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Bill Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications, requirements. Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications; requirements. Provides that, where any ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement instead may be published in an online-only news publication subject to certain requirements specified in the bill. The bill sets out a process by which an online-only news publication shall petition the circuit court of the appropriate jurisdiction to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements and authorizes the court to grant such online-only news publication the authority to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements for a period of one year. The bill also describes the process by which an online-only news publication may continue renewing such authority to publish in each successive year. This bill is identical to HB 264. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 157 Virginia SB 157 (2024)
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Virginia SB 157 (2024) — Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications, requirements.

Legal notices and publications; online-only news publications; requirements. Provides that, where any ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such ordinance, resolution, notice, or advertisement instead may be published in an online-only news publication subject to certain requirements specified in the bill. The bill sets out a process by which an online-only news publication shall petition the circuit court of the appropriate jurisdiction to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements and authorizes the court to grant such online-only news publication the authority to publish such ordinances, resolutions, notices, or advertisements for a period of one year. The bill also describes the process by which an online-only news publication may continue renewing such authority to publish in each successive year. This bill is identical to HB 264.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0341 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104298D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB157ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — 363 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
  • Mark D. Obenshain — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104298D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
  • 2024-01-17 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-01-22 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2024-01-23 Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB157ER) passage
  • 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 341 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0341)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de50eda9-c469-4b16-a510-d4c893be9d9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).