Notaries; shall not perform notarial acts to which he or his spouse is a party, exceptions. (SB270)

Introduced By

Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Fiduciaries; permission to notarize a will.  Clarifies that a notary nominated as a fiduciary in a will shall not be disqualified from notarizing a will if he is only named in it for the purpose of being nominated as a fiduciary. Currently, a fiduciary who is named in a will is prohibited from acting as a notary, whether or not he is a party to or has a beneficial interest in the will. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/10/2012Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12
01/10/2012Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102371D
01/10/2012Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/23/2012Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2012Committee substitute printed 12104284D-S1
01/24/2012Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2012Read second time
01/25/2012Reading of substitute waived
01/25/2012Committee substitute agreed to 12104284D-S1
01/25/2012Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB270S1
01/26/2012Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/26/2012Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/26/2012Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/13/2012Placed on Calendar
02/13/2012Read first time
02/13/2012Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/16/2012Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
02/27/2012Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
02/27/2012Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (18-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2012Read second time
03/01/2012Engrossed by House as amended SB270
03/01/2012Read third time
03/01/2012Committee amendment agreed to
03/01/2012Engrossed by House as amended
03/01/2012Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
03/01/2012VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2012House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2012Enrolled
03/08/2012Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB270ER)
03/08/2012Signed by Speaker
03/09/2012Signed by President
04/04/2012G Approved by Governor-Chapter 566 (effective 7/1/12)
04/04/2012G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0566)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 40 seconds.