To reverse the reduced numbers of public notaries in New York, lawmakers approved a bill that aims to downsize additional requirements thrust on them in 2023, after the state bar called out the new rules for being unduly burdensome.

The Assembly and Senate approved A07241A/S8663, a notarization reform bill sponsored by both legislative chambers’ Judiciary Committee chairs—Assemblyman Charles Lavine, D-Glen Cove, and state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, D-Manhattan.