AB 1444 (Flora R) Publication: newspapers of general circulation

Current Text: Introduced: 2/21/2025 
Status: 3/27/2025-Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Location: 3/27/2025-A. THIRD READING
Summary: Existing law requires various types of notices to be provided in a “newspaper of general
circulation,” as that term is defined, in accordance with certain prescribed publication periods and legal
requirements. Existing law requires a newspaper of general circulation to meet certain criteria,
including publication, a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers, and printing and publishing at
regular intervals in the state, county, or city where publication is to be given. This bill would require
any public notice that is legally required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation to be
published in the newspaper’s print publication, on the newspaper’s internet website or electronic
newspaper available on the internet, and on the statewide internet website maintained as a
repository for notices by a majority of California newspapers of general circulation, as specified. This
bill contains other related provisions.