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Rulemaking review committee approves broad slate of agency rules; list of actions
Summary
At its Sept. 10, 2025 meeting the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee approved or approved-with-modifications a broad set of agency rules spanning public health, environmental protection, licensing, finance, law enforcement training and other areas; the committee adopted changes by motion and recorded agency responses where noted.
The Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee reviewed and acted on a range of agency rule filings at its Sept. 10, 2025 meeting in the Senate Judiciary Committee Room. Multiple House and Senate counsel presented abstracts; most items were approved either as filed or with agreed modifications. Motions to approve were routinely made by committee members and recorded as adopted in the committee minutes.
Items acted on included (representative examples drawn from the committee record):
- Department of Health, Emergency Medical Services (64 CSR 48): agency modifications were adopted and the rule approved (Item 2).
- Patient rights at state-operated mental health facilities (64 CSR 59): presented and approved as filed (Item 3).
- Board of Optometry rules (14 CSR 01, 02, 05, 08, 10): multiple optometry items were discussed; the agency agreed to modifications and the rules were approved as modified (Items 4–8).
- Division of Financial Institutions rules covering mortgage lenders/brokers, customer bank-communication terminals and joint-account treatment (106 CSR 05, 07, 17): the committee approved these items as filed or with modifications following presentation by Senate counsel (Items 9–11).
- Department of Environmental Protection air-quality rules including cross-state air-pollution controls (45 CSR 25, 34, 43): DEP counsel and assistant director answered questions; the committee approved the rule as filed (Item 14).
- Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists rules (3 CSR series) and Board of Funeral Service Examiners rule (6 CSR 01): the committee heard abstracts, received responses from agency representatives, and approved the rules as filed or modified (Items 15–19).
- Contractor Licensing Board (28 CSR 02), Division of Labor (child labor, 42 CSR 09), DMV compulsory motor-vehicle liability insurance (91 CSR 13), and State Fire Commission Fire Code amendment (87 CSR 01): rules were presented; a narrow amendment was moved to the Fire Code changing a year reference from 2025 to 2026 and the agency agreed to make the modification (Items 20–24).
- State Police rules for career progression, contracted security services and grievance procedure (81 CSR series): agency modifications were adopted (Items 25–27).
- Department of Agriculture rules for public markets, Grade A pasteurized milk and agritourism and Real Estate Commission licensing (61 CSR series; 174 CSR 01): the committee approved agreed modifications (Items 28–31).
- Alcohol Beverage Control private club licensing (175 CSR 02) and several State Tax Department rules (110 CSR series) including valuation and tax-credit matters: these items were presented, agency counsel responded as needed, and the committee approved the items as filed or modified (Items 32–38).
The committee’s routine practice in this meeting was to accept agency modifications when agencies agreed to them and to approve many rules on motions by Senator Rucker or other members. In several instances the transcript records committee leave for agency staff to answer questions (for example, DEP, Board of Funeral Service Examiners, ABC Administration, and State Tax Department counsel).
Chairman Delegate Smith closed the meeting by announcing the next meeting on Oct. 8; Senator Rucker moved to adjourn and the motion carried.
