republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-252.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 252	Indiana SB 252 (2024)	bill	ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICES COURTS; Generally TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet Phone Lines Print Media Radio and Television)	enacted	Doug Miller James Buck Rick Niemeyer Vaneta Becker	6	33	4	2024-01-11	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e2705412-41fa-4d41-83c7-51f0c9744e83	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0252	3487eb3cdcd5ce8f3934faa5cdf5ee1ad914f4b6ea9086cad88d2c950d7c3175	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/e2705412-41fa-4d41-83c7-51f0c9744e83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).