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HB264

Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications, requirements.

Status:
Enacted

Latest Action: April 2, 2024
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277)

Chief Patron:
Patrick Hope (D)

Session:
2024 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications; requirements.

Provides that, where any ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement instead may be published in an online-only news publication subject to certain requirements specified in the bill. The bill sets out a process by which an online-only news publication shall petition the circuit court of the appropriate jurisdiction to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements and authorizes the court to grant such online-only news publication the authority to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements for a period of one year. The bill also describes the process by which an online-only news publication may continue renewing such authority to publish in each successive year. This bill is identical to SB 157. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/05/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104158D
  • 01/05/2024 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/25/2024 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
  • 01/29/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 01/29/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
  • 02/02/2024 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2024 - House: Read first time
  • 02/07/2024 - House: Read second time and engrossed
  • 02/08/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
  • 02/08/2024 - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
  • 02/09/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/09/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 02/19/2024 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)
  • 02/20/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/21/2024 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/21/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
  • 02/27/2024 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/27/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB264ER)
  • 02/27/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/01/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/11/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
  • 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
  • 04/02/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/24)
  • 04/02/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0277)

Full text and vote history:

Virginia Legislative Information System

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