Digital Publication for Legal Notice
Concerning unpaid online access to public notices published in legal newspapers.
Official status: Became Law
Prime sponsors
- Larry Don Suckla (House) — Prime Sponsor
- Kenny Nguyen (House) — Prime Sponsor
- Rod Pelton (Senate) — Prime Sponsor
- William Lindstedt (Senate) — Prime Sponsor
Progress (from the official record)
Official summary
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Existing law requires a county or municipality to publish legal notices in a physical print newspaper. The act requires a newspaper to also publish these notices online, either on its own website or by providing a link on its website 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. The act also requires the statewide public notice website to include a list of newspapers that meet the requirements to publish legal notices. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Status timeline
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 02/03/2026 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government |
| 02/25/2026 | House | House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 03/02/2026 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
| 03/03/2026 | House | House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
| 03/10/2026 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor |
| 03/11/2026 | House | House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 03/16/2026 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing |
| 03/25/2026 | Senate | Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 03/30/2026 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee |
| 03/31/2026 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/01/2026 | House | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily |
| 04/14/2026 | House | House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
| 05/12/2026 | House | Signed by the Speaker of the House |
| 05/12/2026 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 05/12/2026 | Governor | Sent to the Governor |
| 05/19/2026 | Governor | Governor Signed |
Recorded votes
- 03/25/2026 — Senate Local Government & Housing: “Refer House Bill 26-1095, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.” — the motion passed on a vote of 7–0.
- 02/25/2026 — House Transportation, Housing & Local Government: “Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C)” — the motion passed on a vote of 7–5.
- 02/25/2026 — House Transportation, Housing & Local Government: “Refer House Bill 26-1095, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.” — the motion passed on a vote of 10–2.
Proposed amendments (4 proposed amendments)
| Amendment | Committee / floor hearing | Offered | Disposition | Official document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L.001 | Committee amendment — Transportation, Housing & Local Government (House) | 02/25/2026 | Passed | View official document |
| L.002 | Committee amendment — Transportation, Housing & Local Government (House) | 02/25/2026 | Passed | View official document |
| L.006 Sponsor: Representative Nguyen | Floor amendment — Second Reading (House) | 03/10/2026 | Passed | View official document |
| L.007 | Committee amendment — Local Government & Housing (Senate) | 03/25/2026 | Passed | View official document |
Source: Colorado General Assembly (leg.colorado.gov) · Data as of
Full text
- Signed Act version (official PDF), 05/19/2026
- Final Act version (official PDF), 05/07/2026
- Rerevised version (official PDF), 03/31/2026
- Revised version (official PDF), 03/30/2026
- Reengrossed version (official PDF), 03/11/2026
- Engrossed version (official PDF), 03/10/2026
- Introduced version (official PDF), 02/03/2026
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HOUSE BILL 26-1095
BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Suckla and Nguyen, Duran, Hamrick, Richardson, Slaugh, Titone; also SENATOR(S) Pelton R. and Lindstedt, Carson, Gonzales J., Marchman, Snyder, Coleman.
CONCERNING UNPAID ONLINE ACCESS TO PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLISHED IN LEGAL NEWSPAPERS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-70-103, amend (5); and add (6) as follows: 24-70-103. Requisites of legal newspaper. (5) When any legal notice is required by law to be published in any newspaper, the newspaper publishing the notice shall, at no additional cost to the person or entity placing the notice, place the notice on a statewide website established and maintained by an organization representing a majority of Colorado newspapers as a repository for the notices. THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC NOTICE WEBSITE MUST INCLUDE A LIST OF NEWSPAPERS THAT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION,
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of the act.
IDENTIFIED BY COUNTY.
(6) WHEN ANY LEGAL NOTICE IS REQUIRED BYLAW TO BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THE NEWSPAPER SHALL ALSO MAKE THE NOTICE AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE WITHOUT CHARGE, AND THE NEWSPAPER SHALL NOT REQUIRE PAYMENT OR SUBSCRIPTION TO ITS PHYSICAL OR DIGITAL PRINT IN ORDER TO VIEW THE NOTICE. A NEWSPAPER SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENT OF THIS SUBSECTION (6) EITHER BY POSTING THE FULL TEXT OF THE NOTICE ON ITS WEBSITE OR PROVIDING A LINK ON ITS WEBSITE TO A LOCATION WHERE THE FULL TEXT OF THE NOTICE IS AVAILABLE, SUCH AS THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC NOTICE WEBSITE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (5) OF THIS SECTION.
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August 12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless
approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
Julie McCluskie SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
James Rashad Coleman, Sr. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Vanessa Reilly CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Esther van Mourik SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
APPROVED on Tuesday May 19th 2026 at 12:00pm (Date and Time)
Jared S. Polis GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
Official record
View HB26-1095 on leg.colorado.gov
Source: Colorado General Assembly (leg.colorado.gov) · Data as of
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