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2021 Senate Bill 259: Mandate newspapers post printed legal notices on free website
Public Act 74 of 2022
Introduced by Sen. Sylvia Santana (D) on March 18, 2021
To revise the definition of “newspaper” in the state penal code to accommodate the proposal in Senate Bill 258 to require legal notices in newspapers to also be posted online. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Local Government Committee on March 18, 2021
Reported in the Senate on June 23, 2021
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Received in the House on October 5, 2021
Referred to the House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee on October 5, 2021
Reported in the House on March 16, 2022
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on May 12, 2022