IN SB0252 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-13 - Public Law 122
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 13 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-13 - Public Law 122
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Notice publication. Changes the qualifications required for a newspaper to publish legal notices as follows: (1) A newspaper must have been published for 12 consecutive months (instead of three years). (2) A newspaper must have had an average paid circulation during the preceding year of at least 500 (instead of 200) that may include the number of website page views reported by a website's host provider. (Current law only includes the average requested or paid circulation as reported in the United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership.) Requires a locality newspaper to have been published for 12 consecutive months (instead of three years) to be eligible to publish legal notices. Requires a paid circulation threshold for a newspaper published in a county of 2% of the county population. Makes technical corrections.
Title
Notice publication.
Sponsors
| Sen. James Buck [R] | Sen. Rick Niemeyer [R] | Sen. Vaneta Becker [R] | Sen. John Crane [R] |
| Rep. Doug Miller [R] |
Roll Calls
2024-03-08 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 47 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-08 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2024-03-04 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-05 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-03-08 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2024-03-04 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-05 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Public Law 122 |
| 2024-03-13 | Senate | Signed by the Governor |
| 2024-03-12 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Signed by the Speaker |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 311: yeas 47, nays 0 |
| 2024-03-08 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 331: yeas 94, nays 0 |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
| 2024-03-07 | House | CCR # 1 filed in the House |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | CCR # 1 filed in the Senate |
| 2024-03-05 | House | House advisors appointed: Torr, Engleman and Hatcher |
| 2024-03-05 | House | House conferees appointed: Miller D and Campbell |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Niemeyer |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Senate conferees appointed: Buck and Pol |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Senate dissented from House amendments |
| 2024-03-05 | Senate | Motion to dissent filed |
| 2024-03-05 | House | Returned to the Senate with amendments |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 267: yeas 95, nays 3 |
| 2024-02-29 | House | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2024-02-29 | House | Amendment #1 (Miller D) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2024-02-12 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Senator Crane added as coauthor |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Senator Becker added as third author |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Senator Niemeyer added as second author |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Miller D |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 112: yeas 48, nays 0 |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Amendment #2 (Buck) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Amendment #1 (Buck) prevailed; voice vote |
| 2024-01-29 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2024-01-11 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government |
| 2024-01-11 | Senate | Authored by Senator Buck |
