Committee advances bill to extend municipal ordinance publication deadline
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The Senate Local and County Government Committee advanced SB 1265, which would extend the municipal ordinance publication deadline from 15 days to 30 days, citing the decline of daily newspapers; the measure passed committee 8–0.
Senator Kristina Gillespie, addressing the Senate Local and County Government Committee, explained that Senate Bill 1265 would extend the deadline for municipalities to publish ordinances from 15 days to 30 days because “there's really not any, daily newspapers anymore.”
The change is intended to give city and town clerks more time to meet publication deadlines when local daily newspapers no longer print frequently, Gillespie said, and she noted support from "Oklahoma cities and towns, OML, and the Oklahoma Press Association." The committee recorded a do-pass recommendation and voted to advance the bill by an 8–0 tally.
Supporters told the committee the extension would help municipalities comply with existing notice requirements; no members offered substantive amendments during debate. The committee’s recorded roll call produced eight ayes and no nays, after which the chair declared SB 1265 advanced out of committee.
The bill will next be scheduled for further consideration by the full Senate.