Two state House bills focused on legal notices cleared their first committee step Tuesday.
The House Judiciary 4 approved House bills 35 and 51 by voice votes. The next step is to Local Government and a potential referral to Finance.
Reps. Julia Howard, R-Davie, and Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth, are the regional members on Judiciary 4.
Both bills would allow local governments to file their required legal notices on their websites, rather than in local newspapers. The bills combined affect 24 counties. The bills would become effective when signed into law.
Republican-sponsored HB35 included Davidson, Forsyth and Rockingham counties in the Triad when filed Jan. 28.
However, primary co-sponsor Rep. Harry Warren, R-Rowan, said Jan. 29 there was a miscommunication with the Forsyth delegation about Forsyth s inclusion.