Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Labor and Public Employees Committee on February 14, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 6418
AN ACT REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN SALES OF LOCAL NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To provide that no owner of a news organization that primarily serves any community in this state shall sell such organization to any entity that is not incorporated in this state unless such owner provides at least one-hundred-twenty-days' advance notice of such sale to such organization's employees and members of such community.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsors
Its course
January 23 to February 14, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 23 to Feb 14 · stopped22 days
Labor and Public Employees CommitteeJan 23 to Feb 14 · stopped22 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 23 – Feb 14
- Jan 23Introduced and sent to Labor and Public Employees Committee
- Feb 14Heard in Labor and Public Employees Committee
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 23REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 11Reserved for Subject Matter Public HearingBoth houses
- Feb 14PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses