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Committee hears RAINS-style bill to expand rule review; testimony left open
Summary
Senate File 127, a RAINS-style bill to add economic impact review and broaden legislative ability to challenge administrative rules, received testimony and agency comment; the committee left public comment open and will resume consideration on Friday.
Senate File 127, a bill to expand legislative review of administrative rules and require regulatory impact analysis for rules that impose significant economic or social effects, was presented to the House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee and received extensive agency and sponsor testimony. Committee members did not vote and left public comment open, scheduling further consideration for Friday.
Senator Mike Bonner, the bill sponsor, described the measure as a RAINS (Regulations of the Executive in Need of Scrutiny)-style act that would require legislative-level economic analysis of agency rules and…
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