This bill mandates that starting March 1, 2026, public entities must publish legal notices on their official websites, which must be accessible to the public at no cost. It also requires the Secretary of State to create a centralized webpage that links to the legal notices of each public entity. The bill transitions the publication of legal notices from traditional print newspapers to digital formats, establishing criteria for online news publications to qualify for publishing these notices, including traffic levels and accessibility. Until the new digital requirements take effect, legal notices must still be published in print newspapers.

Additionally, the bill allows newspapers that relocate within the same or adjacent counties to continue publishing legal advertisements for two years post-move or until they achieve the highest paid circulation in the area. It ensures that from January 1, 2025, to March 1, 2026, previously qualified newspapers remain eligible to publish legal notices in any format. The bill also requires public entities to maintain an archive of legal notices for at least one year and mandates that non-public entities publish legal notices in eligible online news publications at least twice a month. Local government units are exempt from maintaining an archive until July 1, 2026.