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HB1283 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Technology
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Alex Zimmerman
Last action
2026-01-14
Official status
House Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information about specific penalties or consequences for failing to comply with the bill's requirements.

Creating a State Public Notice Website in Indiana

This bill requires the creation of a free online platform where people can publish and view public notices, allowing them to use newspapers or other approved platforms as well.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Indiana Office of Technology to create a state public notice website by July 1, 2028.
  • Does not allow any fees for publishing or viewing notices on this website.
  • Allows people to meet legal requirements for posting notices through newspapers, locality newspapers, political subdivision websites, and other approved platforms including the Hoosier State Press Association's public notice website.
  • Requires the Indiana Archives and Records Administration to set rules for preserving public notices from the state website.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who need to publish public notices in Indiana
  • The Indiana Office of Technology
  • Indiana newspapers and local media outlets

Terms To Know

Public Notice Website
A website where people can post and view important announcements that must be shared with the public.
Hoosier State Press Association
An organization representing Indiana newspapers and journalists.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how notices will be transferred to the archives.
  • It is unclear what happens if someone chooses not to use the state public notice website.

Amendments

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

HB1283.01.INTR.AMH01

Committee Introduced House Bill (H) • Representative Doug Miller

Filed

Plain English: This amendment changes the requirements for public notices in Indiana.

  • Modifies how public notices are handled under Indiana law.
  • The official text does not provide specific details about what exactly is being changed regarding public notices, making it hard to explain further concrete changes.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-14 House

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  2. 2026-01-14 House

    Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  3. 2026-01-06 House

    Authored by Representative Zimmerman

  4. 2026-01-06 House

    Coauthored by Representatives Meltzer, Miller D

  5. 2026-01-06 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.
Public notices.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning state and local administration.

Public notices.

Requires the Indiana office of technology (office) to establish a state public notice website not later than July 1, 2028. Prohibits the office from charging a fee for publishing or viewing notices. Allows a person to satisfy any notice statute by publishing notice in any of the following forms of media: (1) Newspaper, including print edition or electronic edition. (2) Locality newspaper, including print edition or electronic edition. (3) The state public notice website. (4) Political subdivision website. (5) The Hoosier State Press Association public notice website. Requires the Indiana archives and records administration (administration) to establish standards and guidelines and enter into memoranda of understanding with agencies for the transfer and preservation of public notices from the state public notice website to the administration to preserve public notices for historical purposes.