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Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007

Introduced: April 20, 2007 Introduced by: Aderholt, Robert B. Republican · Alabama See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 11, 2007
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 10, 2007
Mr. Conyers moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 10, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 10, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 10, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7466-7468)
Jul 10, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1979.
Jul 10, 2007
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Jul 10, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 4, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Apr 20, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 20, 2007
Introduced in House
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007 - Requires each federal and state court to recognize any lawful notarization occurring in or affecting interstate commerce which is made by a notary public licensed or commissioned under the laws of a state other than the state where the court is located.

Requires such a notarization to: (1) use a seal of office as symbol of the notary public's authority; or (2) have the seal information, in the case of an electronic record, securely attached to, or logically associated with, the electronic record so as to render the record tamper-resistant.

What's happening now July 11, 2007

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2083 Identical bill Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1979: Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1979/
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"H.R. 1979: Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1979/.
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H.R. 1979, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1979/.
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