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Committee introduces RS 32328 to require agencies to post and annually review administrative rules and policies online
Summary
Representative Scott introduced RS 32328 to make administrative rules and agency policy statements more transparent by requiring online posting and at least annual review; the committee approved introduction.
Representative Scott (first name not stated in the transcript) told the committee RS 32328 would require state departments and constitutional officers that maintain an online presence to post their administrative rules and policies online and to review and update those postings at least annually for accuracy.
Scott said the draft includes a statement that agency policy statements and guidance documents shall not have the force and effect of law "pursuant to section 607-5207A," language added at the request of a committee member. "If it sounds familiar it's because we added some language by request of a member on line 22. We added that on the website where we post, where each agency would post this, there's going to be the following statement. Agency policy statements and guidance documents shall not have the force and effect of law pursuant to section 607-5207A," Scott said.
Representative Mickelson moved to introduce RS 32328; the committee approved the motion by voice vote and the chair announced the motion carried. Scott said the change reflected committee input and asked for introduction to proceed.
The draft as described would: require online posting of agency administrative rules and policy statements where agencies have a website; require annual review and accuracy updates; and place an explicit statement on those agency web pages that policy statements and guidance do not have the force of law under the cited statutory provision.
