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HB26-1095 • 2026

Digital Publication for Legal Notice

Current law requires a county or municipality to publish legal notices in a physical print newspaper. The bill gives a county or municipality discretion to publish legal notices online on the newspape

Housing
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Rep. K. Nguyen, Rep. L. Suckla, Sen. W. Lindstedt, Sen. R. Pelton, Rep. M. Duran, Rep. E. Hamrick, Rep. C. Richardson, Rep. S. Slaugh, Rep. B. Titone, Sen. J. Carson, Sen. J. Coleman, Sen. J. Gonzales, Sen. J. Marchman, Sen. M. Snyder
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about how the change will affect newspaper revenue from legal notices, leaving it uncertain.

Digital Publication for Legal Notices

This bill allows counties and municipalities to publish legal notices online instead of in print newspapers, while requiring newspapers to make these notices freely accessible online.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a county or municipality to choose whether to publish legal notices in a physical newspaper or on the newspaper's website.
  • Requires newspapers to provide free access to legal notices online without paywalls or subscriptions.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Counties and municipalities
  • Newspapers

Terms To Know

Legal Notice
A public announcement required by law, often related to government actions or court proceedings.
Paywall
A barrier that prevents access to digital content unless a user pays for it.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if a referendum petition is filed against the act.
  • It remains unclear how this change will affect newspaper revenue from legal notices.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

L.001

HOU Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Passed [*]

Plain English: HB1095_L.001 HOUSE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government.

  • HB1095_L.001 HOUSE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government.
  • HB26-1095 be amended as follows: 1 Amend printed bill, page 2, line 2, after "add" insert "(3.5) and".
  • 2 Page 2, after line 4 insert: 3 "(3.5) IF NO NEWSPAPER THAT SATISFIES EITHER THE 4 REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (1) OR (3) OF THIS SECTION EXISTS WITHIN 5 THE COUNTY IN WHICH PUBLICATION OF A LEGAL NOTICE OR 6 ADVERTISEMENT IS REQUIRED, AND PUBLICATION IN AN ADJOINING 7 COUNTY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, A 8 COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR SPECIAL DISTRICT MAY PUBLISH THE LEGAL 9 NOTICE OR ADVERTISEMENT ON ITS WEBSITE.
  • SUCH PUBLICATION IS 10 CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT TO SATISFY ALL PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS IN 11 THIS SECTION.".
L.002

HOU Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Passed [*]

Plain English: HB1095_L.002 HOUSE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government.

  • HB1095_L.002 HOUSE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government.
  • HB26-1095 be amended as follows: 1 Amend printed bill, page 2, line 6, strike "A COUNTY OR" 2 Page 2, strike lines 7 through 9 and substitute "THE NEWSPAPER SHALL 3 ALSO MAKE THE NOTICE AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE WITHOUT CHARGE 4 AND THE".
  • 5 Page 2, line 11, after "NOTICE." add "A NEWSPAPER SATISFIES THE 6 REQUIREMENT OF THIS SUBSECTION (6) EITHER BY POSTING THE FULL TEXT 7 OF THE NOTICE ON ITS WEBSITE OR PROVIDING A LINK ON ITS WEBSITE TO 8 A LOCATION WHERE THE FULL TEXT OF THE NOTICE IS AVAILABLE, SUCH AS 9 THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC NOTICE WEBSITE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO 10 SUBSECTION (5) OF THIS SECTION.".
  • 11 Page 1, lines 101 and 102, strike "THE AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN LOCAL 12 GOVERNMENTS TO PUBLISH LEGAL NOTICES IN AN ONLINE 13 PUBLICATION." and substitute "UNPAID ONLINE ACCESS TO PUBLIC 14 NOTICES PUBLISHED IN LEGAL NEWSPAPERS.".
L.007

SEN Local Government & Housing

Passed [*]

Plain English: HB1095_L.007 SENATE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on Local Government & Housing.

  • HB1095_L.007 SENATE COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE AMENDMENT Committee on Local Government & Housing.
  • HB26-1095 be amended as follows: 1 Amend reengrossed bill, page 2, line 2, after "24-70-103," insert "amend 2 (5); and".
  • 3 Page 2, after line 4, insert: 4 "(5) When any legal notice is required by law to be published in 5 any newspaper, the newspaper publishing the notice shall, at no additional 6 cost to the person or entity placing the notice, place the notice on a 7 statewide website established and maintained by an organization 8 representing a majority of Colorado newspapers as a repository for the 9 notices.
  • THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC NOTICE WEBSITE MUST INCLUDE A LIST OF 10 NEWSPAPERS THAT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (1) OF 11 THIS SECTION, IDENTIFIED BY COUNTY.".
L.006

Second Reading

Passed [**]

Plain English: HB1095_L.006 Amendment No.

