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Requiring the electronic publication of certain public notices by governmental bodies and officers and including effective date provisions
Topics:Technology & privacy
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Instead of printing public notices in newspapers, government offices can now post them on their official websites. These offices must decide which notices go online and tell people where they can find paper copies in person. They must also offer a way for people to sign up to receive these updates through email.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides for electronic publication of public notices. The bill provides that a governmental body or officer that is required by statute to publish a notice, action, or other information in a newspaper of general circulation shall, in lieu of such requirements, post the notice, action, or other information on the governmental body’s internet site, if the governmental body maintains an internet site. information that shall be posted on the governmental body’s internet site in lieu of publication and to identify the location of the governmental body’s office where a paper copy of such notices, actions, or information will be available for public inspection. The bill requires a governmental body to provide a method by which persons may opt to receive notices, actions, or other information by electronic mail. Electronic mail addresses possessed by a governmental body for this purpose are not public records subject to disclosure under Code chapter (examination of public records). The bill takes effect July 1, 2023.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 17, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 600 Requiring the electronic publication of certain public notices by governmental bodies and …89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 228 Requiring the electronic publication of certain public notices by governmental bodies and …89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HSB 221 HSB 22189th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
- SF 453 Allowing the electronic publication of certain public notices by certain governmental bodi…89th General Assembly · In committee · similarCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.