Administrative Procedures

Requires agencies to review all existing rules adopted before July 1, 2025, by July 1, 2030, with a 5-year review cycle for new rules

Changes incorporation by reference rules to require electronic filing and public access for materials incorporated after December 31, 2010, and July 1, 2025 for new rules

Requires agencies to prepare statements of estimated regulatory costs showing economic impact, transactional costs, and market impacts for rules with adverse effects

Requires agencies to include licensing performance data in annual regulatory plans, including application processing times and denial rates

Removes the definition of 'small business' to allow agencies flexibility in defining small businesses based on their specific regulatory context

Prohibits rules from including automatic expiration provisions unless expressly authorized by law

Eliminates old deadlines for rule development and proposed rule publication, replacing them with more flexible timelines that can be extended with committee approval

Creates new definition of 'technical change' to clarify when minor corrections can be made without triggering full rulemaking procedures

Requires agencies to publish notices of intended agency action within 90 days of receiving rulemaking authority, replacing the previous requirement for rules to be drafted and formally proposed within that timeframe.

Establishes a mandatory rule review process requiring agencies to review all existing rules adopted before July 1, 2025, by July 1, 2030, with at least 20% of rules reviewed annually.

Requires agencies to provide copies of regulatory alternatives offered by the rules ombudsman to the Administrative Procedures Committee before filing rules for adoption.

Requires agencies issuing licenses to track and report licensing performance data, including application processing times and denial rates, in their annual regulatory plans.

Modifies incorporation by reference requirements, allowing materials to be incorporated only if they exist on the adoption date or if agencies notify affected parties of subsequent amendments.

Requires agencies to publish notices of correction for technical changes and establishes specific formatting requirements for such notices.

Defines 'technical change' as changes limited to correcting citations, grammatical, typographical, or similar errors that do not affect the substance of the rule.

Sets specific deadlines for rule review completion, requiring agencies to submit annual reports by January 1 and complete rule reviews by April 1 each year.