Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 4 R cosponsors

SB 252 — Notice publication.

Last action — Public Law 122

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2024. Enacted.

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Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    4 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 R).

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 122

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 311: yeas 47, nays 0

  6. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 331: yeas 94, nays 0

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  10. Senate conferees appointed: Buck and Pol

  11. Senate dissented from House amendments

  12. Motion to dissent filed

  13. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  14. House advisors appointed: Torr, Engleman and Hatcher

  15. House conferees appointed: Miller D and Campbell

  16. Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Niemeyer

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 267: yeas 95, nays 3

  18. Amendment #1 (Miller D) prevailed; voice vote

  19. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  20. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  21. First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform

  22. Referred to the House

  23. Senator Crane added as coauthor

  24. House sponsor: Representative Miller D

  25. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 112: yeas 48, nays 0

  26. Senator Becker added as third author

  27. Senator Niemeyer added as second author

  28. Amendment #1 (Buck) prevailed; voice vote

  29. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  30. Amendment #2 (Buck) prevailed; voice vote

  31. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  32. Authored by Senator Buck

  33. First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (1)

  • John Crane

Not signed on (145)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 252 do?
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.
Who sponsors SB 252?
SB 252 is sponsored by Doug Miller (Republican), John Crane, Vaneta Becker (Republican), Rick Niemeyer (Republican), and James Buck (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 252?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2024. Enacted.
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