Connecticut HB 5289: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL NOTICES.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 5289  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF MUNICIPAL LEGAL 
NOTICES.  
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  Section  1-2  of  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the 1 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2 
[Each] (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, 3 
any provision  of  the  general  statutes,  the  special  acts  or  the  charter, 4 
ordinances   or   regulations of   any [town,   city   or   borough   which] 5 
municipality    that requires    the [insertion    of    an    advertisement] 6 
publication of a legal notice in a daily newspaper shall be construed to 7 
permit  such [advertisement  to  be  inserted] publication in  a  weekly 8 
newspaper. [;  but  this  section  shall  not  be  construed  to  reduce  or 9 
otherwise affect the time required by law for giving such notice.] 10 
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, if 11 
a provision described in subdivision (1) of this subsection applies  to a 12 
municipality,  such  provision  shall  be  construed  to  (A)  require  the 13 
posting  of  such  notice,  which  notice  shall  include  the  date  of  such 14 
posting,  in  a  conspicuous  location  on  the  Internet  web  site  of  such 15 
municipality,  and  (B)  permit  such  publication  in  a  daily  or  weekly 16 
newspaper in addition to such posting on such Internet web site. If any 17 
provision  of  the  general  statutes,  any  special  act  or  any  local  charter, 18 

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ordinance or regulation requires a municipality to publish a notice more 19 
than  once,  a  municipality  may  comply  with  such  requirement  by 20 
posting  such  notice  on  the  Internet  web  site  of  the  municipality  the 21 
number of times and at such intervals as required by such provision. A 22 
municipality shall retain a physical copy of each notice posted on such 23 
municipality's Internet web site for not less than one year following such 24 
posting. 25 
(b) Whenever notice of any action or other proceeding is required to 26 
be  given  by  publication  in  a  newspaper,  either  by  statute  or  order  of 27 
court,   the   newspaper   selected   for   that   purpose,   unless   otherwise 28 
expressly  prescribed,  shall  be  one [having] that  has a  substantial 29 
circulation in the [town] municipality in which at least one of the parties, 30 
for whose benefit such notice is given, resides. 31 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to reduce or otherwise 32 
affect the time required by law for giving such notice. 33 
(d) For the purposes of this section, "municipality" means a town, city 34 
or  borough,  consolidated  town  and  city  or  consolidated  town  and 35 
borough. 36 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 
October 1, 2026 
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PD Joint Favorable Subst.