---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notice publication."
description: "Changes the qualifications required for a newspaper to publish legal notices as follows: (1) A newspaper must have been published for 12 consecutive months (instead of three years). (2) A newspaper must have had an average paid circulation during the preceding year of at least 500 (instead of 200) that may include the number of website page views reported by a website's host provider. (Current law only includes the average requested or paid circulation as reported in the United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership.) Requires a locality newspaper to have been published for 12 consecutive months (instead of three years) to be eligible to publish legal notices. Requires a paid circulation threshold for a newspaper published in a county of 2% of the county population. Makes technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Indiana SB 252 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICES", "COURTS; Generally", "TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet", "Phone Lines", "Print Media", "Radio", "and Television)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Miller", "James Buck", "Rick Niemeyer", "Vaneta Becker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2705412-41fa-4d41-83c7-51f0c9744e83"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0252"
source_hash: "3487eb3cdcd5ce8f3934faa5cdf5ee1ad914f4b6ea9086cad88d2c950d7c3175"
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 SB 252 (2024) — Notice publication.

Changes the qualifications required for a newspaper to publish legal notices as follows: (1) A newspaper must have been published for 12 consecutive months (instead of three years). (2) A newspaper must have had an average paid circulation during the preceding year of at least 500 (instead of 200) that may include the number of website page views reported by a website's host provider. (Current law only includes the average requested or paid circulation as reported in the United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership.) Requires a locality newspaper to have been published for 12 consecutive months (instead of three years) to be eligible to publish legal notices. Requires a paid circulation threshold for a newspaper published in a county of 2% of the county population. Makes technical corrections.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0252/SB0252.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0252/SB0252.05.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0252/SB0252.06.ENRH.pdf)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0252/SB0252.01.INTR.pdf)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0252/SB0252.04.COMH.pdf)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0252/SB0252.02.COMS.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 252 - Buck — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 252 - Miller D — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 252 - Buck - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 252 - Miller D - 3rd Reading — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doug Miller — primary (person)
- James Buck — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Authored by Senator Buck
- **2024-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Amendment #2 (Buck) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Amendment #1 (Buck) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Senator Niemeyer added as second author
- **2024-02-05** Senator Becker added as third author
- **2024-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 112: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** House sponsor: Representative Miller D
- **2024-02-05** Senator Crane added as coauthor
- **2024-02-06** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Amendment #1 (Miller D) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 267: yeas 95, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Niemeyer
- **2024-03-05** House conferees appointed: Miller D and Campbell
- **2024-03-05** House advisors appointed: Torr, Engleman and Hatcher
- **2024-03-05** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2024-03-05** Senate dissented from House amendments
- **2024-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Buck and Pol
- **2024-03-07** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2024-03-07** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2024-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 331: yeas 94, nays 0
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 122 `became-law`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 311: yeas 47, nays 0

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2705412-41fa-4d41-83c7-51f0c9744e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).