Kentucky House Bill 539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Engrossed on March 6 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-08 - returned to State & Local Government (S)
Pending: Senate State & Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to define various terms; limit the applicability to notarial acts performed on or after the effective date of this Act; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal appearance before a notarial officer; specify the requirements of identifying an individual before a notarial officer; allow a notarial officer to refuse to perform a notarial act; state who may perform a notarial act in Kentucky; recognize notarial acts performed in other states; recognize notarial acts performed in federally recognized Indian tribes under federal law, and in foreign countries; allow a notary public to perform a notarial act by means of communication technology; require a notarial act to be evidenced by a certificate; provide short form certificates for use by notarial officers; outline the requirements for an official stamp of a notary public; assign responsibility of the notary public's stamping device to the notary public; require a notary public to maintain a journal chronicling all notarial acts performed by that notary public; require a notary public to notify the Secretary of State that the notary public will be performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records; outline the necessary requirements to be a notary public; establish an examination based on a course of study approved by the Secretary of State; outline grounds for suspending, denying, or revoking a commission as a notary public; require the Secretary of State to maintain an electronic database of notaries public; detail prohibited acts; establish the validity of notarial acts; allow the Secretary of State to promulgate administrative regulations; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with Sections 1 to 30 of this Act; state that Sections 1 to 30 of this Act modifies, limits, and supersedes the Electronic Signatures In Global and National Commerce Act; amend KRS 369.103 to allow electronic signatures on transactions relating to the conveyance of interests in real property and the creation or transfer of negotiable instruments; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, 423.110, 423.130, 423.140, 423.150, 423.160, 423.170, 423.180, 423.190, 423.200, and 423.990.

AN ACT relating to notaries public.

Rep. Brian Linder [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-08	Senate	returned to State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-08	Senate	2nd reading
2017-03-08	Senate	taken from State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-07	Senate	returned to State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-07	Senate	1st reading
2017-03-07	Senate	taken from State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-07	Senate	to State & Local Government (S)
2017-03-06	Senate	received in Senate
2017-03-03	House	3rd reading, passed 95-1
2017-03-02	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
2017-03-02	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-03-01	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2017-02-24	House	posted in committee
2017-02-21	House	to Local Government (H)
2017-02-17	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB539.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB539/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB539/vote_history.pdf