House Committee of Reference Report

Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government

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February 25, 2026

After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:

HB26-1095   be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:

Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, page 2, line 2, after "add" insert "(3.5) and".

Page 1, Line 2Page 2, after line 4 insert:

Page 1, Line 3"(3.5)  If no newspaper that satisfies either the

Page 1, Line 4requirements of subsection (1) or (3) of this section exists within

Page 1, Line 5the county in which publication of a legal notice or

Page 1, Line 6advertisement is required, and publication in an adjoining

Page 1, Line 7county would not provide adequate notice to the public, a

Page 1, Line 8county, municipality, or special district may publish the legal

Page 1, Line 9notice or advertisement on its website. Such publication is

Page 1, Line 10considered sufficient to satisfy all publication requirements in

Page 1, Line 11this section.".

Page 1, Line 12Page 2, line 6, strike "county or" and substitute "county,

Page 1, Line 13municipality, or special district,".

Page 1, Line 14Page 2, strike lines 7 through 9 and substitute "the newspaper shall

Page 1, Line 15also make the notice available on its website without charge

Page 1, Line 16and the".

Page 1, Line 17Page 2, line 11, after "notice." add "A newspaper satisfies the

Page 1, Line 18requirement of this subsection (6) either by posting the full text

Page 1, Line 19of the notice on its website or providing a link on its website to

Page 1, Line 20a location where the full text of the notice is available, such as

Page 1, Line 21the statewide public notice website established pursuant to

Page 1, Line 22subsection (5) of this section.".

Page 1, Line 23

Page 2, Line 1Page 1, lines 101 and 102, strike "the authority of certain local

Page 2, Line 2governments to publish legal notices in an online

Page 2, Line 3publication." and substitute "unpaid online access to public

Page 2, Line 4notices published in legal newspapers.".