H.R. 1777 · 119th Congress

SECURE Notarization Act of 2025

Introduced on Mar 3, 2025 by Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2). 8 cosponsors, 5 of them from another party. Latest action (Mar 3, 2025): 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.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 3, 2025
Cosponsors
8
5 from the other party
Policy area
Law
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

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.

Subjects

  • Computers and information technology
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Federal preemption
  • Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
  • Government information and archives
  • Intergovernmental relations
  • Judicial procedure and administration
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 3, 2025). Public domain.

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.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Cliff BentzR-OR-2Sponsor

Democrats · 5

Republicans · 3

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Mar 3, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Mar 3, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Mar 3, 2025 · HouseReferred 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.
  4. Mar 3, 2025 · HouseReferred 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.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN LAND TITLE ASSOCIATION11 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  2. Notarize, Inc. DBA Proof.com11 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)
  3. WORLDWIDE ERC10 reports
    $145K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS6 reports
    $9.5M reported (all issues)
  5. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC.6 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)
  6. CMFG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY6 reports
    $740K reported (all issues)
  7. CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.6 reports
    $6.9M reported (all issues)
  8. FINSECA6 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)
  9. HOUSING POLICY COUNCIL6 reports
  10. MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $4.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION$125K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY6 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)
  12. TRANSAMERICA6 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  13. INSURED RETIREMENT INSTITUTE4 reports
    $770K reported (all issues)
  14. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS4 reports
    $56.9M reported (all issues)
  15. Rocket LP fka RKT HOLDINGS4 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)
  16. NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $6.4M reported (all issues)
  17. RKT HOLDINGS2 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  18. FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION1 report
    $80K reported (all issues)
  19. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA1 report
    $2.7M reported (all issues)
  20. NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL1 report
    $1.8M reported (all issues)
  21. THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY1 report
    $740K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100%
  22. ZILLOW GROUP, INC.1 report
    $390K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.