HB 305: Administrative Procedure
GENERAL BILL by Esposito
Administrative Procedure; Specifies that issuance of guidance document or other statement interpreting statute without express statutory delegation to issue such guidance is an invalid exercise; requires statement of estimated regulatory costs for proposed or existing rules; requires retrospective cost-benefits analysis for specified rules after specified period; requires publication of materials used to produce estimates of regulatory costs in specified fashion; provides additional requirements for cost-benefit analyses; revises requirements for review of rules by JPAC; requires additional information to be published in FAC; provides for expiration of rules after specified period unless readopted; provides requirements for readoption process; providing exceptions to expiration & requires review of such exempt rules; provides for limited extension of expiration in certain circumstances; provides that party subject to enforcement action may challenge action on basis that agency lacked statutory authority for rule or guidance document; provides for challenges to rules for failure to comply with specified provisions.
Last Action: 3/4/2025 House - 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/30/2025 House • Filed
2/12/2025 House • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
• Referred to Budget Committee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
3/4/2025 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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HB 305, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/30/2025 at 1:48 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 448 Administrative Procedure Burgess Similar Last Action: 3/4/2025 S Introduced 
Citations - Statutes (7)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 120.52 Definitions. Page 3 (pdf) 120.536 Rulemaking authority; repeal; challenge. Page 4 (pdf) 120.541 Statement of estimated regulatory costs. Page 5 (pdf) 120.545 Committee review of agency rules. Page 10 (pdf) 120.55 Publication. Page 11 (pdf) 120.555 Summary removal of published rules no longer in force and effect. Page 16 (pdf) 120.56 Challenges to rules. Page 17 (pdf)