Louisiana House passes bill to move public notices from newspaper to state-run website

Published: April 28, 2025

By: Quinn Marceaux (LSU Manship School News Service)

BATON ROUGE–The House of Representatives voted 74-17 to pass a bill that would shift the state’s official public notices from The Advocate newspaper to a government-run website.

House Bill 526 directs the Commissioner of Administration to create and maintain a new website that will serve as the primary platform for posting official information about boards, commissions and state agencies.

Under current law, the state is required to publish advertisements, proclamations and notices in a designated daily newspaper, incurring printing and contract costs.

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