HB 5289 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL NOTICES.

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62608 General Assembly February Session, 20262026Reprint Substituteof HouseFile Bill No.

528962) Substitute House ofBill Representatives,No. March 18, 2026 The Committee on Planning and Development reported through REP.

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AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL NOTICES.

but this section shall not be construed to reduce or otherwise affect the time required by law for giving such notice.] (2) NotwithstandingIf the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, if a provision described in subdivision (1) of this subsection applies to a municipality, such provision shall be construed to (A) sHB5289 / File No.

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62608 municipality, such provision shall be construed to (A) require the posting of such notice, which notice shall include the date of such posting, in a conspicuous location on the Internet web site of such municipality, and (B) permit such publication on one or more Internet web sites selected by such municipality or in a daily or weekly newspapernewspaper, in addition to such posting on suchthe Internet web site.site of such municipality.

A municipality shall retain a physical copy of each notice posted on such municipality'sInternetwebsitemunicipality's fornotlessthanoneyearfollowingsuchInternet web site for not less than one year following such posting.

Each such physical copy shall be accompanied by an affidavit signed and sworn to by the individual required to post such notice, or such individual's designee, attesting to the date and time such notice was posted.

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62608 2The sHB5289following FileFiscal No.Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

62 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

Municipalities Effect FY 27 $ FY 28 $ All Municipalities Savings See Below See Below Explanation The bill as amended results in savings for all municipalities beginning in FY 27 to the extent that municipalities no longer publish certain notices in daily or weekly newspapers.

TheHouse OutAmendment Years“A” Theallows annualizedmunicipalities ongoingto fiscalpublish impactcertain identifiednotices aboveon wouldvarious continueinternet intowebsites theand futurerequires subjectphysical tocopies theof numberthese ofnotices townsto thatbe stopstored printingwith certaina noticessigned inand newspapers.dated affidavit.

These changes do not result in a fiscal impact.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to inflation.

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62608 OLR Bill Analysis sHB 5289 (as amended by House "A")* AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL NOTICES.

Under the bill, municipalities may also opt to also publish a notice on websites they choose or in a daily or weekly newspaper.

The specific requirements for publicationpublication, undersuch eachas law varies (e.g., publication deadlines or minimum frequency).frequency, vary under each law.

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62608 4The sHB5289bill Fileonly No.applies to legal notices that must be published by a municipality pursuant to a state or local law.

62It (“Municipality”does includesnot aaffect town,notices city,that borough,must consolidatedbe townpublished and(1) city,pursuant and consolidated town and borough.) The bill also makes minor and conforming changes, including specifically applying the law on determining how to publishother municipalauthority, legalsuch noticesas toa noticescourt requiredorder, byor local(2) ordinances and regulations, rather than only those required by statutes,non-municipal specialentities acts,or andpeople. charters, as current law does.

(A “municipality” is a town, city, borough, consolidated town and city, or consolidated town and borough.) The bill also makes minor and conforming changes, including specifically applying the law on determining how to publish municipal legal notices to notices required by local ordinances and regulations, rather than only those required by statutes, special acts, and charters, as current law does.

October 1, 2026 COMMITTEE*House ACTIONAmendment Planning“A” andaddstheprovisionrequiring Developmentanaffidaviton Committeethe Jointposting’s Favorabledate Substituteand Yeatime 20to Naybe 0submitted (03/06/2026)and sHB5289makes /minor Fileclarifying No.changes.

62COMMITTEE 5ACTION Planning and Development Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 20 Nay 0 (03/06/2026) sHB5289 / File No.

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