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State

Bill No.

Status

Type of Notice

Notes

 

Alabama

HB 314

2/21/2013 - Referred to Committee

Self-Service Storage Act

  

Alabama

HB 275

2/14/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Voter registration list

  

Alabama

HB 428

5/7/2013 - Indefinitely Postponed

Municipality provide online access to ordinances

  

Alabama

HB 603

5/9/2013 - Amendment Offered

Voter registration list

  

Alabama

SB 125

5/7/2013 - Amendment Offered

Voter registration list

  

Alabama

SB 458

4/18/2013 - Referred to Comm

Voter registration list

  

Alaska

     

Arizona

H 2338

2/19/2013 - Held in Comm.

Regional Water Augmentation Authorities - add newspaper notice

  

Arizona

H 2483

3/18/2013 - FAILED to pass House

Public Notices; Publishing; Public Medium

  

Arizona

H 2533

3/21/2013 - Held in Comm.

Local Governments; Public Notices; Website

  

Arizona

H 2599

5/7/2013 - Engrossed

Procurement Code; Amendments

  

Arizona

S 1107

4/30/2013 - Engrossed

Agriculture Dist; Public Notice; Website

  

Arkansas

HJR 1007

4/11/2013 - Recommended for Study

Proposes amendment to the constitution removing newspaper notice requirements and granting the legislature authority to determine the manner of public notice for initiatives, election results, and bond sales

  

Arkansas

HB 1488

4/11/2013 - Recommended for Study

Requires the Secretary of State to establish an online public notice calendar; replaces hundreds of newspaper public notice requirements with optional publication on the public notice calendar website.

  

Arkansas

HB 1493

4/22/2013 - Enacted into Law

Appropriates $100,000 to the Secretary of State from the State Central Services Fund for creation of an online public notice calendar for fiscal 2013-14.

  

Arkansas

HB 1494

4/11/2013 - Recommended for Study

Requires the Secretary of State to establish an online public notice calendar; replaces several newspaper public notice requirements with optional publication on the public notice calendar website.

  

Arkansas

HB 1495

4/11/2013 - Recommended for Study

Requires the Secretary of State to establish an online public notice calendar; replaces several newspaper public notice requirements with optional publication on the public notice calendar website.

  

Arkansas

HB 1847

4/17/2013 - Recommended for Study

Directs county circuit clerks to conduct judicial sales of real or personal property, prescribes a fee schedule and allows fees collected to be used to offset administrative costs or the sale and general operation of the circuit clerk.

  

Arkansas

SB 377

3/14/2013 - Signed by Governor

Authorizes use of electronic mail instead of first class mail for legal notification to an occupant of a self-storage facility of his default and sale of his property under lien. Authorizes operators to charge up to $30 late payment fee.

  

California

AB 642

5/7/2013 - Hearing cancelled at request of author

Relating to Notice by Publication.. Publication: newspaper of general circulation: Internet Web site.

  

Colorado

HB 1113

3/8/2013 - Signed by Governor

Alternate Prop Tax Protest & Appeal Procedure - add newspaper & website notice

  

Colorado

HB 1064

1/31/2013 - KILLED in Comm.

Publish Local Government Legal Notices On-line

  

Colorado

HB 1182

5/23/2013 - Signed by Governor

Legislative Digital Policy Advisory Committee

  

Connecticut

SB 143

1/28/2013 - Public Hearing Scheduled 2/1

To provide local property tax relief by reducing costly newspaper public notice requirements for municipalities.

  

Connecticut

HB 5530

1/28/2013 - Public Hearing Scheduled 2/1

An Act Permitting the Posting of Legal Notices on Municipal Web Sites.

  

Connecticut

HB 5532

1/28/2013 - Public Hearing Scheduled 2/1

An Act Concerning the Publication of Legal Notices.

  

Connecticut

HB 5717

1/23/2013 - Referred to Comm.

An Act Concerning the Publication of Legal Notices.

  

Connecticut

SB 965

7/11/2013 - Signed by Governor

To make technical and substantive changes to statutes concerning municipal revenue collection.

  

Connecticut

SB 1112

6/4/2013 - Recommitted to Comm.

To authorize municipalities to publish shorter legal notices in the newspaper provided additional information is made available to the public by other means, and to require any newspaper that publishes legal notices for municipalities to indicate in the index of the newspaper the page on which such legal notices may be found.

