House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
SECURE Notarization Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2023
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 27, 2023 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 28, 2023 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1059.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARMSTRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 33, February 17, 2023, Page H854):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 clause 3 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act abides by the single subject requirement in that the provisions are limited to authorizing remote electronic notarization and notarization involving remotely-located individuals performed in interstate commerce.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 17, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 468 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1059, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1059
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b1c7af440e64021fea801acadf29d0ddf40f146a1ab01f59359c6607fccdc1a
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
30 cosponsors — 8 Republicans, 22 Democrats
22 of 30 cosponsors (73%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Bill Foster (D-IL), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), H. Griffith (R-VA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Young Kim (R-CA), David Kustoff (R-TN), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), James McGovern (D-MA), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Marie Perez (D-WA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), David Trone (D-MD), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Jennifer Wexton (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.