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North Carolina House approves bill tightening rulemaking rules after floor debate over public‑health safeguards
Summary
The House concurred with the Senate substitute to House Bill 402, a measure that would require legislative ratification or higher legislative thresholds for administrative rules with sizable projected costs; Representative Harris warned it could 'have a chilling effect' on public‑health and safety rules during extended floor debate.
The North Carolina House on June 16 concurred with the Senate committee substitute to House Bill 402, a measure changing how agencies adopt rules that impose substantial financial costs and adding legislative review and vote thresholds for such rules.
Representative Sarah Harris of Guilford County delivered the most extensive floor critique, warning that Section 1 would require legislative ratification for a permanent rule with an aggregate financial cost of $20,000,000 over five years and that Section 2 would lower the fiscal‑note trigger to rules that impose an aggregate $1,000,000 cost on affected parties. Harris said the bill excludes accounting for the…
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