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HB4094 • 2026

Newspapers and public notices; governmental entities; liability; statutory publication requirements and deadlines; electronic publication; effective date.

Newspapers and public notices; governmental entities; liability; statutory publication requirements and deadlines; electronic publication; effective date.

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Sponsor
Norwood
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Newspapers and public notices; governmental entities; liability; statutory publication requirements and deadlines; electronic publication; effective date.

Newspapers and public notices; governmental entities; liability; statutory publication requirements and deadlines; electronic publication; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Newspapers and public notices; governmental entities; liability; statutory publication requirements and deadlines; electronic publication; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4094 (House): Introduced (2/18/2026)

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

  1. 2026-02-19 House

    Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Civil Judiciary

  2. 2026-02-03 House

    Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

  3. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to Civil Judiciary

  4. 2026-02-02 House

    First Reading

  5. 2026-02-02 House

    Authored by Representative Norwood

Official Summary Text

Newspapers and public notices; governmental entities; liability; statutory publication requirements and deadlines; electronic publication; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 4094 (House): Introduced (2/18/2026)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)

HOUSE BILL 4094 By: Norwood

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to newspapers and public notices;
exempting governmental entities from liability if
they comply with statutory publication requirements
and deadlines but the newspaper fails to correctly
publish notice; permitting good faith electronic
publication; providing for codification; and
providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 116 of Title 25, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
If the State of Oklahoma or any political subdivision thereof
properly submits a legal notice, advertisement, or publication to a
newspaper for publishing and such governmental entity has otherwise
met all statutory publication requirements and deadlines, it shall
not be liable for failing to comply with publication deadlines
provided by law or administrative rule in the event that a newspaper
fails to correctly publish such legal notice, advertisement, or
publication. The electronic publication of such legal notice,

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advertisement, or publication may be used in conjunction with any
publication method the governmental entity determines in good faith
is feasible to meet the notice requirements.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.

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