Senate committee advances bill limiting costly administrative regulations

The Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee advanced Senate Bill 20 on a favorable report after members debated a $500,000 threshold that would block state agencies from issuing administrative regulations with implementation and compliance costs above that amount over any two-year period.

Sponsor Senator Matt Nunn said the bill is “a proactive measure” meant to protect Kentuckians from “overly burdensome regulations” and to ensure the state remains “a pro-growth economic environment.” Nunn told the committee SB 20 would restrict agencies from promulgating administrative regulations that create greater than $500,000 in costs over two years while carving out limited exceptions for regulations expressly authorized by the General Assembly, rules needed to prevent loss of federal funds, and rules that relate to licensure of health facilities and services. “This is one piece of that puzzle,” Nunn said, adding the…