  

Connecticut

SB 752

5/17/2013 - Signed by Governor

An Act Concerning Self-service Storage Facility Liens.

  

Connecticut

SB 235

5/17/2013 - Signed by Governor

An Act Concerning the Adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.

  

Connecticut

SB 902

6/4/2013 - Recommitted to Comm.

An Act Concerning the Publication of Municipal Legal Notices in Newspapers

  

Delaware

HB 4

5/3/2013 - Signed by Governor

Reincorporate the Town of Georgetown - add newspaper notice

  

Florida

S 238

5/3/2013 - Died in Committee

Public-private Partnerships - add newspaper notice; add website notice

  

Florida

H 727

5/3/2013 - Died in Committee

Revises notice requirements for enforcement of liens by owner of self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit; specifies limit on value of property stored in tenant's storage unit; authorizes towing of vehicle in storage unit; limits liability of storage facility or unit owner after vehicle is towed.

  

Florida

S 1774

5/3/2013 - Died in Committee

Liens on Personal Property in Self-service Storage Facilities and Self-contained Storage Units

  

Georgia

SB 61

7/1/2013 - Effective Date

Georgia Selfservice Storage Facility Act of  2013 - to provide for print or electronic publication of notice of public sale of property

  

Hawaii

HB 18

2/28/2013 - Referred to Comm; 2/7/2013 - PASSED House

Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

  

Hawaii

SB 32

4/16/2013 - Signed by Governor

Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

  

Hawaii

SB 968

2/8/2013 - Passed Second Reading

Permits summons of service on a state website

  

Idaho

     

Illinois

HB 9

3/22/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Medical Practice Act - allow Internet notice in lieu of newspaper notice

  

Illinois

HB 1260

3/22/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Notices-Electronic Publication

  

Illinois

HB 2488

8/16/2013 - Made a public act

Local Gov-Public Notice

  

Illinois

SB 1941

3/22/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Creates the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act to provide for the utilization of legal material in an electronic record. Applies to all legal material designated as official under the Act and published after its effective date. Defines legal material and other terms. Includes court reports, statutes, session laws, rules, and agency decisions.

  

Indiana

SB 458

4/16/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Electronic notice by political subdivisions.

  

Iowa

     

Kansas

HB 2364

3/13/2013 - Hearing Scheduled 3/20

The resolution for a constitutional amendment shall be published on the official website of the secretary of state's office and the state of Kansas, not in each county newspaper. (more)

  

Kansas

HB 2336

2/26/2013 - Withdrawn from Comm.

Relating to the open meetings act.

  

Kansas

SB 200

2/15/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Open meetings; definition.

  

Kentucky

     

Louisiana

     

Maine

LD 1153

5/8/2013 - DEAD

Amend the Laws Governing Public Notices Provided by Governmental Entities

  

Maine

LD 1344

6/12/2013 - DEAD

Modernize the State's Legal Notice Requirements

  

Maryland

SB 61

4/9/2013 - Signed by Governor

Environment - Public Hearings - Notice Requirement - remove newspaper notice

  

Maryland

HB 96

4/9/2013 - Signed by Governor

Natural Resources - Restricted Shellfish Harvest Areas - Water Testing - add newspaper notice

  

Maryland

SB 523

3/20/2013 - Withdrawn from Comm.

Political Subdivisions - Legal Notice Requirements - Posting on Web Sites

Companion - HB 1136

 

Maryland

HB 1136

3/18/2013 - Referred to Interim Study

Political Subdivisions - Legal Notice Requirements - Posting on Web Sites

Companion - SB 523

 

Maryland

HB 1127

5/2/2013 - Signed by Governor

Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities

  

Maryland

SB 634

5/2/2013 - Signed by Governor

Commercial Law - Self-Service Storage Facilities

  

Massachusetts

HB 1586

11/7/2013 - Hearing scheduled

An Act concerning electronic publication of certain legal notices

  

Massachusetts

HB 26

1/4/2013 - Filed

Uniform Law Commission

  

Massachusetts

HB 38

2/15/2013 - Concurred in Comm. Referral

An Act relative to the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

  

Massachusetts

HB 326

4/2/2013 - Hearing scheduled

An Act relative to improving notice requirements for self storage

  

Massachusetts

SB 183

11/25/2013 - Referred to Comm.

An Act relative to improving notice requirements for self storage

  

Michigan

SB 7

5/9/2013 - PASSED Comm; PASSED Senate

Natural resources; other; reference to definition of newspaper in natural resources and environmental protection act; revise to reflect repeal of statutory definition.

