Committee backs bill to tighten emergency rule process and require governor certification
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.
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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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