Senate Bill 275 aims to amend the process for agencies to promulgate administrative rules in Wisconsin by introducing specific limitations on statements of scope. The bill requires agencies to indicate whether a statement of scope is for a proposed emergency rule or a proposed permanent rule, and mandates that an agency can only promulgate one of each type per statement of scope. Additionally, it establishes that statements of scope for emergency rules will expire after six months, while those for permanent rules will continue to expire after 30 months, as per current law.

The bill also includes several amendments to existing statutes. It renumbers and amends section 227.135 (5) to clarify the expiration of statements of scope for permanent rules, and creates a new section (227.135 (5) (b)) that outlines the expiration for emergency rules. Furthermore, it introduces section 227.135 (7), which explicitly states that an agency cannot promulgate more than one permanent rule or one emergency rule based on a single statement of scope. These changes are intended to streamline the rule-making process and ensure clarity in the types of rules being proposed.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 227.14(6)(c)1.a, 227.14