Action on public notice bills in several states

There was action on bills involving public notice in several states.

• A bill that would eliminate the requirement for public notices to be published in newspapers is moving in the Idaho legislature, the Post-Register reported. Last week, the state’s House State Affairs Committee recommended passage of the bill, sponsored by Rep. Jon Weber, R-Rexburg.

• In Indiana last week the House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee voted 10-3 to drop mandatory newspaper publication of all public notices, the Northwest Indiana Times reported. Rep. Doug Miller, R-Elkhart, is sponsoring the bill. 

• The North Dakota House of Representatives voted down a bill Feb. 1 that would have dropped the requirement for governments to publish their bills and payments in local papers, inforum.com reported. The bill failed 62-31. Rep. Brandy Pyle, R-Casselton, was the bill's main sponsor.

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