H 1632 Massachusetts House · 194th Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act relative to legal advertisements in online-only newspapers

HD 2699 modifies Massachusetts law regarding legal notices published in online-only newspapers. It requires such newspapers to publish notices on both their own website and a statewide website to meet legal publication requirements (instead of needing print). The bill also states that errors caused by website operators or temporary outages won't invalidate a notice if it correctly appears on either the newspaper's site or the statewide site. This directly affects online-only newspapers publishing legal notices for court, government, or other required notices. The key change simplifies publication compliance for digital-only publications while addressing technical reliability.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2026
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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
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Total actions
7
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Feb 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to the committee on The Judiciary
lower
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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