---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notaries public, instruments in writing acknowledged via remote notarization before July 1, 2021, ratified and validated, use of remote authorization, authorized, Sec. 36-20-73.1 added"
description: "Notaries public, instruments in writing acknowledged via remote notarization before July 1, 2021, ratified and validated, use of remote authorization, authorized, Sec. 36-20-73.1 added"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2021rs"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Alabama SB 275 (2021rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Notaries Public"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Givhan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55cdd6fb-7e0b-437c-8fb2-e51ff6483154"
source_url: "http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/Alison/SESSBillStatusResult.aspx?BILL=SB275"
source_hash: "69e25ca661d0d87989cb1686c07ecf25a06f458f255658f8321278ee3a98c7e6"
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-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 275 (2021rs) — Notaries public, instruments in writing acknowledged via remote notarization before July 1, 2021, ratified and validated, use of remote authorization, authorized, Sec. 36-20-73.1 added

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB275-int.pdf)
2. **Amd/Sub 211543-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/211543-1.pdf)
3. **Amd/Sub 212378-2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/212378-2.pdf)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB275-eng.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2021rs/PrintFiles/SB275-enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 507 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Givhan motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1102 — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 921 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 508 — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 920 — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Givhan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Givhan Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 507 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 508 `passage`
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** State Government Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 920 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 921 `passage`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Concurrence Requested
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Givhan motion to Concur In and Adopt adopted Roll Call 1102 `passage`
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Second House Amendment
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2021-04-22T04:00:00+00:00** Assigned Act No. 2021-319. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55cdd6fb-7e0b-437c-8fb2-e51ff6483154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).