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Committee backs bill to tighten emergency rule process and require governor certification
Summary
SB 96 would require agencies to provide written justification and the governor to formally certify emergency administrative rules; the sponsor cited examples, including pharmacy board emergency rules that he said conflicted with recent law.
Senator Kelly told the committee SB 96 is intended to curb perceived abuses of emergency administrative rules by requiring a written justification and a formal certification by the governor before such rules become effective. "We've seen a tremendous abuse, especially in sunset of the abuse of emergency rules," he said, and described the bill as providing an outline of why a rule is needed and who approved it.
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