Signed by Governor Authored by Valoree Swanson (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to proof of identity of a person making an acknowledgment of a written instrument. Initially Referred to House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to Senate Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 4202 updates notary public laws to clarify what constitutes acceptable proof of identity when notarizing documents. It allows notaries to accept a credible witness's oath, a government-issued ID, or a foreign passport for residential real estate transactions.
Joint authors: Cain (R); Garcia, J. (D); Hayes (R); Schofield (R) Sponsors: Zaffirini (D)
Mar 10, 2025
(H) Swanson signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Mar 31, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, chaired by a Republican
Apr 23, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
Apr 28, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 5, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed (H) Committee report sent to Calendars
May 6, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 8, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 9, 2025
(H) Read 2nd time (H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Swanson amended the bill. (H) Passed to engrossment as amended (H) Record vote
RV#1965: Yea 139 (R 82, D 57) - Nay 1 (R 0, D 1) View Source
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May 10, 2025
(H) Schofield signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Hayes signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Garcia, J. signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Cain signed onto the bill as Joint Author (H) Read 3rd time (H) Passed (H) Record vote
RV#2045: Yea 129 (R 81, D 48) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0) View Source
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(H) Reported engrossed
May 12, 2025
(S) Received from the House (S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Jurisprudence, chaired by a Republican
May 23, 2025
(S) Rereferred to committee (S) Referred to the Senate State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
May 25, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Vote taken in committee (S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar (S) Committee report printed and distributed
May 28, 2025
(S) Placed on local & uncontested calendar (S) Laid before the Senate (S) Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading (S) Vote recorded in Journal (S) Three day rule suspended (S) Record vote (S) Read 3rd time (S) Passed (S) Record vote
May 29, 2025
(H) Senate passage reported
May 30, 2025
(H) Reported enrolled (H) Signed in the House
May 31, 2025
(S) Signed in the Senate (E) Sent to the Governor
(H) Zaffirini signed onto the bill as Sponsor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
For
(Wed 4/23/2025) Testifying before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Annette Donker for self (Sun 5/25/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Annette Donker for self (Wed 4/23/2025) Testifying before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Martin Renteria for self (with Texas Notary Training Forum) (Sun 5/25/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Martin Renteria for self (with Texas Notary Training Forum) (Wed 4/23/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Guy Herman for self (with Texas Statutory Probate Courts)
On
(Sun 5/25/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Steven Deline for self
