---
type: "Bill"
title: "NOTARIES: Provides relative to notarial examinations by secretary of state. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
description: "NOTARIES: Provides relative to notarial examinations by secretary of state. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 92"
citation: "Louisiana SB 92 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Ward, III"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-25"
last_action: "2018-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d63916f-bf54-43ad-aca8-b98e35fa1dc2"
source_url: "http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=233349"
source_hash: "3d782ffe46aa7c214f3cf66aef650b0ad8e5175886cbdd8f4eee56e17310f272"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 92 (2018) — NOTARIES: Provides relative to notarial examinations by secretary of state. (gov sig) (EN SEE FISC NOTE SG RV See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB92 Original** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1067186)
2. **SB92 Act** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1097956)
3. **SB92 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1074436)
4. **SB92 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1093759)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#734) — **94–1** (pass) · legislature
- FINAL PASSAGE (#34) — **31–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rick Ward, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-15** Effective date 5/15/2018.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 145. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-09** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2018-05-08** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate.
- **2018-05-07** Received from the House without amendments.
- **2018-05-03** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 1. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-27** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/03/18.
- **2018-04-18** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading.
- **2018-04-17** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2018-04-16** Reported favorably (7-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- **2018-03-19** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2018-03-15** Read by title, passed by a vote of 31 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2018-03-13** Reported favorably.
- **2018-03-12** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-25** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary A. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d63916f-bf54-43ad-aca8-b98e35fa1dc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).