Wyoming committee weighs major changes to Senate File 127 on rule review; proposes narrower thresholds and agency responsibilities

The Management Audit Committee on July 9 reviewed research and a working bill draft proposing changes to Senate File 127, the 2024 law that expanded legislative review of administrative rules. LSO staff and management auditors discussed options including a lower economic threshold for "major rules," exemptions for emergency and federally mandated rules, and shifting some regulatory impact analysis work to agencies.

"There are a total of 8 states that have a program or an approach to approval of administrative rules similar to what the state of Wyoming did with Senate file 127 in this last session," said Matt Petrie, an administrator assigned to the committee—s research effort. He told members Florida and Kansas provided the clearest models on staff needs, thresholds and committee review procedures.

The presentation and committee discussion focused on five amendment options included in a working draft (26 LSO 106 working draft 0.4): remove the requirement that "major rules" be designated by management council; change the measurable economic threshold; exempt emergency rules (and possibly federally mandated rules) from major-rule…