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Bill to increase legislative oversight of agency rulemaking draws broad agency and business support
Summary
House Bill 592 would reorganize and strengthen Montana's administrative rulemaking process, increase sponsor contact requirements, require a small-business impact analysis for every rule, and give the legislature clearer review authority; agencies and business groups testified in favor while committee members debated triggers and costs.
Representative Courtney Springer, sponsor of House Bill 592, opened by saying the bill “strengthens legislative oversight, improves transparency, and ensures Montana's rule making process works for the people.”
Sarah Swanson, commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry, described the bill as a reorganization and strengthening of the Montana Administrative Procedure Act (MAPA) and said agencies working with the sponsor had negotiated the text. “We think that it should be far easier for citizens to engage in administrative rule making,” Swanson said, describing requirements for clearer sponsor…
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