---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notaries Public"
description: "Notaries Public; Clarifies that notary public is entitled to select particular technology in performing notarial act with respect to electronic record; authorizes notary public's contract or employer to require use of particular technology; revises limitations on notary public fees; revises certain registration requirements for online notaries public; authorizes notaries public to use audio-video communication technology to remotely swear in individuals who testify & new attorneys admitted to The Florida Bar; requires remote online notarization service provider to retain audio-video communication recordings of online notarizations; authorizes RON service provider to delegate this duty to secure repository under certain conditions; clarifies that online notary public is entitled to select his or her remote online notarization service provider; authorizes notary public's contract or employer to require use of particular RON service provider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Florida HB 121 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["public officers", "employees", "and records"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-137"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-12-23"
last_action: "2021-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96019171-8087-42fd-8286-9fa9c36e6ce6"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/121/ByCategory"
source_hash: "a95e0b136a908920c6d6bc0271869645df244baf09d72235908412cf8c59d089"
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-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 121 (2021) — Notaries Public

Notaries Public; Clarifies that notary public is entitled to select particular technology in performing notarial act with respect to electronic record; authorizes notary public's contract or employer to require use of particular technology; revises limitations on notary public fees; revises certain registration requirements for online notaries public; authorizes notaries public to use audio-video communication technology to remotely swear in individuals who testify & new attorneys admitted to The Florida Bar; requires remote online notarization service provider to retain audio-video communication recordings of online notarizations; authorizes RON service provider to delegate this duty to secure repository under certain conditions; clarifies that online notary public is entitled to select his or her remote online notarization service provider; authorizes notary public's contract or employer to require use of particular RON service provider.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-137.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 121 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/121/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 121 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/121/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 121 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/121/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Judiciary Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-23** Filed `filing`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Civil Justice and Property Rights Subcommittee; Infrastructure and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Added to Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-02-17** Favorable with CS by Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-02-18** Reported out of Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee
- **2021-02-18** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-02-18** CS Filed
- **2021-02-22** Original reference removed: Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-15** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2021-03-17** Favorable by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2021-03-17** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-03-17** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/31/2021)
- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-03-31** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** In Messages
- **2021-04-07** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-07** Received
- **2021-04-08** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 228
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Immediately certified
- **2021-04-08** In Messages
- **2021-04-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-18** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-137

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96019171-8087-42fd-8286-9fa9c36e6ce6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).