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Committee advances Secretary of State cleanup bill updating notary, trade-name and fee rules
Summary
Senate Bill 2,144 would remove unnecessary collection of Social Security numbers, allow electronic notices and let notaries pass third‑party tech fees to consumers after disclosure; the committee voted to advance the measure.
The Industry, Business and Labor Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 2,144, a housekeeping bill filed to modernize the Secretary of State’s statutes on notaries, trade-name records and certain fees.
Deputy Secretary of State Sandy McMurdie told the committee the bill removes lingering statutory references that require collection of Social Security numbers (SSNs) in areas where the office no longer needs or uses them, reducing data-breach risk. The bill also permits the office to send email or text…
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