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Committee unanimously approves reauthorization and new suspension authority for administrative rules oversight
Summary
The committee adopted the first substitute and favorably recommended House Bill 75, the annual reauthorization of administrative rules oversight; the bill would also allow the administrative rules committee to suspend a proposed rule that appears out of compliance until a later permanent action can be taken.
Representative Grishus explained the committee's annual reauthorization work for administrative rules and described a substitute that was before members. "Our job is to go through look at all of the agency rules. If rules don't align with statute or legislative intent, we have the ability to go work with the agency, to bring that back into line with what we were intending to do when we passed our bills," Grishus said.
Grishus said the substitute resolved one rule the committee had initially planned not to reauthorize because the agency made acceptable corrections. He described a new authority included in the substitute: the administrative rules committee would be able to suspend a proposed rule from taking effect if it is out of compliance with statute or legislative intent until the committee can take further permanent action. "Currently, even if one is out of line, we don't have any sort of action we can take on that rule until the next legislative session. This would just allow us to suspend it until the time that we can take a more, permanent action if needed," Grishus said.
Representative Prusi moved to adopt the first substitute and then moved that the committee favorably recommend House Bill 75. Committee members expressed support for the administrative oversight role of the rules committee. The motions were approved by voice vote and recorded as unanimous; exact numerical tallies were not specified in the transcript.
Why it matters: the administrative rules committee oversees whether agency rules align with legislative intent; the substitute clarifies reauthorization for several rules and adds a temporary suspension power intended to prevent an out-of-compliance rule from taking effect prior to further legislative review.
Votes at a glance: The committee adopted Substitute 1 to House Bill 75 and favorably recommended House Bill 75, Substitute 1, by voice votes recorded as unanimous. The transcript does not provide numerical tallies.