  • HB1095_L.006 Amendment No.
  • ___________ HB26-1095 HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT Second Reading BY REPRESENTATIVE Nguyen 1 Amend printed bill, page 2, line 6, strike "A COUNTY OR".
  • 2 Page 2, strike lines 7 through 9 and substitute "THE NEWSPAPER SHALL 3 ALSO MAKE THE NOTICE AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE WITHOUT CHARGE, 4 AND THE".
  • 5 Page 2, line 11, after "NOTICE." add "A NEWSPAPER SATISFIES THE 6 REQUIREMENT OF THIS SUBSECTION (6) EITHER BY POSTING THE FULL TEXT 7 OF THE NOTICE ON ITS WEBSITE OR PROVIDING A LINK ON ITS WEBSITE TO 8 A LOCATION WHERE THE FULL TEXT OF THE NOTICE IS AVAILABLE, SUCH AS 9 THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC NOTICE WEBSITE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO 10 SUBSECTION (5) OF THIS SECTION.".

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-14 House

    House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

  2. 2026-04-01 House

    House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily

  3. 2026-03-31 Senate

    Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  4. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee

  5. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole

  6. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing

  7. 2026-03-11 House

    House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  8. 2026-03-10 House

    House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor

  9. 2026-03-03 House

    House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  10. 2026-03-02 House

    House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments

  11. 2026-02-25 House

    House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

  12. 2026-02-03 House

    Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government

Official Summary Text

Current law requires a county or municipality to publish legal notices in a physical print newspaper. The bill
gives a county or municipality discretion to publish legal notices online on the newspaper's website instead.

requires a newspaper to also publish these notices online, either on its own website or by providing a link to the notice to a location where the full text of the notice is available, such as the statewide public notice website.
Legal notices published online must be free to access and cannot be kept behind a paywall or subscription.
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REREVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the Second House
LLS NO. 26-0578.01 Jacob Bennington x2371 HOUSE BILL 26-1095
House Committees Senate Committees
Transportation, Housing & Local Government Local Government & Housing
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING UNPAID ONLINE ACCESS TO PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLISHED101
IN LEGAL NEWSPAPERS.102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov.)
Current law requires a county or municipality to publish legal
notices in a physical print newspaper. The bill gives a county or
municipality discretion to publish legal notices online on the newspaper's
website instead. Legal notices published online must be free to access and
cannot be kept behind a paywall or subscription.
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 31, 2026
SENATE
Amended 2nd Reading
March 30, 2026
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 11, 2026
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
March 10, 2026
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Suckla and Nguyen, Duran, Hamrick, Richardson, Slaugh, Titone
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Pelton R. and Lindstedt, Carson, Coleman, Gonzales J., Marchman, Snyder
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-70-103, amend2
(5); and add (6) as follows:3
24-70-103. Requisites of legal newspaper.4
(5) When any legal notice is required by law to be published in5
any newspaper, the newspaper publishing the notice shall, at no additional6
cost to the person or entity placi ng the no tice, place th e notice on a7
statewide website established and maintained by an organization8
representing a majority of Colorado newspapers as a repository for the9
notices. THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC NOTICE WEBSITE MUST INCLUDE A LIST OF10
NEWSPAPERS THAT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (1) OF11
THIS SECTION, IDENTIFIED BY COUNTY.12
(6) W HEN ANY LEGAL NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE13
PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION , THE14
NEWSPAPER SHALL ALSO MAKE THE NOTICE AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE15
WITHOUT CHARGE, AND THE NEWSPAPER SHALL NOT REQUIRE PAYMENT OR16
SUBSCRIPTION TO ITS PHYSICAL OR DIGITAL PRINT IN ORDER TO VIEW THE17
NOTICE. A NEWSPAPER SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENT OF THIS SUBSECTION18
(6) EITHER BY POSTING THE FULL TEXT OF THE NOTICE ON ITS WEBSITE OR19
PROVIDING A LINK ON ITS WEBSITE TO A LOCATION WHERE THE FULL TEXT20
OF THE NOTICE IS AVAILABLE, SUCH AS THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC NOTICE21
WEBSITE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (5) OF THIS SECTION.22
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act23
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the24
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August25
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a26
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referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the1
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act2
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect3
unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in4
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the5
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.6
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