Change in public notices bill gains newspaper industry support as it heads to Senate floor Ray Rodrigues. Image via Colin Hackley. Changes drew support from rural publishers. Legislation that would change requirements on publishing legal notices cleared its final Senate committee. And for the first time, language received support from the Florida Press Association. Sen. SB 402) eliminates a long-standing restriction for notices to exclusively appear in subscription-rich newspapers. “It should open the market,” he said. Dropping the demand government publish notices in a community newspaper of record has enjoyed House support for years. The companion legislation ( The Senate, however, has greeted such a change with skepticism, and that continued this