public notices; publication; errors; omissions

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not specify an effective date, only that the bill passed the legislature and reached final enrollment.

SB1185: Fixing Mistakes in Public Notices

This law states that a mistake or missing information in a required public notice does not cancel the notice if the government agency posts a correction online at least five days before any related hearing.

What This Bill Does

• States that errors or omissions in published public notices do not make those notices invalid.
• Allows agencies to move forward with their planned matters even after publishing an incorrect notice, provided specific conditions are met.
• Requires agencies to post a corrected version of the notice on their official website.
• Mandates that the corrected notice must be posted at least five days before any related hearing.
• Removes the requirement for agencies to republish the correction in other formats if it is already posted online.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public bodies required by law under Title 9 of Arizona Revised Statutes to publish public notices
• Citizens who read these public notices and attend related hearings

Terms To Know

public body

A government agency or group defined in section 39-121.01 that must publish official information.

omission

Something left out of the public notice by mistake.

Limits and Unknowns

• This rule only applies to notices required under Title 9 and does not cover other types of legal errors.
• The law requires a website correction but does not specify what happens if an agency has no official website.
• The effective date is not listed in the provided text.

Official Summary Text

SB1185 - public notices; publication; errors; omissions

Current Bill Text

SB1185 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
public notices; publication; errors; omissions

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1185

Introduced by

Senator
Kavanagh

AN
ACT

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8,
arizona revised statutes, by adding section 9-500.54; relating to public
notices.

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

Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 8,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.54, to read:

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9-500.54.

Public notices; publication; errors; omissions; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other law, an
error or omission in a public notice that is required under this title to be
published does not invalidate the notice.� The public body that is required to
publish the notice may proceed with the matter that is the SUBJECT OF the
public notice if both of the following apply:

1. The public body that is required
to publish the public notice posts a corrected notice on the public body's
official website.

2. The corrected public notice is
published at least five days before a hearing that is the subject of the public
notice.

B. If a public body posts a corrected
public notice pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 1 of this section, the public
body is not required to republish the corrected public notice.

C. For the purposes of this section,
"public body" has the same meaning prescribed in section 39-121.01.

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