  

Michigan

SB 8

5/9/2013 - PASSED Comm; PASSED Senate

Civil procedure; other; methods for publication of legal notices; 

  

Michigan

HB 4033

1/23/2013 - Bill filed

Cities; home rule; posting of legal notices as alternative to publishing; provide for.

  

Michigan

HB 4298

6/13/2013 - Referred to Second Reading

Notice of delinquent taxes

  

Michigan

SB 236

5/23/2013 - Referred to Second Reading

Fee for publication of legal notice

  

Minnesota

SF 498

2/14/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Election procedures modifications

  

Minnesota

SF 1430

3/18/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Local government public notice publishing alternatives to legal newspapers authorization

  

Minnesota

HF 8

1/10/2013 - Introduced

Supporting Responsible Homeowners and Stabilizing Neighborhoods Act enacted, and homeowner opportunities provided in regard to underwater mortgage loans and foreclosure relief on residential homestead property.

  

Minnesota

SF 854

2/28/2013 - Referred to Comm.

School district minutes and budget information Web site publishing authorization

  

Minnesota

SF 1152

3/7/3013 - Referred to Comm.

Local government alternative website publication authorization

  

Minnesota

HF 1286

3/5/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Alternative web site publication provided for.

  

Minnesota

HF 979

3/11/2013 - PASSED Comm.

Election procedures modified, election administration modified, ballot formatting modified, and timelines adjusted.

  

Minnesota

HF 278

3/14/2013 - Signed by Governor

Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act enacted as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

  

Minnesota

SF 157

2/28/2013 - Subsitute HF 278

Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

  

Minnesota

HF 1784

4/17/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Legal newspapers publishing alternatives provided.

  

Mississippi

     

Missouri

HB 197

4/18/2013 - Referred to Comm; 4/16/2013 - PASSED HOUSE

Relating to sales tax and STAR bonds - add newspaper notice

  

Missouri

SB 478

3/27/2013 - Hearing Conducted

Provides that certain legal material published electronically must be authenticated and preserved.

  

Montana

HB 258

4/24/2013 - Signed by Governor

Revise local government laws related to public notice

  

Montana

HB 440

4/24/2013 - DEAD

Dedicate hunting license fee money for easement procurement - new newspaper notice

  

Nebraska

     

Nevada

AB4

4/13/2013 - No Further Action

Revises certain provisions governing public records and legal notices

  

Nevada

AB 75

5/18/2013 - No Further Action; 4/15/2013 - PASSED Assembly

Revises provisions governing the publication of property tax rolls. 

  

Nevada

AB 267

4/13/2013 - No Further Action

Revises certain provisions governing publication of legal notices and legal advertisements.

  

Nevada

SB 105

5/23/2013 - Signed by Governor

Enacts the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.

  

New Hampshire

     

New Jersey

A 255

1/10/2012 - Introduced; Referred to Comm.

Allows publication of legal advertisements in "free" newspapers.

  

New Jersey

A 360

1/10/2012 - Introduced; Referred to Comm.

Requires public body to publish notice of public meeting on official Internet website.

  

New Jersey

A 1618

1/10/2012 - Introduced; Referred to Comm.

Permits publication of legal notices by governments and individuals on official government website instead of newspaper.

  

New Jersey

A 2423

2/16/2012 - Introduced; Referred to Comm.

Revises newspaper advertising rates.

  

New Jersey

S 1129

1/23/2012 - Introduced; Referred to Comm.

Requires municipal clerk to publish holiday and emergency information on Internet site or in local newspaper.

  

New Mexico

HB 21

3/27/2013 - Signed by Governor

Public Meeting Agendas 72 Hours in Advance

  

New Mexico

HB 256

2/13/2013 - Postponed Indefinitely

Self-Service Storage Liens & Deadlines

  

New Mexico

HB 390

2/27/2013 - Postponed Indefinitely

Self-Storage Lien Notice of Property Sales

  

New Mexico

SB 136

2/18/2013 - Postponed Indefinitely

Fracking disclosure - add newspaper notice

  

New Mexico

HB 577

2/13/2013 - Postponed Indefinitely

Newspapers and Publications - As introduced, requires all legal notices required by statute to be published in a newspaper of general circulation to be posted on the administrative register web site within the secretary of state's web site by the entity required to post such notice.

