Following your link, and clicking on the "Status" tab, it looks to me like Gov. Brown let this bill expire without his signature, so it was never enacted into law. However, it looks like that was in 2014. Have you found anything since then? I kind of doubt that he would have changed his mind on this one.
Here are his comments, which I tend to agree with - although it doesn't mean we shouldn't be on the lookout for abuse and report it when we suspect something is amiss:
"To the Members of the California State Assembly:
I am returning Assembly Bill 477 without my signature.
This bill would add notaries public to the list of professionals mandated to report suspected financial abuse of elder and dependent adults.
I am not convinced that notaries, with their very limited interactions, should be placed in the position of being a mandated reporter. Others who are expressly mandated by law to report abuse typically have some level of relationship or more regular contact with the elder or dependent adult, or have some level of training in identifying abuse. For mandated reporting of financial abuse, officers and employees of financial institutions are required to report because of their access to financial information.
Notaries generally have no more than fleeting contact with individuals who request their services. If some transaction or situation should arise that gives them pause or appears suspect, notaries may already make a report without this law.
I believe that voluntary education and outreach efforts to notaries about financial abuse would better suit this class of professionals.
Sincerely,
Edmund G. Brown Jr."
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| Messages in this Thread |
|  Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - CJ on 7/28/16 11:02pm |
|  Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - CJ on 7/28/16 11:09pm |
|  Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - MikeC/TX on 7/28/16 11:42pm |
|  Now that you mentioned it, I felt intimidated. - CJ on 7/29/16 12:45am |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - Belinda/CA on 7/29/16 10:11am |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - pdl/cali on 7/28/16 11:09pm |
| yes, it has happened to me...... - notarydi/CA on 7/29/16 12:27am |
| I do agree with Mike tho n/m - notarydi/CA on 7/29/16 12:29am |
|  Thank you. :) n/m - CJ on 7/29/16 12:45am |
| Re: yes, it has happened to me...... -  JanetK_CA on 7/29/16 1:26am |
| Re: yes, it has happened to me...... - Shoshana/AZ on 7/29/16 6:12am |
| Re: yes, it has happened to me...... - James Powell on 7/29/16 6:54am |
| Important info, James. Thanks for posting this. n/m - MW/VA on 7/29/16 8:27am |
| Excellent, professional suggestion, MikeC/TX - Christine/OK on 7/29/16 4:12am |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - LKT/CA on 7/29/16 7:51am |
| To add - LKT/CA on 7/29/16 7:57am |
| Re: To add - JanetK_CA on 7/29/16 3:54pm |
| Re: To add - janCA on 7/29/16 9:11pm |
| Happened to me when daughter trying to engineer RM on mom's - Cheryl Elliott on 7/29/16 8:06am |
| oh, just remembered daughter was a notary too...hilarious - Cheryl Elliott on 7/29/16 8:22am |
| Yes, I've heard of some notaries called into court over RM's - MW/VA on 7/29/16 8:30am |
| Re: Happened to me when daughter trying to engineer RM on mom - Erwin/CA on 7/29/16 9:28am |
| You didn't give any details on the transaction, whether it - MW/VA on 7/29/16 8:40am |
| In this CA booklet: - Belinda/CA on 7/29/16 10:23am |
| Update after the CA booklet - - Belinda/CA on 7/29/16 11:01am |
 | Re: Update after the CA booklet - - JanetK_CA on 7/29/16 3:30pm |
| Thanks for the update. n/m - Belinda/CA on 7/29/16 6:17pm |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - MonicaFL on 7/29/16 8:25pm |
| Re: Signing under duress: has it happened at one of your jobs? - Luckydog on 7/29/16 8:49pm |
| Thank you. I read EVERY story. I learned a lot. - CJ on 7/30/16 12:04am |
| If you felt that threatened you should have called 911 - MW/VA on 7/30/16 9:39am |
| Re: If you felt that threatened you should have called 911 - JanetK_CA on 7/30/16 2:21pm |
|  Thank you, JanetK. I agree with both points - Stoli on 7/30/16 9:33pm |
| Re: Thank you. I read EVERY story. I learned a lot. - LKT/CA on 7/31/16 7:16am |
