HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2699 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1632
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Leigh Davis and Michelle L. Badger
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to legal advertisements in online-only newspapers.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Leigh Davis | 3rd Berkshire | 1/16/2025 |
Michelle L. Badger | 1st Plymouth | 6/2/2025 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 6/17/2025 |
Patrick Joseph Kearney | 4th Plymouth | 6/3/2025 |
Steven J. Ouellette | 8th Bristol | 7/25/2025 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2699 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1632
By Representatives Davis of Great Barrington and Badger of Plymouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1632) of Leigh Davis relative to legal advertisements in online-only newspapers. The Judiciary. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1723 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to legal advertisements in online-only newspapers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b) of section 13 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- Provided further, that for an online-only newspaper that does not maintain a print publication, publication on its own website and on a statewide website shall satisfy the publication requirement.
SECTION 2. Subsection (d) of said section 13 of said chapter 4, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- For an online-only newspaper, an error in a legal notice published on the online-only newspaper's website or the statewide website that is the result of (1) an error of the website operator; or (2) a temporary website outage or service interruption that prevents the publication or display of a legal notice on the website, shall not constitute a defect in publication of the legal notice; provided, however, that the legal notice appears correctly on either the online-only newspaper's website or the statewide website, and satisfies all other legal notice requirements.