CS/CS/SB 380: Legal Notices

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs, Judiciary, Trumbull

Legal Notices; Revising the definition of the term “governmental agency”; requiring that certain legal notices be continuously published for a specified timeframe when the notices are for a specified purpose and provided under a certain circumstance; authorizing certain counties or specified municipalities, school boards, clerks of the circuit court, and tax collectors to use a publicly accessible website to publish certain advertisements and legal notices under specified conditions, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/29/2026 02:23 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1009 (c2) by Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee Governmental Agency Publication of Advertisements and Public Notices Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Rules	Similar
  H 925 (er) by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee Clerks of the Court Last Action: 3/12/2026 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled	Compare

• Citations - Statute (13)

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  11.02	Notice of special or local legislation or certain relief acts.	Page 5 (pdf)
  45.031	Judicial sales procedure.	Page 6 (pdf)
  50.011	Publication of legal notices.	Page 7 (pdf)
  50.0311	Publication of advertisements and public notices on a publicly accessible website and governmental access channels.	Page 2 (pdf)
  90.902	Self-authentication.	Page 8 (pdf)
  120.81	Exceptions and special requirements; general areas.	Page 8 (pdf)
  121.055	Senior Management Service Class.	Page 9 (pdf)
  162.12	Notices.	Page 14 (pdf)
  190.005	Establishment of district.	Page 14 (pdf)
  200.065	Method of fixing millage.	Page 16 (pdf)
  849.38	Proceedings for forfeiture; notice of seizure and order to show cause.	Page 17 (pdf)
  1001.372	District school board meetings.	Page 18 (pdf)
  1011.03	Public hearings; budget to be submitted to Department of Education.	Page 19 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/4/2025	S	• Filed
  11/17/2025	S	• Referred to Judiciary; Community Affairs; Rules
  11/24/2025	S	• On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 12/02/25, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
  12/2/2025	S	• CS by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
  12/3/2025	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  12/5/2025	S	• Now in Community Affairs
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced • CS by Judiciary read 1st time
  1/22/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/27/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
  1/27/2026	S	• CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  1/29/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Rules
  2/4/2026	S	• CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Rules