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House passes notary public training requirement after heated floor debate
Summary
House Bill 172, which establishes notary public training and renewal requirements including a four-hour course and open-book test during a transitional renewal window, passed the House 52-17 after members debated an amendment to reduce training to two hours (which failed 36-37).
The Utah House debated House Bill 172 on Jan. 28, voting to require notary public education and to phase in the requirement across a multi-year renewal window. Representative Shurtleff, the sponsor, told the chamber about recurring errors in notarizations that had delayed international adoptions and triggered litigation; he said the lieutenant governor’s office reports roughly 60 problematic notarizations per month.
The bill, as discussed on the floor, would require new…
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