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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Publication of public notices."
+description: "Allows a political subdivision to publish notice in the print or electronic edition of a newspaper or locality newspaper that issues a print edition not more than three times a week. Allows, if a newspaper or locality newspaper issues a print edition not more than two times a week, a political subdivision to publish notice: (1) in the print edition or on the newspaper or locality newspaper's website; or (2) if the newspaper or locality newspaper does not have a website, in the print edition or the political subdivision's official website. Allows a notice regarding the sale of certain tracts of real property by a political subdivision to be published solely on the official website of the political subdivision. Provides that if the assessed value of a tract is less than $10,000, based on the most recent assessment of the tract or of the tract of which it was a part before it was acquired, the disposing agent or redevelopment commission is not required to have the tract appraised."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1204"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1204 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICES", "PROPERTY; Assessors (Non-Elected)", "PROPERTY; Real Estate", "REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS", "BROKERS", "AND SALESPERSONS", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Meltzer", "Liz Brown"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-09"
+last_action: "2024-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8614ba8f-21ef-4df2-b26a-2abed910afcc"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1204"
+source_hash: "cbf21cea1fad3d88d2ef4793df157971c305bdc0a02dc632b32b11df2b234b86"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1204 (2024) — Publication of public notices.
+
+Allows a political subdivision to publish notice in the print or electronic edition of a newspaper or locality newspaper that issues a print edition not more than three times a week. Allows, if a newspaper or locality newspaper issues a print edition not more than two times a week, a political subdivision to publish notice: (1) in the print edition or on the newspaper or locality newspaper's website; or (2) if the newspaper or locality newspaper does not have a website, in the print edition or the political subdivision's official website. Allows a notice regarding the sale of certain tracts of real property by a political subdivision to be published solely on the official website of the political subdivision. Provides that if the assessed value of a tract is less than $10,000, based on the most recent assessment of the tract or of the tract of which it was a part before it was acquired, the disposing agent or redevelopment commission is not required to have the tract appraised.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1204/HB1204.04.ENRS.pdf)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1204/HB1204.03.COMS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1204/HB1204.02.COMH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1204/HB1204.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1204 - Meltzer - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1204 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1204 - Meltzer — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jennifer Meltzer — primary (person)
+- Liz Brown — primary (person)
+- Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
+- Ben Smaltz — coauthor (person)
+- Justin Moed — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09** Coauthored by Representatives Zimmerman, Moed, Smaltz
+- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative Meltzer
+- **2024-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Brown L
+- **2024-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 88: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2024-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-19** Senator Pol added as cosponsor
+- **2024-02-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-04** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2024-03-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 256: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2024-03-06** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 289: yeas 92, nays 0
+- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-13** Public Law 146 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8614ba8f-21ef-4df2-b26a-2abed910afcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+