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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 617 By: Alvord
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to administrative rules; providing
7 for termination of administrative rules by certain
8 date; providing for renewal process; preserving
8 ability of the Legislature to repeal certain rules;
9 establishing renewal request process; requiring
9 publication of request; directing notification to
10 certain agencies; providing for codification; and
10 providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 328 of Title 75, unless there is
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16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. Any permanent rule promulgated or amended on or after the
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18 effective date of this act shall automatically terminate one (1)
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19 year from the date that the rule goes into effect.
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20 B. A rule subject to termination under this section may be
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21 renewed for additional terms of one (1) year, or less, by the
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22 Legislature by approval and enactment of a joint resolution.
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1 C. Nothing in this section shall preclude the ability of the
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2 Legislature to repeal a permanent rule prior to the automatic
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3 termination of the rule under this section.
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4 D. An agency may request the renewal by the Legislature of a
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5 rule subject to automatic termination under this section. The
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6 request shall be submitted no less than four (4) months, and no more
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7 than six (6) months, prior to the date that the rule is set to
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8 terminate. The agency shall demonstrate why renewal of the rule is
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9 necessary and shall include a cost-benefit analysis. The agency
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10 shall also publish the request on its website.
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11 E. The Secretary of State shall provide notice to the
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12 promulgating agency at least four (4) months prior to every rule's
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13 termination date.
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14 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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