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Assembly committee advances broad amendments to Administrative Procedure Act after lengthy testimony
Summary
The committee released A5461, a detailed rewrite of rulemaking procedures that would expand public disclosure, require longer comment periods and add new fiscal and alternatives analyses; business and industry groups urged further amendments and enforcement mechanisms, while witnesses urged stronger requirements for agency transparency.
The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee advanced A5461, a broad package of changes to New Jersey’s Administrative Procedure Act aimed at increasing agency transparency and public participation in rulemaking.
The bill would require state agencies to publish all public comments and datasets used to develop proposed rules, extend public comment periods from 30 to 60 days for rule proposals, require socioeconomic impact statements with dollar estimates of annual expenditures by affected parties, and mandate a 90‑day notice of intent before formal rule proposals. It also would require agencies to address alleged conflicts between state and federal rules and to hold public hearings when a proposed rule is expected to cause a…
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