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Committee deadlocks on eight-year review proposal; related limits on agency rulemaking held after broad debate
Summary
Committee failed to advance House Bill 217, a proposal to change agency rule review from "review" to "sunset" and require economic justification, after lengthy testimony from industry and business groups. A related measure, House Bill 218, which would limit agency rulemaking after a 10-year window, was held in committee.
The Idaho House State Affairs Committee declined to advance House Bill 217 after extended testimony from business and industry representatives, and later voted to hold House Bill 218 for further work.
House Bill 217, sponsored by Rep. Barbieri, would change current administrative-rule review procedures by replacing a periodic “review” framework with a “sunset” requirement and require agencies to prepare statements justifying rules, including costs to implement and enforce them. Supporters said the change would force legislative oversight; opponents said it would impose heavy cost and administrative burdens and could threaten state primacy for federally delegated programs.
Rep. Barbieri told the committee that HB 217 aims to “get better control over the agency rule process” and that the measure would require agencies to justify a…
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