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Senate clears bill to move criminal penalties from agency rule into statute, senators seek clarifications
Summary
The Senate adopted House Bill 32 to remove agencies’ ability to establish criminal penalties in rule and put criminal penalties in statute. Senators questioned practical effects — including whether small, informal collections on state lands would be allowed under a House amendment permitting limited rock collection — and sponsors promised clarifying answers before final passage.
House Bill 32, a measure sponsored in the Senate by Senator Stevenson, passed its committee and the Senate moved it toward final consideration after extended questioning about the practical effects of moving criminal penalties from rule into statute.
Senator Stevenson told the Senate: “The bill essentially repeals that criminal penalty possibility on the part of agencies and ensures that only the legislature can create criminal penalties.” He said the bill would make violations of agency rules…
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