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Secretary of State outlines regulatory modernization, digitization and planned fee reductions
Summary
Secretary of State staff told the committee the office is migrating off an AS/400 filing system, implementing a regulatory modernization platform (Esper), digitizing expired regulations, and planning fee reductions (including halving the online business information filing fee), with a public hearing planned for early February.
A presenter for the Office of the Secretary of State summarized the agency’s FY2026 revised estimate and modernization efforts, telling the committee the office is fee funded and is continuing a multi‑year move to digital services. The office’s revised estimate for FY2026 was described as about $10.7 million in all funds and the presenter highlighted the regulation modernization software (Esper) and…
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