The bill amends the Regulatory Review Act of June 25, 1982, to improve oversight and review processes for proposed regulations in Pennsylvania. It introduces a new definition for "economically significant regulation," which pertains to regulations expected to incur costs exceeding $1,000,000 annually for the Commonwealth and its subdivisions. The bill requires that all forms necessary for implementing a regulation must be submitted alongside the regulatory analysis form to the Legislative Reference Bureau. Additionally, it establishes that a regulation will be considered withdrawn if it lacks explicit statutory authority for its promulgation and does not meet the regulatory analysis requirements.

Moreover, the bill outlines new procedures for reviewing final-form and final-omitted regulations, particularly those classified as economically significant, which will require a concurrent resolution from the General Assembly prior to promulgation. It allows the General Assembly 30 calendar days or ten legislative days, whichever is longer, to consider such resolutions, and mandates that the Governor must sign the resolution within 10 days of its adoption. If the resolution is not adopted or signed within the specified timeframe, the regulation will not take effect. The bill clarifies that these provisions do not apply to emergency-certified regulations and will take effect 60 days after passage for any regulation prepared in final form thereafter.

Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 1917 (Jun 16, 2025): P.L.633, No.181, P.L.1987, No.394, P.L.177, No.175