  

New York

AB 318

4/30/2013 - Held for Consideration in Comm.

Allows for online publication of public notices

Companion - SB 1110

 

New York

AB 1151

1/9/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Allows for additional online publication of public notices by counties, municipalities and school districts.

  

New York

SB 1110

1/9/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Allows for online publication of public notices.

Companion - AB 318

 

New York

AB 681

1/9/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Provides for the seizure and forfeiture of vehicles, vessels and aircraft used in counterfeit goods - add newspaper notice

  

New York

AB 1139

1/9/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Allows counties full value assessment - add newspaper notice

  

New York

AB 4149

2/1/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Relates to publication of legal notices on the official Westchester county website.

  

North Carolina

H 243

7/3/2013 - Signed by Governor

Liens/Self-Service Storage Facilities.

  

North Carolina

S 263

3/13/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Liens/Self-Service Storage Facilities.

  

North Carolina

S 186

3/6/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Notice Publication by Counties and Cities.

  

North Carolina

S 287

7/25/2013 - Placed on Calendar; 4/23/2013 - PASSED Senate

Notice Publication by Counties and Cities.

  

North Carolina

H 723

4/11/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Legal Notices/Require Internet Publication.

  

North Carolina

H 755

5/15/2013 - Rereferred to Comm.

DENR Electronic Notice.

  

North Dakota

HB 1129

4/8/2013 - Signed by Governor

A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 46?03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the enactment of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.

  

Ohio

     

Oklahoma

HB 2207

3/1/2013 - Dormant Pursuant to the Rules

Modifies posting requirements for sale of property - permit posting in addition to newspaper notice

  

Oregon

SB 28

7/8/2013 - In Comm. Upon Adjournment

Relating to publishing notice on government website - forfeiture and unclaimed property

  

Oregon

HB 2706

5/22/2013 - Signed by Governor

Relating to self-service storage facilities.

  

Oregon

HB 2845

6/4/2013 - Signed by Governor

Relating to limited licenses for owners of self-service storage facilities to sell insurance; declaring an emergency.

  

Oregon

HB 2944

5/23/2013 - Signed by Governor

Relating to electronic legal material; declaring an emergency.

  

Oregon

HB 2822

6/24/2013 - Effective Date

Notice of execution sale of real property by Internet posting

  

Pennsylvania

SB 733

11/13/2013 - Re-Referred to Comm.

Electronic publication of leagl advertising

  

Rhode Island

S 331

4/11/2013 - Held for Further Study

Entitled, an Act Relating to State Affairs and Government - Open Meetings - School Committees

  

Rhode Island

HB 5789

4/10/2013 - Held for Further Study

Act Relating to Towns and Cities -- Electronic Notice (Would Require Municipalities and Other Local Agencies and Entities to Post Public Notices on their Websites, if They Have Them, in Addition to Publication in a Newspaper.)

  

Rhode Island

HB 5728

6/3/2013 - Signed by Governor

Eliminate bank notices

  

Rhode Island

HB 6168

5/29/2013 - Referred to Committee

Remove newspaper notice of self-storage facilities

  

Rhode Island

S 717

6/3/2013 - Signed by Governor

Eliminate bank notices

  

Rhode Island

S 982

6/13/2013 - Referred to Committee

Remove newspaper notice of self-storage facilities

  

South Carolina

H 3427

1/30/2013 - Committed to Comm. for study

Authorize a County to Post Certain Notices to County's Website Instead of Printing in Newspaper.

  

South Carolina

H 3563

5/28/2013 - Referred to Comm; 5/23/2013 - PASSED House

Self-Service Storage Facility Act

  

South Carolina

S 513

4/1/2013 - Referred to SubCommittee

Storage Facility Act

  

South Dakota

HB 1224

2/5/2013 - KILLED in Comm.

Allow municipalities, counties, and school districts to post certain information on the internet in addition to or in lieu of certain publication requirements.

  

South Dakota

SB 180

3/4/2013 - FAILED Senate; 2/20/2013 - PASSED House

Amend certain provisions relating to the publication of payroll information.

  

Tennessee

SB 461

4/12/2013 - Signed by Governor

Civil Procedure - As introduced, requires legal and public notices that are currently required to be published in newspaper of general circulation to also be posted on newspaper's web site and on statewide web site maintained by Tennessee Press Association.

