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Senate advances remote-notary bill amid security questions
Summary
The Utah Senate advanced first substitute House Bill 52 to be read for a third time after debate on remote online notarization. Sponsor Sen. Cullimore said the bill modernizes notary law and aligns with uniform notary standards; critics raised data-security concerns; the procedural vote to advance the bill passed 25–0.
The Utah Senate advanced first substitute House Bill 52, a measure to allow remote online notarization, on a procedural vote after floor debate on the technology’s safeguards.
Senator Curt Cullimore, sponsor of the measure, told colleagues the bill “updates the existing notary laws in the state of Utah” to permit online or remote notarial acts and aligns Utah’s rules with model provisions adopted elsewhere. He said the bill follows the Uniform Law Commission approach and similar laws in other states, noting that “this is in…
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