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type: "Bill"
title: "Notary Public - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding electronic acknowledgments and enacts the \"Online Notary Public Act\". - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 66."
description: "Notary Public - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding electronic acknowledgments and enacts the \"Online Notary Public Act\". - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 66."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1794"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1794 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Notary Public"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer", "Kelsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/649d25c6-46ee-479c-9f17-279dbee45ca0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1794&GA=110"
source_hash: "1256d818741468df80e026223415ea96422dad06068be67544ea76deaf9fb6f3"
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-tn"]
---
# Tennessee HB 1794 (110) — Notary Public - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding electronic acknowledgments and enacts the "Online Notary Public Act". - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 66.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1794.pdf)
## Votes
- CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 3/6/2018 — **00** (pass) · lower
- GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/14/2018 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/3/2018 Passed (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CIVIL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 2/28/2018 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2018 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018 4/10/2018 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Farmer — primary (person)
- Kelsey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-23** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** P2C, ref. to Civil Justice Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-01-30** Assigned to s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/7/2018
- **2018-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Civil Justice Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Civil Justice Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 28, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0790)
- **2018-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/4/2018
- **2018-03-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0873) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0797) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-18** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0873) `passage`
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 931
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 931
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018; 07/01/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/649d25c6-46ee-479c-9f17-279dbee45ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).