SB1027 • 2026

public notices; government website posting

SB1027 - public notices; government website posting

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: John Kavanagh
Last action: 2026-01-14
Official status: Senate second read
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the bill passed both chambers but does not show if it has been signed into law yet, leaving the effective date unknown.

SB1027: Posting Public Notices on Government Websites

This law allows government entities in Arizona to post full public notices online instead of printing them in newspapers, provided they also publish a specific reference advertisement in at least one local newspaper.

What This Bill Does

Allows government entities to post the complete text of required public notices on their official websites if certain conditions are met.
Requires that the website has a designated section for these notices with a prominently displayed link from the home page.
Mandates that the online notice stays up for the entire period it would have been printed in a newspaper.
Requires a reference advertisement to be published in at least one local newspaper alongside the online posting.
States that following these rules counts as meeting all legal requirements for publishing notices in newspapers.

Who It Names or Affects

State departments, agencies, boards, commissions, and authorities
Counties, cities, towns, and districts within Arizona

Terms To Know

Government entity: Any state department, agency, board, commission, authority, or local city, town, county, or district that must issue public notices.
Reference advertisement: A newspaper ad at least six square column inches in size that includes the government entity's name, a short title of the notice, the website address for the full text, and a phone number to request information or copies.

Limits and Unknowns

The official text does not specify an effective date.
It is unclear if existing notices already printed must be changed or only future ones follow these rules.
The bill requires keeping electronic records forever but does not list specific penalties for failing to do so.

Bill History

2026-01-14 Senate
Senate second read
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate Rules: None
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate Government: None
2026-01-12 Senate
Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1027 - public notices; government website posting

Current Bill Text

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SB1027 - 572R - I Ver

PREFILED��� DEC 15 2025

REFERENCE TITLE:
public notices; government website posting

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1027

Introduced by

Senator
Kavanagh

AN
ACT

amending title 39, chapter 2, Arizona
Revised Statutes, by adding article 3; relating to public notices.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 39, chapter 2, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended by adding article 3, to read:

ARTICLE 3. ELECTRONIC POSTING
OF PUBLIC NOTICEs�

START_STATUTE
39-231.

Electronic posting of public notices; government website
requirements; definition

A. IF publication of a notice in a
newspaper is required or authorized by law, notwithstanding any other law, the
government entity that is responsible for publishing the notice may provide the
notice by posting on the government entity's official website if all of the
following apply:

1. The government entity's official
website notice has the complete text of the notice and is posted in a section
of the government entity's official website that is designated for public
notices.

2. The home page on the government
entity's official website has a prominently displayed link to the public
notices section.

3. The notice remains on the
government entity's official website for the entire period of time that
publication would otherwise be required in a newspaper.

B. In addition to posting the notice
on the government entity's official website, THE government entity shall
publish a reference advertisement in at least one newspaper that meets the
requirements of section 39-204.� The reference advertisement must meet
all of the following:

1. Not be smaller than six square
column inches.

2. Have a heading that states the
name of the government entity and the words "public notice".

3. List a short descriptive title of
the public notice being published.

4. Provide a notice that the full
text of the public notice may be viewed on the government entity's official
website and include the website's internet address.

5. Include a telephone number a
person may call to obtain information about the public notice or request a copy
by mail or in person.

6. Be published pursuant to the
requirements prescribed in section 39-204.

C. A public notice that complies with
this section is deemed to be published in compliance with all statutory and
regulatory requirements for publication in a newspaper of general circulation
and has the same legal force and effect.

D. A government entity that posts a
public notice pursuant to this section shall maintain an electronic record or
certificate of posting in PERPETUITY that identifies the date and duration of
the website posting.

E. For the purposes of this section,
"government entity" means any department, agency, board, commission,
authority or political subdivision of this state and any county, city, town or
district that is required or authorized to issue a public notice.

END_STATUTE