Committee advances REINS-style bill requiring legislative OK for major agency rules with amendment

Summary

Senate File 127, a REINS-style measure to require legislative approval for agency rules deemed to have significant private-sector economic impact, was advanced by the Senate Agriculture committee after amendments that allow rules to take immediate effect while preserving later legislative ratification and timeline adjustments.

The Senate Agriculture, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee voted to advance Senate File 127, a bill that would require legislative approval before major executive-branch administrative rules become permanently effective. Proponents described it as a check on regulatory growth; the governor's office and agency representatives warned it could delay critical rules and increase administrative costs.

Senator Brian Bonner, who introduced the measure and said it is commonly known as a REINS act, told the committee the bill would require legislative ratification of any agency rule that meets a financial-impact threshold or otherwise "has a significant impact" on commerce, investment or employment. The draft sets a $100,000 annual private-sector economic-impact threshold for what constitutes a "major agency rule," and calls for the Legislative Service Office (LSO) to provide economic analysis and for a management council…

Committee advances REINS-style bill requiring legislative OK for major agency rules with amendment

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