California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill
AB 1444: Publication: newspapers of general circulation.
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
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Plain-language summary
AB 1444 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Publication: newspapers of general circulation. Primary sponsor: Heath Flora (R). Most recent recorded action (February 2, 2026): Died on inactive file.
Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written
Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
Existing law requires various types of notices to be provided in a “newspaper of general circulation,” as that term is defined, in accordance with certain prescribed publication periods and legal requirements. Existing law requires a newspaper of general circulation to meet certain criteria, including publication, a bona fide subscription list of paying subscribers, and printing and publishing at regular intervals in the state, county, or city where publication is to be given.
This bill would require any public notice that is legally required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation to be published in the newspaper’s print publication, on the newspaper’s internet website or electronic newspaper available on the internet, and on the statewide internet website maintained as a repository for notices by a majority of California newspapers of general circulation, as specified.
This bill would include related legislative findings and declarations.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Flora | Primary sponsor | Republican | Assembly | 9 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died on inactive file.
- Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Flora.
- Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 25).
- Referred to Com. on JUD.
- Read first time.
- From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- Introduced. To print.