SHB 2158 — Concerning electronic notarial acts.

What this bill does

Authorizes remote notarization of a tangible record not physically present before an electronic records notary by providing a process for confirming that the record before the notary is the same record in which the remotely located individual made a statement or on which the remotely located individual executed a signature. Authorizes an electronic records notary to administer an oath or affirmation to a remotely located individual by means of communication technology. Authorizes an electronic records notary to take an acknowledgement of a signature on a tangible record physically present before the notary.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · January 29, 2026
  96 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 28, 2026
  47 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting

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