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Committee advances bill to fund economic analysis of executive rules, adds two LSO economists

2346852 · February 19, 2025
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The Appropriations Committee voted to pass Senate File 127, a bill that would fund a Legislative Service Office unit to perform economic analyses of executive-branch rules. The bill provides funding for two economists and an appropriation to begin the program before it is folded into the regular budget process.

The committee voted to pass Senate File 127, a bill that would create a legislative review process for economic analysis of executive-branch rules and includes an appropriation to hire two economists within the Legislative Service Office (LSO) to conduct analyses.

Senator Bonner, who presented the bill, said the program is modeled after a “RAIN-style” act: lawmakers would conduct economic reviews to identify rules with disproportionate burdens on the private sector…

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