1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2023 or the SECURE Notarization Act of 2023 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Communication technology The term communication technology , with respect to a notarization, means an electronic device or process that allows the notary public performing the notarization, a remotely located individual, and (if applicable) a credible witness to communicate with each other simultaneously by sight and sound during the notarization. (2) Electronic; electronic record; electronic signature; information; person; record The terms electronic , electronic record , electronic signature , information , person , and record have the meanings given those terms in section 106 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7006 ). (3) Law The term law includes any statute, regulation, rule, or rule of law. (4) Notarial officer The term notarial officer means— (A) a notary public; or (B) any other individual authorized to perform a notarization under the laws of a State without a commission or appointment as a notary public. (5) Notarial officer’s State; notary public’s State The term notarial officer’s State or notary public’s State means the State in which a notarial officer, or a notary public, as applicable, is authorized to perform a notarization. (6) Notarization The term notarization — (A) means any act that a notarial officer may perform under— (i) Federal law, including this Act; or (ii) the laws of the notarial officer's State; and (B) includes any act described in subparagraph (A) and performed by a notarial officer— (i) with respect to— (I) a tangible record; or (II) an electronic record; and (ii) for— (I) an individual in the physical presence of the notarial officer