H4510 • 2025

An Act relative to digital legal notices for the town of Plymouth

Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor: Badger, Michelle L.
Last action: 2025-11-10
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act relative to digital legal notices for the town of Plymouth

An Act relative to digital legal notices for the town of Plymouth By Representatives Badger of Plymouth and LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to digital legal notices for the town of Plymouth By Representatives Badger of Plymouth and LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
4510) of Michelle L.
Badger (by vote of the town) relative to digital legal notices for the town of Plymouth.
Municipalities and Regional Government.

Limits and Unknowns

This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

2025-11-10 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-11-10 House
Rules suspended
2025-11-10 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-14 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-09-23 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 02:00 PM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
2025-09-15 Senate
Senate concurred
2025-09-11 House
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to digital legal notices for the town of Plymouth
By Representatives Badger of Plymouth and LaNatra of Kingston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4510) of Michelle L. Badger (by vote of the town) relative to digital legal notices for the town of Plymouth. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

×

Bill H.4510

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 13 of chapter 4 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, wherever the town of Plymouth, Plymouth public schools or their subdivisions, committees, boards, commissions or offices are required by statute, ordinance, by-law or judicial order to publish a legal notice in a newspaper or newspaper of general circulation, the person, corporation, agency, authority, municipality or legal entity may satisfy such requirement by 1 or more of the following means:

(i) a print newspaper of local or general circulation;

(ii) the website of an online news site reporting local news and opinion;

(iii) a townwide website that may be maintained as a repository for such notices; or

(iv) statewide website that may be maintained as a repository for such notices.

SECTION 2. Nothing set forth in this act shall be construed to alter or amend the time or timing of publication of legal notices set forth in the General Laws.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The General Court provides this information as a public service and while we endeavor to keep the data accurate and current to the best of our ability, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

Close