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type: "Bill"
title: "Notary public: service fees."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to appoint and commission notaries public in the number that the secretary deems necessary for the public convenience. Existing law prohibits fees charged by a notary public for certain services, including taking an acknowledgment or proof of a deed, from exceeding specified amounts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2217"
citation: "California AB 2217 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Notary public: service fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hadley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06e0f728-bd15-42b7-abf3-5e3b385b8298"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2217"
source_hash: "333cba9be94d5d3305f85a95da59e6fc8a3cb9ceb3fd3807e477f6c9ee58b077"
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-ca"]
---
# California AB 2217 (20152016) — Notary public: service fees.
Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to appoint and commission notaries public in the number that the secretary deems necessary for the public convenience. Existing law prohibits fees charged by a notary public for certain services, including taking an acknowledgment or proof of a deed, from exceeding specified amounts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2217&version=20150AB221799INT)
2. **08/17/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2217&version=20150AB221797CHP)
3. **AB2217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2217)
4. **08/03/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2217&version=20150AB221798ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
- AB 2217 HADLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2217 Hadley By Moorlach — **381** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hadley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-26** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4627.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-20** From Consent Calendar.
- **2016-06-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 4727.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 133, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06e0f728-bd15-42b7-abf3-5e3b385b8298`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).