ColoradoPublication Counties Without Legal Newspapers
What it does
Current law requires a legal notice or advertisement (notice) to be published in a newspaper within the county in which the notice is required to be published that satisfies certain requirements, including a publication period requirement and a periodicals license with paid distribution (legal newspaper). If a legal newspaper does not exist in a county, the notice may be published using certain alternatives. The act clarifies the order of priority of the type of newspaper in which the notice should be published.
More detail
First, the notice should be published in a newspaper in the county that satisfies the requirements for publication and that has been published for at least one year. Second, the notice should be published in a newspaper in the county that would otherwise satisfy the requirements for publication but for the fact that it lacks a periodicals license, and that has been published for at least one year. Third, the notice should be published in a newspaper in the county even if it does not have a periodicals license or has not been published for at least one year. If there is no newspaper in the county or an adjoining county, notice may be published in a newspaper that satisfies the requirements for a legal newspaper chosen with primary consideration for geographic proximity. Additionally, the act gives municipalities and special districts with territory in two counties permission to publish notice in a newspaper in either county, so long as the newspaper meets the legal requirements for publication.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 20Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Apr 8Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 7Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Apr 7Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Apr 2House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 1House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Mar 31House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Mar 27House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Mar 24House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-061 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-061 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 3Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 3Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local GovernmentMinor
- Mar 2Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - CommitteeMinor
- Feb 25Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.001. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Refer Senate Bill 26-061, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.002. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 28Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & HousingIntroduced