republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1032.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legislative notaries."
description: "Makes stylistic and technical changes to the statute that confers notarial powers on members of the general assembly, the principal clerk of the house of representatives, and the principal secretary of the senate. Provides that the power of a legislative notary expires: (1) on the date the current term of office of the individual expires, if the individual is a member of the general assembly; or (2) on the date the term of the current general assembly expires, if the individual is the principal clerk of the house of representatives or the principal secretary of the senate. (Current law does not state when the power of a legislative notary expires.) Provides that a legislative notary must indicate on a document that the legislative notary signs the date the legislative notary's power expires. (Under current law, a legislative notary who is a member of the general assembly must indicate on the document when the individual was elected to the general assembly. The law does not currently impose such a requirement on the principal clerk of the house of representatives or the principal secretary of the senate.) Provides that a legislative notary may administer oaths, protest notes, and checks without attesting the act by a seal. Specifies that the word \"seal\" does not need to be contained within an electronic seal or official seal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1032"
citation: "Indiana HB 1032 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; House of Representatives", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Senate", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Notaries Public"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Jerry Torr", "Liz Brown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8636f59c-71ed-422f-82b0-2876e333283f"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1032"
source_hash: "310f38527681ff7bb70e889a37ed6738072bd7caeef892a73d689c508a321c34"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1032 (2024) — Legislative notaries.

Makes stylistic and technical changes to the statute that confers notarial powers on members of the general assembly, the principal clerk of the house of representatives, and the principal secretary of the senate. Provides that the power of a legislative notary expires: (1) on the date the current term of office of the individual expires, if the individual is a member of the general assembly; or (2) on the date the term of the current general assembly expires, if the individual is the principal clerk of the house of representatives or the principal secretary of the senate. (Current law does not state when the power of a legislative notary expires.) Provides that a legislative notary must indicate on a document that the legislative notary signs the date the legislative notary's power expires. (Under current law, a legislative notary who is a member of the general assembly must indicate on the document when the individual was elected to the general assembly. The law does not currently impose such a requirement on the principal clerk of the house of representatives or the principal secretary of the senate.) Provides that a legislative notary may administer oaths, protest notes, and checks without attesting the act by a seal. Specifies that the word "seal" does not need to be contained within an electronic seal or official seal.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1032/HB1032.03.ENGH.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1032/HB1032.05.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1032/HB1032.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1032/HB1032.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1032 - Torr - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1032 - Torr — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1032 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- Jerry Torr — primary (person)
- Liz Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Torr
- **2024-01-29** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Amendment #1 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Koch, Brown L
- **2024-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 117: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 203: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 315: yeas 88, nays 0
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 130 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8636f59c-71ed-422f-82b0-2876e333283f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).