CS/CS/SB 292 (2012) -  Legal Notices

General Bill by Judiciary and Community Affairs and Bennett
Legal Notices: Requiring that, after a specified date, if a legal notice is published in a newspaper, the newspaper publishing the notice shall also place the notice on a website maintained by the newspaper, at no additional charge; providing that an error on a newspaper or statewide website shall be considered a harmless error and legal notice requirements shall be considered met if the notice published in the newspaper is correct; limiting the rate that may be charged for government notices required to be published more than once in certain circumstances; requiring that plain notice to the licensee to be posted on the front page of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s website and provided to certain news outlets, etc.
Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2012, and shall apply to legal notices that must be published on or after that date
Last Event: 03/09/12 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 937 (Ch. 2012-212) -SJ 1236 on Friday, March 9, 2012 4:15 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 01/12/12 8:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 02/16/12 10:30 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 02/28/12 2:15 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 14   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 937 Subject: Legal Notices Relationship: Identical
Bill #: CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 481 Subject: Clerks of Court Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/CS/SB 860 Subject: Clerks of Court Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 2
    • A 920062 , Bennett Date Filed: 03/08/12, Line#: 69 Senate: Withdrawn 3/9/2012 4:15:12 PM
    • AA 578728 , Bennett Date Filed: 03/08/12, Line#: 21 Senate: Withdrawn 3/8/2012 4:51:46 PM
    • AA 107054 , Bennett Date Filed: 03/08/12, Line#: 21 Senate: Failed 3/8/2012 6:08:20 PM
  • Committee Substitute 1
    • D 673910 , Judiciary, Richter Date Filed: 02/15/12, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/20/2012 04:40 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 635460 , Community Affairs, Bennett Date Filed: 01/11/12, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 01/12/2012 01:24 PM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations 2/29/2012 11:35:18 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations 2/27/2012 3:06:30 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 2/20/2012 5:46:09 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 2/15/2012 11:57:00 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 1/16/2012 1:59:28 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 1/11/2012 9:07:03 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 937 (Ch. 2012-212) -SJ 1236 Time: 03/09/2012 - 4:15 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Substituted CS/CS/HB 937 -SJ 1236 Time: 03/09/2012 - 4:15 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Pending amendment(s), withdrawn (920062) -SJ 1236 Time: 03/09/2012 - 4:15 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/12 Time: 03/08/2012 - 11:09 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Amendment(s) pending (920062) -SJ 967 Time: 03/08/2012 - 6:08 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 966, 1235 Time: 03/08/2012 - 10:07 AM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/12 Time: 03/06/2012 - 7:24 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 805 Time: 03/05/2012 - 2:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 805 Time: 03/05/2012 - 2:43 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 721 Time: 02/29/2012 - 12:23 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 Time: 02/28/2012 - 5:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations, 02/28/12, 2:15 pm, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 02/23/2012 - 9:17 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Now in Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations Time: 02/22/2012 - 9:06 AM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations -SJ 674 Time: 02/22/2012 - 9:05 AM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Judiciary read 1st time -SJ 534 Time: 02/21/2012 - 7:44 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 524 Time: 02/21/2012 - 12:54 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/20/2012 - 4:45 PM Member: Committee: Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Judiciary; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 524 Time: 02/16/2012 - 1:21 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/16/12, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building Time: 02/14/2012 - 6:36 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 214 Time: 01/18/2012 - 10:40 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 249 Time: 01/17/2012 - 8:30 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 01/17/2012 - 7:57 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 214 Time: 01/12/2012 - 12:04 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 30 Time: 01/10/2012 - 8:28 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/12/12, 8:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 12/21/2011 - 1:57 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 30 Time: 10/04/2011 - 11:47 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 09/20/2011 - 8:14 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
17.325 CS/CS/HB 937*, SB 1690, HB 4151
50.0211 CS/CS/HB 937*
50.041 CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 481, CS/CS/SB 860, CS/CS/HB 937*
50.061 CS/CS/HB 937*
120.60 CS/CS/HB 937*
125.66 CS/CS/HB 937*
166.041 CS/CS/HB 937*
190.005 CS/CS/HB 937*
200.065 CS/CS/HB 937*, CS/CS/SB 1256, SB 1798, CS/HB 7097*
215.555 HB 833, CS/CS/HB 937*, CS/SB 1346, CS/SB 1372
215.68 CS/CS/HB 937*
253.52 CS/CS/HB 937*
255.518 CS/CS/HB 937*
380.0668 CS/CS/HB 937*
455.275 CS/CS/HB 887*, CS/CS/HB 937*, CS/CS/SB 1252
473.3141 CS/CS/HB 937*
527.23 CS/CS/HB 937*
573.109 CS/CS/HB 937*
573.111 CS/CS/HB 937*
631.59 CS/CS/HB 937*

(*) Not the latest version