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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remote Electronic Notarization."
description: "Remote Electronic Notarization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 776"
citation: "North Carolina HB 776 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE CODE", "ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "APPROPRIATIONS", "BUDGETING", "CHAPTERED", "CONFIDENTIALITY", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "CRIMINAL RECORDS", "DEEDS", "ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT", "ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES", "EMERGENCY SERVICES", "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES", "GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "ID SYSTEMS", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY", "INTERNET", "NOTARY PUBLIC", "OATHS", "PERSONNEL", "PRESENTED", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.", "RATIFIED", "RECORDATION OF INSTRUMENTS", "RECORDS", "REGISTER OF DEEDS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "TELECONFERENCING", "TELESERVICES", "TITLE CHANGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Hall", "Davis", "Hardister"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 46
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-03"
last_action: "2022-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e09b8b6d-6b4b-480f-b4b0-51f849306b01"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/H776"
source_hash: "671711beb1eee663ae3d0ca6f4a8dd5b2a628d6c3a48caee8a74a47d6b4cc21c"
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-nc"]
---
# North Carolina HB 776 (2021) — Remote Electronic Notarization.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H776v0.pdf)
2. **A1: Scanned Document** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/53112/0/H776-A-NBC-9184)
3. **A2: AST-56-V-1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewBillDocument/2021/53113/0/H776-AST-56-V-1)
4. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H776v1.pdf)
5. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H776v2.pdf)
6. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H776v3.pdf)
7. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H776v4.pdf)
8. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H776v5.pdf)
9. **SL 2022-54** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2021/Bills/House/PDF/H776v6.pdf)
## Votes
- Conference Rpt Motion 8 To Adopt — **460** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **1042** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- D. Hall — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Hardister — primary (person)
- Adcock — cosponsor (person)
- Autry — cosponsor (person)
- Belk — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dahle — cosponsor (person)
- Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Gailliard — cosponsor (person)
- Garrison — cosponsor (person)
- Gill — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Insko — cosponsor (person)
- John — cosponsor (person)
- K. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Lofton — cosponsor (person)
- Logan — cosponsor (person)
- Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Morey — cosponsor (person)
- Reives — cosponsor (person)
- Strickland — cosponsor (person)
- Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-07-08** Ch. SL 2022-54 `became-law`
- **2022-07-08** Signed by Gov. 7/8/2022 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Pres. To Gov. 7/1/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-01** Ratified
- **2022-07-01** Ordered Enrolled
- **2022-07-01** Conf Report Adopted
- **2022-06-30** Conf Report Adopted
- **2022-06-30** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2022-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2022-06-30** Placed On Cal For 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-30** Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)
- **2022-06-30** Conf Com Reported
- **2021-09-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-09-23** Conf Com Appointed
- **2021-09-23** Failed Concur In S Com Sub
- **2021-09-22** Placed On Cal For 09/23/2021
- **2021-09-22** Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- **2021-09-22** Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
- **2021-09-22** Special Message Sent To House
- **2021-09-22** Engrossed
- **2021-09-22** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-22** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-09-22** Amend Adopted A2 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-22** Amend Adopted A1 `amendment-passage`
- **2021-09-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-20** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-09-08** Re-ref Com On Commerce and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-08** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2021-09-08** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-05** Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Commerce and Insurance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2021-05-10** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Regular Message Received From House
- **2021-05-07** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2021-05-06** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Placed On Cal For 05/06/2021
- **2021-05-05** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04** Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Filed `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e09b8b6d-6b4b-480f-b4b0-51f849306b01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).