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Senate panel advances bill requiring online publication of legal notices; counsel details strict website criteria
Summary
The Tennessee Senate Finance Committee on April 22 voted to recommend House Bill 773, as amended, for passage to the committee on the calendar. The bill would require that most legal notices published in newspapers also be posted on a separately qualifying news and information website if such a site exists.
The Tennessee Senate Finance Committee on April 22 recommended House Bill 773, as amended, for passage to the committee on the calendar after debate over scope and fiscal impact. Sponsor Senator Yeager said the bill "provides that, except for foreclosure notices, that legal notices are required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation that the notice must also be published in, 1 other news and information website, if 1 is available." The committee voted to advance the bill with a recorded tally of 7 ayes, 3 noes and 1 present not voting.
Legal counsel Megan Moore of the Office of Legal Services told the committee the statute is written to apply statewide but only requires the additional website posting "if such a website exists." Moore read the statute’s effective provision: "Beginning…
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