Assembly Bill 992 proposes significant changes to the requirements for proposed administrative rules that impose costs on businesses, local governmental units, and individuals. The bill lowers the threshold for when an agency must halt work on a proposed rule from $10,000,000 to $4,000,000 in expected implementation and compliance costs over a two-year period. Additionally, the bill introduces new provisions that prohibit agencies from circumventing this threshold by promulgating multiple or separate rules that could have been combined into a single rule.

The bill amends several sections of the statutes, specifically changing the monetary threshold in sections 227.137 and 227.139, and adds a new section (227.11 (5)) that outlines the prohibition against avoiding the cost threshold through multiple rule promulgations. It also modifies the judicial review process for rules or guidance documents to include violations of the new prohibition. Overall, the bill aims to enhance accountability and transparency in the rule-making process by ensuring that agencies consider the economic impact of their proposed rules more rigorously.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text: 227.137(3)(b)2, 227.137, 227.139(1), 227.139, 227.139(2)(b), 227.40(4)(a), 227.40