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Senate enacts change to ensure state administrative rules are reviewed at least once every 12 years
Summary
Senate Bill 56 clarifies the governor's ability to reassign rules among review groups and ensures each rule will be reviewed at least once every 12 years, sponsor said.
The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 56, a one-page bill that adjusts the state administrative rule-review schedule to guarantee every state administrative rule is reviewed at least once every 12 years.
Sponsor Senator Dodson said Arkansas divides administrative rules into roughly six groups that come up on a staggered review cycle; the law permits the governor to move rules between groups. The bill adds a safeguard so that once a rule is reviewed it will not wait longer than 12 years for review again.
Dodson said the change preserves the governor’s ability to adjust groupings while ensuring a maximum review interval. There was no recorded opposition on the floor, and the bill passed 35-0. The bill will be transmitted to the House.
