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SB 390 requires North Carolina's local governments and school districts to use competitive bidding annually for publishing legal notices in newspapers. It mandates selecting the lowest-cost bidder while considering newspaper quality, circulation reach, and compliance with existing rules. The bill also updates payment rules to ensure notices are paid at standard commercial rates, requiring newspapers to file current rate statements with courts. The law takes effect July 1, 2026.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 24, 2025
Last action Mar 25, 2025
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This diff shows primarily formatting and versioning changes to Senate Bill 390, with no substantive policy modifications. The bill's core text remains unchanged, but the document has been updated from a filed draft version to the first official edition with corrected metadata.
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Updated document header information to reflect the bill's official filing date (March 24, 2025) and session year (2025)
Added reference to Rules and Operations of the Senate committee with March 25, 2025 date
Changed bill identifier from draft number DRS55016-ST-18A to official version S390-v-1
Updated page footer from draft identifier to 'Senate Bill 390-First Edition' designation
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Mar 25, 2025
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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Mar 24, 2025
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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