---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifications to Notary Public Act."
description: "Modifications to Notary Public Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 552"
citation: "North Carolina SB 552 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHAPTERED", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "RECORDS", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-04"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d651f3b8-ba16-4c70-992e-38b9f511a1e2"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/S552"
source_hash: "ecde35b42495d0fa114323974dbfc7d63bc4c06b452923fc4cad89d567d75acd"
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-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 552 (2023) — Modifications to Notary Public Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2023-57** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2023/Bills/Senate/PDF/S552v5.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Daniel — primary (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Craven — cosponsor (person)
- Moffitt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-23** Ch. SL 2023-57 `became-law`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Gov. 6/23/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-23** Pres. To Gov. 6/23/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** Ratified
- **2023-06-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2023-06-21** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-21** Added to Calendar
- **2023-06-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-20** Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-06-13** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-06-12** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2023-06-12** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2023-06-08** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-06-06** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-31** Re-ref Com On Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2023-05-31** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Sequential Referral To Finance Added After Judiciary
- **2023-04-10** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-10** Withdrawn From Com
- **2023-04-05** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d651f3b8-ba16-4c70-992e-38b9f511a1e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).