04.17.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report.
04.11.12 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Outlines definitions and qualifications for a notarial commission, specific powers and limits on powers of a notary, disclosure by a nonattorney notary and prohibition of a nonattorney notary acting in the unauthorized practice of law.