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Bill	SC Electronic Notary Public Act	AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRONIC NOTARY PUBLIC ACT" BY ADDING CHAPTER 2 TO TITLE 26 SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME AN ELECTRONIC NOTARY; TO PROVIDE FOR ACTS THAT MAY BE PERFORMED ELECTRONICALLY; TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRONIC NOTARIZATION; TO PROVIDE THE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLETE AN ELECTRONIC NOTARIZATION; TO ESTABLISH MAXIMUM FEES; TO LIMIT THE USE OF THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND SEAL TO PROPER ELECTRONIC NOTARIAL ACTS; TO REQUIRE THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL FOR ELECTRONIC NOTARIAL ACTS; TO REQUIRE THE SAFEKEEPING OF AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL, PUBLIC KEY CERTIFICATE, AND ELECTRONIC SEAL; TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS; TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO REQUIRE AN ELECTRONIC NOTARY TO UTILIZE CURRENT REGISTERED DEVICES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMINATION OF ELECTRONIC NOTARIES PUBLIC; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES; TO APPLY REQUIREMENTS OF NOTARIAL CERTIFICATES TO ELECTRONIC NOTARIES PUBLIC; TO REQUIRE EVIDENCE OF AUTHENTICITY; AND TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE FOR AN ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY; AND TO AMEND SECTION 26-1-160, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL ACTS, SO AS TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO TERMINATE A NOTARY PUBLIC'S COMMISSION. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2021-2022	S 631	South Carolina S 631 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	Campsen Talley	6	18	3	2021-03-02	2021-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9516f027-40a0-4fad-8915-042f4da2f38e	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=631&session=124&summary=B	9c2d2f49d11c8b42543108c9fcbc1c43973e98ec4ee63ffea4c2b106c79dc221	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina S 631 (2021-2022) — SC Electronic Notary Public Act

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRONIC NOTARY PUBLIC ACT" BY ADDING CHAPTER 2 TO TITLE 26 SO AS TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME AN ELECTRONIC NOTARY; TO PROVIDE FOR ACTS THAT MAY BE PERFORMED ELECTRONICALLY; TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ELECTRONIC NOTARIZATION; TO PROVIDE THE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLETE AN ELECTRONIC NOTARIZATION; TO ESTABLISH MAXIMUM FEES; TO LIMIT THE USE OF THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND SEAL TO PROPER ELECTRONIC NOTARIAL ACTS; TO REQUIRE THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL FOR ELECTRONIC NOTARIAL ACTS; TO REQUIRE THE SAFEKEEPING OF AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL, PUBLIC KEY CERTIFICATE, AND ELECTRONIC SEAL; TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS; TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO REQUIRE AN ELECTRONIC NOTARY TO UTILIZE CURRENT REGISTERED DEVICES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TERMINATION OF ELECTRONIC NOTARIES PUBLIC; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES; TO APPLY REQUIREMENTS OF NOTARIAL CERTIFICATES TO ELECTRONIC NOTARIES PUBLIC; TO REQUIRE EVIDENCE OF AUTHENTICITY; AND TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE FOR AN ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY; AND TO AMEND SECTION 26-1-160, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL ACTS, SO AS TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO TERMINATE A NOTARY PUBLIC'S COMMISSION. - ratified title

Version chain

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

1. Filed (filed) — source
2. 3/10/2021 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/17/2021 (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/2/2021 (committee substitute) — source
6. 5/11/2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Waive Rule 5.15 Printing — 99–1 (pass) · lower
• Passage of Bill — 100–1 (pass) · lower
• 2nd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Campsen — primary (person)
• Talley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-02 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-02 Referred to Committee on Family and Veterans' Services referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Family and Veterans' Services committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-11 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2021-03-17 Committee Amendment Adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-03-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-03-17 Roll call Ayes-45 Nays-0
• 2021-03-23 Read third time and sent to House passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-06 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-04-06 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-05-11 Recalled from Committee on Judiciary
• 2021-05-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-05-12 Roll call Yeas-100 Nays-1
• 2021-05-13 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-18 Ratified R 104
• 2021-05-18 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-01 Effective date 05/18/21
• 2021-06-01 Act No. 85

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9516f027-40a0-4fad-8915-042f4da2f38e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).