SCS1/LM - Delete original provisions; create new sections of KRS Chapter 423 to define various terms; limit the applicability of the Act to notarial acts performed on or after August 1, 2019; allow a notarial officer to perform a notarial act in Kentucky; outline requirements for certain notarial acts; require a personal or online 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 register with 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; 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 to implement this Act; require all commissions occurring after the effective date of this Act to comply with this Act; amend KRS 423.200 to make technical corrections; amend KRS 62.065 to allow a surety to cover more than one required bond; amend 64.012 to allow the county clerk to charge a fee for filing an updated commission for a notary public; repeal KRS 423.010, 423.020, 423.030, 423.040, 423.050, 423.060, 423.070, 423.080, and 423.990; direct the Legislative Research Commission to create a Task Force on Electronic Recording to study legislative action and proposals from around the United States on changes to electronic recording laws and policies; report the findings to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2018; Sections 1 to 36 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2019.
     SCA1( W. Westerfield ) - Make title amendment.
     SFA1( S. West ) - Delete original provisions; Create a new section of KRS Chapter 423 to allow a notary public to receive an updated commission to reflect a change of name prior to a recommissioning; amend KRS 64.012 to allow the county clerk to charge a fee for filing an updated notary public commission; and create the TaskForce on Notary Public Reform to study notary public issues and policies from across the United States; report the finding to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2018.

     Jan 29, 2018 - introduced in House
     Jan 31, 2018 - to Banking & Insurance (H)
     Feb 01, 2018 - posted in committee
     Feb 07, 2018 - reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
     Feb 08, 2018 - 2nd reading, to Rules; posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, February 9, 2018
     Feb 09, 2018 - 3rd reading, passed 87-0
     Feb 12, 2018 - received in Senate
     Feb 15, 2018 - to Judiciary (S)
     Mar 27, 2018 - taken from Judiciary (S); 1st reading; returned to Judiciary (S)
     Mar 29, 2018 - reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) and committee amendment (1-title) as a consent bill; floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute