SB 255

Currently, when a bill is enacted, either by action of the governor or by

overriding the governor's veto, the bill is deposited in the office of the secretary of

state, who sets a date of publication that must be within ten working days of the date

of enactment. No later than the next working day after deposit of an act with the

secretary of state, the secretary notifies the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) of

the date of publication. LRB is directed by law to publish each act within ten working

days of its date of enactment. The statutes require acts to be printed. Although the

statutes do not specifically require electronic publication, they do not preclude it.

Separately, within ten days after the date of publication of each act, the secretary of

state publishes in the official state newspaper a notice identifying the act together

with its date of publication and information concerning how copies may be obtained.

Currently, every act that does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect

becomes effective on the day after its date of publication as designated by the

secretary of state.

This bill provides that the date of publication of each act is the day after the date

of enactment. The bill directs LRB to publish each act on that date. Under the bill,

each act that does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect becomes

effective on the day after its date of publication as prescribed in the bill. The bill does

not affect the current practices of printing copies of acts and of publishing notices

that acts have been enacted and advising how copies may be obtained.