HB188 Summary

• Authorizes the Secretary of State to distribute volumes of legislative acts and resolutions in electronic format instead of requiring physical binding and distribution.

• Allows acts and resolutions to be stored electronically and posted on the Secretary of State's public website as an alternative to traditional bound volumes.

• Permits the Secretary of State to provide written notice by regular mail to all recipients when electing to distribute documents by electronic means.

• Authorizes the Secretary of State to record deeds and leases conveying state property in electronic format in addition to traditional written or photostat methods.

• Makes technical corrections to gender-neutral language and clarifies that the Secretary must furnish copies of state laws to the Library of Congress by electronic means or otherwise.