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2020 Senate Bill 1187: Authorize electronic notarizations during epidemic
Public Act 336 of 2020
Introduced by Sen. Peter MacGregor R-Rockford on October 8, 2020
To permit notary publics to provide notarizations through the end of 2020 using a “2-way real-time audiovisual technology allows direct interaction between the individual seeking the notary's services, any witnesses, and the notary,” as specified in the bill. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Government Operations Committee on October 8, 2020
To permit notary publics to provide notarizations through June 30, 2021 using a “2-way real-time audiovisual technology allows direct interaction between the individual seeking the notary's services, any witnesses, and the notary,” as specified in the bill. The bill also extends expired notary publics commissions until that date, and allows parties in different places to sign "counterpart" copies of a single contract.
Received in the House on December 8, 2020
Referred to the House Government Operations Committee on December 8, 2020
Reported in the House on December 15, 2020
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on December 29, 2020