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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT relating to notarial acts."
description: "Amend KRS 423.345 to allow notaries to perform notarial acts in another state if the notarial act is performed in a civil action or legal proceeding originating in the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
session: "2023RS"
identifier: "SB 123"
citation: "Kentucky SB 123 (2023RS)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Actions", "Notaries", "Public Records and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19cd38f7-97cc-4a69-bd3f-38b1e36ba2f2"
source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/sb123.html"
source_hash: "50831bb164006faf8ad3f10ea9c3efa48c842785fb05d336718072b3cf9c136c"
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-ky"]
---
# Kentucky SB 123 (2023RS) — AN ACT relating to notarial acts.
Amend KRS 423.345 to allow notaries to perform notarial acts in another state if the notarial act is performed in a civil action or legal proceeding originating in the Commonwealth.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb123/orig_bill.pdf)
2. **Acts Chapter 156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0156.pdf)
3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/sb123/bill.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Passage — **pass** (pass) · upper
- PASS SB 123 — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** to State & Local Government (S) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
- **2023-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** to Judiciary (H) `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (H)
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Judiciary (H)
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Judiciary (H)
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, to Rules `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** placed in the Orders of the Day
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 95-0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
- **2023-03-31T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 156) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19cd38f7-97cc-4a69-bd3f-38b1e36ba2f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).