---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to notaries; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Makes permanent provisions allowing notary public to perform notarial act using communication technology for remotely located individual under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 765"
citation: "Oregon SB 765 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T17:39:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daf8c29f-f406-482a-9e12-fbdbdc837942"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB765"
source_hash: "b257a49b8c61ed30277f1152f444ea2b3c9ebba9df58ef503267733a46227431"
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-or"]
---

# Oregon SB 765 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to notaries; and declaring an emergency.

Makes permanent provisions allowing notary public to perform notarial act using communication technology for remotely located individual under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB765/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB765/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **49–6** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **23–7** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T20:55:42+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-22T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-15T15:33:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T18:08:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19T18:46:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T19:25:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T18:47:59+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-04-23T18:06:46+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-23T18:42:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Civil Law. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T22:18:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-05-05T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-20T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-25T14:06:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-25T19:34:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26T20:01:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 27, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-27T19:48:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 28, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-28T18:08:11+00:00** Carried over to June 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-06-01T23:46:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 2, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-02T22:53:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T19:12:38+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-08T16:03:05+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-15T17:23:57+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T17:36:37+00:00** Chapter 344, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-06-30T17:39:51+00:00** Effective date, June 15, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daf8c29f-f406-482a-9e12-fbdbdc837942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).