • Now in Rules
    4/13/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/15/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/16/2021 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 472
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/21/21 -SJ 559
    4/21/2021 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar -SJ 559
    4/22/2021 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 608
    • Substituted HB 483 -SJ 608
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 483 (Ch. 2021-205) -SJ 608

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  • SB 848, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/27/2021 at 10:15 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Commerce and Tourism (Pre-Meeting) 3/1/2021 (pdf)
    Commerce and Tourism (Post-Meeting) 3/3/2021 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 3/8/2021 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 3/10/2021 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/15/2021 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/16/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 483 (er) Electronic Legal Documents Altman Identical Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-205 Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    3/2/2021 1:30 PM Commerce and Tourism 11 Yeas - 0 Nays
    3/9/2021 11:45 AM Judiciary 10 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/16/2021 9:00 AM Rules View Vote Record

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    117.201 Definitions. Page 2 (pdf)
    117.285 Supervising the witnessing of electronic records. Page 2 (pdf)
    709.2119 Acceptance of and reliance upon power of attorney. Page 7 (pdf)
    732.401 Descent of homestead. Page 9 (pdf)
    732.503 Self-proof of will. Page 11 (pdf)
    732.521 Definitions. Page 12 (pdf)
    732.703 Effect of divorce, dissolution, or invalidity of marriage on disposition of certain assets at death. Page 13 (pdf)
    747.051 Summary procedure. Page 16 (pdf)

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