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Bill	LEGAL NOTICES-PUBLICATION-WEB	Amends the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Provides that if there is no newspaper published in the county where a unit of local government or school district is located, notice by publication shall be given in a secular newspaper located in an adjoining county having general circulation within the unit of local government or school district. Provides that whenever notice is required by law, order of court, or a contract to be published in a newspaper, the newspaper publishing the notice shall, at no additional cost to government, place the notice on the statewide website established and maintained as a joint venture of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository for the notices. Includes, in the definition of "newspaper", a requirement that the newspaper have the capability of placing notices on a daily or weekly basis on the statewide website established and maintained as a joint venture of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository for the notices. If, after the effective date, there is a notice that is required by law or order of court to be published in a particular unit of local government or school district and there is no newspaper published in the territory of the local government or district, or, in the county in which the local government or district is located, the notice shall be published in a secular newspaper that is published in an adjoining county having general circulation within the unit of local government or school district. To the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of this amendatory Act and any other provision of law, these provisions control. Effective January 1, 2011.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	HB 5232	Illinois HB 5232 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	39	2	2010-02-03	2010-07-21	openstates	ocd-bill/ecb6add8-87c2-4ead-bf81-504bdd424328	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5232&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=50234&SessionID=76&GA=96	5a3d9c7df7a420b8d34cfa831622ae5a114f8079bc1da35f92161a06f3e4f5b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 5232 (96th) — LEGAL NOTICES-PUBLICATION-WEB

Amends the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Provides that if there is no newspaper published in the county where a unit of local government or school district is located, notice by publication shall be given in a secular newspaper located in an adjoining county having general circulation within the unit of local government or school district. Provides that whenever notice is required by law, order of court, or a contract to be published in a newspaper, the newspaper publishing the notice shall, at no additional cost to government, place the notice on the statewide website established and maintained as a joint venture of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository for the notices. Includes, in the definition of "newspaper", a requirement that the newspaper have the capability of placing notices on a daily or weekly basis on the statewide website established and maintained as a joint venture of the majority of Illinois newspapers as a repository for the notices. If, after the effective date, there is a notice that is required by law or order of court to be published in a particular unit of local government or school district and there is no newspaper published in the territory of the local government or district, or, in the county in which the local government or district is located, the notice shall be published in a secular newspaper that is published in an adjoining county having general circulation within the unit of local government or school district. To the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of this amendatory Act and any other provision of law, these provisions control. Effective January 1, 2011.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 111–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John E. Bradley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-03 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley filing
• 2010-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-03 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-17 Assigned to State Government Administration Committee referral-committee
• 2010-02-23 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2010-02-24 Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 017-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-02-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-04 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-08 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-03-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. John E. Bradley amendment-introduction
• 2010-03-09 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-10 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-03-17 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Rep. John E. Bradley
• 2010-03-17 House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote amendment-passage
• 2010-03-17 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2010-03-17 Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
• 2010-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
• 2010-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Reitz
• 2010-03-17 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost
• 2010-03-18 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-23 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2010-03-23 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
• 2010-03-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-23 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-04-06 Assigned to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass Judiciary; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2010
• 2010-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
• 2010-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-27 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-05-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-21 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-21 Effective Date December 31, 2012
• 2010-07-21 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1144 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ecb6add8-87c2-4ead-bf81-504bdd424328. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).