republic-os/legislation/us/states/al/2023rs/sb-322.md

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Bill	Relating to the employment of notaries public; to amend Sections 36-20-70, 36-20-71, 36-20-72, 36-20-73.1, 36-20-74, and 36-20-75, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the appointment and service of notaries public; to increase the fee collected by the judge of probate for the commission of a notary; to expand the grounds under which a judge of probate may accept or deny an application for a notary commission; to require an applicant for a notary commission to complete a training program; to increase the bond required of a notary public; to provide further for the acknowledgment of signatures; to increase the fee collected for notarial acts performed; to specify the acts of a notary or other individual that constitute a crime; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.	Notary Publics, appointment and service further provided	us/states/al	Alabama Legislature	2023rs	SB 322	Alabama SB 322 (2023rs)	bill	Notary Publics	enacted	Sam Givhan	7	22	5	2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00	2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/366e5049-743a-4c14-b4f5-336b5af9c231	https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search	91412289ef33ed2eba37b7f1c0e5302920227bfef0de7d2956b196371b34c59d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-al

Alabama SB 322 (2023rs) — Relating to the employment of notaries public; to amend Sections 36-20-70, 36-20-71, 36-20-72, 36-20-73.1, 36-20-74, and 36-20-75, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide further for the appointment and service of notaries public; to increase the fee collected by the judge of probate for the commission of a notary; to expand the grounds under which a judge of probate may accept or deny an application for a notary commission; to require an applicant for a notary commission to complete a training program; to increase the bond required of a notary public; to provide further for the acknowledgment of signatures; to increase the fee collected for notarial acts performed; to specify the acts of a notary or other individual that constitute a crime; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

Notary Publics, appointment and service further provided

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Act 2023-548 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment LQL9YW-1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment P48QRE-1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Amendment SZIO87-1 (committee substitute) — source
6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Roll of the S for Vote 1280 on SB322 (2023 Regular Session) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Roll of the S for Vote 1093 on SB322 (2023 Regular Session) — 25–4 (fail) · upper
• Roll of the H for Vote 1143 on SB322 (2023 Regular Session) — 103–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the H for Vote 1144 on SB322 (2023 Regular Session) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Roll of the S for Vote 1092 on SB322 (2023 Regular Session) — 25–4 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Sam Givhan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Concur In and Adopt
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended passage
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
• 2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Judiciary) committee-passage
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Judiciary) referral-committee
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Table
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Judiciary) committee-passage
• 2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00 AMD/SUB (Judiciary)
• 2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Judiciary) introduction, referral
• 2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
• 2023-06-14T13:30:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-548 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/366e5049-743a-4c14-b4f5-336b5af9c231. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).