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Committee advances bill to let service members use remote online notaries
Summary
Senate Bill 299, which would permit members of the armed forces to use remote online notarization for many documents (excluding real estate, wills, trusts and certain vehicles), received a committee —due pass—d and was sent to rules after a voice vote.
Committee members advanced Senate Bill 299, which authorizes remote online notary public services for members of the armed forces on active duty for many types of documents while excluding real estate, wills, trusts and motor vehicles not intended for personal use.
A committee member summarized the bill: "If you flip to page 2 of the bill, line 20, any person who is a member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty in any capacity may also utilize remote online notary public duly licensed to any state to notarize any forms of documentation..." The sponsor noted exclusions in the bill for certain categories of documents and characterized the change as closing a technological gap that has left Georgia behind other states.
Another committee member moved a "due pass" on SB299 and a second was recorded; the committee approved the motion by voice vote and sent the bill to the rules committee. The transcript records voice votes rather than a roll-call tally.
