Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania SB194: An Act Amending Titles 45 (Legal Notices) and 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in legal advertising, further providing for use of trade publications and providing for local government unit advertising requirements; and, in open meetings, further providing for definitions.
Status: In committee, October 6, 2026
What the bill says
Amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in legal advertising, providing for methods for advertising.
From the introduced text, January 29, 2025:
Amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in legal advertising, providing for methods for advertising. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Title 45 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: § 311. Methods for advertising. (a) Advertisement or notice requirements .--Notwithstanding the provisions of this title or any law or regulation to the contrary, when an advertisement or notice is required by law, rule or regulation, a local government unit shall satisfy the requirement by using one of the following methods: (1) a newspaper as defined in section 101 (relating to definitions), printed or circulated generally in the county in which the local government unit is located; (2) the local government unit's publicly accessible Internet website; or (3) the publicly accessible Internet website of a newspaper listed in paragraph (1) or any other publicly accessible Internet website that has the primary purpose of posting advertisements or notices. (b) Legal journal requirement.--Use by a local government unit of a method specified in subsection (a) to satisfy the requirement to publish an advertisement or notice required by law, rule or regulation does not relieve the local government unit of the duty to publish in a legal journal if otherwise required to by section 308 (relating …
Sponsors
- Doug Mastriano (R, 33) · primary sponsor
- Kristin Phillips-Hill (R, 28)
- Tracy Pennycuick (R, 24)
- Rosemary Brown (R, 40)
- Gene Yaw (R, 23)
- Daniel Laughlin (R, 49)
- Vogel Jr., Elder A. (R, 47)
- Greg Rothman (R, 34)
- Devlin Robinson (R, 37)
Latest actions
- : Removed from table, Oct. 6, 2026
- : Laid on the table (Pursuant to Senate Rule 9), Sept. 8, 2025
- : First consideration, June 10, 2025
- : Reported as amended, June 10, 2025
- : Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Jan. 29, 2025
Votes
- Senate Local Government: Reported as Amended (June 10, 2025): 10 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Senate Local Government: Adopt Amendment (June 10, 2025): 10 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Common questions
- What is SB194?
- SB194 is a bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): An Act Amending Titles 45 (Legal Notices) and 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in legal advertising, further providing for use of trade publications and providing for local government unit advertising requirements; and, in open meetings, further providing for definitions.
- What does SB194 do?
- In its own words: Amending Title 45 (Legal Notices) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in legal advertising, providing for methods for advertising.
- What is the status of SB194?
- In committee as of October 6, 2026. Latest action: Removed from table, Oct. 6, 2026 (October 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB194?
- Doug Mastriano (R, 33), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB194?
- On the Pennsylvania Legislature website: https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb194
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