Legislative record

SB 252STATE · IndianaIntroduced

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.

Voted 3/13/2024

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

139 yea·3 nay·4 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/13/2024Signed by the Governor
  2. 3/13/2024Public Law 122
  3. 3/12/2024Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. 3/11/2024Signed by the Speaker
  5. 3/8/2024Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 331: yeas 94, nays 0
  6. 3/8/2024Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  7. 3/8/2024Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 311: yeas 47, nays 0
  8. 3/7/2024CCR # 1 filed in the House
  9. 3/7/2024CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
  10. 3/5/2024Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Niemeyer