West Virginia 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 6 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 669 — Allowing appointment of commissioners to acknowledge signatures

Last action — Chapter 234, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. ✓
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 22, 2019. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    1 primary, 15 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

72 added · 75 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to Bill SB 669 clarify the process for appointing commissioners who can acknowledge signatures on property documents in West Virginia. The bill now explicitly states that both residents and non-residents can be appointed, outlining their qualifications and application requirements. Additionally, it emphasizes the Secretary of State's authority to manage appointments, including the ability to deny or revoke a commission if necessary. This matters because it helps streamline the notarization process for West Virginia property, making it easier for people both inside and outside the state to engage in real estate transactions.

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Originating Senate Bill 669 By Senators Azinger, Baldwin, Beach, Boso, Clements, Hardesty, Jeffries, Lindsay, Maynard, Romano, Rucker, Smith, Takubo, Weld, Woelfel, and Trump [Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Senate Bill 669 By Senators Azinger, Baldwin, Beach, Boso, Clements, Hardesty, Jeffries, Lindsay, Maynard, Romano, Rucker, Smith, Takubo, Weld, Woelfel, and Trump [Passed March 9, 2019;
Reported on February 22, 2019] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, by adding thereto a new article, designated §39-4A-1, §39-4A-2, §39-4A-3, §39-4A-4, and §39-4A-5, all relating to the appointment of commissioners to acknowledge signatures by persons residing in or out of the State of West Virginia covering deeds, leases, and other writings pertaining to West Virginia property for recordation in the State of West Virginia;
in effect 90 days from passage] AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, by adding thereto a new article, designated §39-4A-1, §39-4A-2, §39-4A-3, §39-4A-4, and §39-4A-5, all relating to the appointment of commissioners to acknowledge signatures by persons residing in or out of the state of West Virginia covering deeds, leases, and other writings pertaining to West Virginia property for recordation in the state of West Virginia;
qualifications;
authorizing the Secretary of State to appoint a qualified person as a commissioner;
authority of Secretary of State to appoint a commissioner;
setting forth qualifications for appointment;
authority of Secretary of State to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or impose a condition on a commission;
establishing application requirements and procedures;
fees;
authorizing the Secretary of State to deny, refuse to renew, revoke, suspend, or impose a condition on a commission;
powers of commissioners;
establishing application fee;
prohibited acts;
establishing term of office;
rule-making authority;
establishing powers and duties of commissioners;
application of Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts;
setting forth prohibited acts;
and inclusion of commissioners in online database.
authorizing rulemaking by the Secretary of State;
incorporating requirements, duties, prohibitions, penalties, and procedures set forth in the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts;
and requiring inclusion of active commissioners in online database of notaries public.
(a) The Secretary of State may appoint a qualified person residing within or without this state and within the United States, its territories, or possessions as a commissioner to acknowledge signatures performed in or out of this state by persons residing in or out of the State of West Virginia covering deeds, leases, and other writings pertaining to West Virginia property for recordation in the State of West Virginia.
(a) The Secretary of State may appoint a qualified person residing within or without this state and within the United States, its territories, or possessions as a commissioner to acknowledge signatures performed in or out of this state by persons residing in or out of the state of West Virginia covering deeds, leases, and other writings pertaining to West Virginia property for recordation in the state of West Virginia.
(7)  Revocation, suspension, or refusal or failure to renew the commissioner’s commission as a notary public pursuant to §39-4-1 et seq.
(7)  Revocation, suspension, or refusal or failure to renew the commissioner’s commission as a notary public pursuant to §39-4-1 et seq.
(4) No provision of this section shall be construed to prohibit the practice of law by a duly licensed attorney.
(b) The Secretary of State shall include all active commissioners in its database of notaries public set forth in §39-4-22 of this code, which database shall clearly distinguish commissioners from notary publics.
(b) The Secretary of State shall include all active commissioners in its database of notaries public set forth in §39-4-22 of this code, which database shall clearly distinguish commissioners from notaries public.
  NOTE:
The purpose of this bill is to allow the appointment of commissioners to acknowledge signatures performed in or out of the State of West Virginia by persons residing in or out of the State covering deeds, leases, and other writings pertaining to West Virginia property for recordation in the State.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 234, Acts, Regular Session, 2019

  2. Approved by Governor 3/25/19

  3. To Governor 3/22/19

  4. Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - House Journal

  5. Approved by Governor 3/25/19 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 3/22/19 - Senate Journal

  7. Completed legislative action

  8. Communicated to House

  9. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 537)

  10. House Message received

  11. Communicated to Senate

  12. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  13. Passed House (Roll No. 635)

  14. Read 3rd time

  15. Amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  16. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  17. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  18. Read 2nd time

  19. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  20. Read 1st time

  21. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  22. With amendment, do pass

  23. To House Judiciary

  24. To Judiciary

  25. Introduced in House

  26. Ordered to House

  27. Passed Senate (Roll No. 257)

  28. Read 3rd time

  29. On 3rd reading

  30. Read 2nd time

  31. On 2nd reading

  32. Read 1st time

  33. On 1st reading

  34. Reported do pass

  35. Originating in Senate Judiciary

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 136 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (15)

Not signed on (136)

136 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70001
Republican 23001
Democrat 5000
Total 98002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Evans — Yea
Foster — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Walker — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Capito — Yea
Fast — Yea
Graves — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Harshbarger — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Hill — Yea
Kump — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Linville — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Pack — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Shott — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Storch — Yea
Summers — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Estep-Burton — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Hollen — Yea
Householder — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Malcolm — Not Voting
Miley — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Steele — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Not Voting
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 32000
Total 34000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
JEFFRIES — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
LINDSAY — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MANN — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
MAYNARD — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
BOSO — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TARR — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
ROBERTS — Yea
WELD — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 669?
SB 669 is sponsored by Boso, Trump, Tom Takubo (Republican), Beach, Baldwin, Ryan Weld (Republican), Patricia Rucker (Republican), Mike Woelfel (Democrat), Romano, Lindsay, Charles H. Clements (Republican), Hardesty, Jeffries, Maynard, Randy E. Smith (Republican), and Mike Azinger (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 669?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 22, 2019. Enacted.
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