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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 152

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Relating to: bid requirement for publication and printing of county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements in counties having a population of 250,000 or more and at least two English newspapers published daily.

County — Board Newspaper and magazine

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, in counties that have a population of 250,000 or more, the county board must, at its annual meeting, direct the county clerk to invite proposals from the English newspapers published daily in that county for the publication and printing of the board’s proceedings and all other notices or advertisements authorized or required to be published or printed by the board and all officers, boards, and departments of that county during the following year. This bill modifies the requirement, providing that only counties that have a population of 250,000 or more

and

have at least two English newspapers published daily must direct the county clerk to invite proposals for publication and printing.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Goeben (R) , Knodl (R) , O'Connor (R)

4 cosponsors

Ratcliff (D) , Stubbs (D) , Wall (D) , Wimberger (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Oct 16, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Apr 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goeben, O'Connor and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger and Wall

  2. Apr 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  4. Sep 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  7. Oct 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  9. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  10. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1