Companion - HB 1001

 

Tennessee

HB 1328

2/26/2013 - Assigned to SubCommittee

Newspapers and Publications - As introduced, requires all legal notices required by statute to be published in a newspaper of general circulation to be posted on the administrative register web site within the secretary of state's web site by the entity required to post such notice.

Companion - SB 1324

 

Tennessee

SB 1324

3/26/2013 - Assigned to SubCommittee

Newspapers and Publications - As introduced, requires all legal notices required by statute to be published in a newspaper of general circulation to be posted on the administrative register web site within the secretary of state's web site by the entity required to post such notice.

Companion - HB 1328

 

Tennessee

HB 1001

3/25/2013 - Substitute SB 461

Civil Procedure - As introduced, requires legal and public notices that are currently required to be published in newspaper of general circulation to also be posted on newspaper's web site and on statewide web site maintained by Tennessee Press Association.

Companion - SB 461

 

Tennessee

SB 1008

3/26/2013 - Assigned to SubCommittee

Statutes and Codification - As introduced, defines adequate public notice throughout the code as including, but not limited to, publication of the public meeting or deadline in a newspaper of general circulation, posting notice on an Internet web site or in local newspapers, and posting notice in the building where the meeting or deadline will occur.

Companion - HB 444

 

Tennessee

HB 444

2/5/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Statutes and Codification - As introduced, defines adequate public notice throughout the code as including, but not limited to, publication of the public meeting or deadline in a newspaper of general circulation, posting notice on an Internet web site or in local newspapers, and posting notice in the building where the meeting or deadline will occur.

Companion - SB 1008

 

Tennessee

HB 182

4/29/2013 - Signed by Governor

Bids for contracts publish on the Internet instead of in a newspaper

  

Tennessee

SB 188

4/29/2013 - Signed by Governor

Bids for contracts publish on the Internet instead of in a newspaper

  

Texas

SB 136

1/29/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Relating to unit operations for oil, gas, or oil and gas production or carbon dioxide storage.

Companion - HB 100

 

Texas

HB 100

3/13/2013 - Left Pending in Comm.

Relating to unit operations for oil, gas, or oil and gas production or carbon dioxide storage.

Companion - SB 136

 

Texas

HB 186

2/6/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Relating to the closure of a school campus by the board of trustees of a school district.

  

Texas

HB 335

5/3/2013 - Comm. Report Sent to Calendars

Relating to the posting of required notice on a political subdivision's Internet website.

  

Texas

HB 3646

4/1/2013 - Left Pending in Comm.

Relating to a governmental entity's selection of an advertising medium and publication of notice.

  

Texas

HB 816

3/25/2013 - Left Pending in Comm.

Notice of certain informaiton about an election electronically

  

Texas

HB 2089

3/5/2013 - Referred to Comm.

Bids for land on the internet instead of in a newspaper

  

Utah

SB 182

3/26/2013 - Signed by Governor

Storage Unit Amendments

  

Utah

HB 355

3/14/2013 - Senate back to House; 3/6/2013 - PASSED House

Unclaimed Property Amendments

  

Utah

SB 190

4/1/2013 - Signed by Governor

Procurement Revisions

  

Utah

HB 384

4/1/2013 - Signed by Governor

Disposition of unclaimed property on a website instead of in a newspaper

  

Vermont

     

Virginia

HB 1373

2/5/2013 - KILLED in Comm.

Legal notices; advertisement by locality.

  

Virginia

HB 1378

1/18/2013 - Incorporated in Comm. by voice vote

Legal notices; locality to publish on its website instead of advertising in newspaper.

  

Virginia

HB 1426

2/5/2013 - KILLED in Comm.

Legal notices; advertisement on websites by Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring.

  

Virginia

SB 765

2/4/2013 - KILLED in Comm.

Legal notices; advertisement on websites by Towns of Damascus and Glade Spring.

  

Virginia

HB 2170

1/29/2013 - Incorporated in Comm. by voice vote

Public procurement; posting by local public bodies of procurement opportunities.

  

Virginia

HB 1823

2/18/2013 - KILLED in Comm.

Public procurement; posting by local public bodies of procurement opportunities.

  

Washington

     

West Virginia

     

Wisconsin

AB 40

7/1/2013 - Published Act

Notice of salaries of employees of state treasurer posted on department website instead of newspaper

  

Wyoming

SF 36

3/13/2013 - Enacted into Law

Insurance-publications requirements; repealing provision for newspaper publication

  
      
      

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