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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 896 By: Bergstrom
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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;
10 providing an effective date; and declaring an
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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. 1. Any permanent rule promulgated or amended on or after
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18 the effective date of this act shall automatically terminate
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19 pursuant to the schedule prescribed in paragraph 2 of this
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20 subsection.
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21 2. The Secretary of State shall develop a schedule, subject to
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22 approval by the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate, the
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23 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Administrative
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24 Rules Committee chairs of both houses, for the initial expiration of
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1 the administrative rules of each state agency. The schedule shall
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2 prescribe twenty percent (20%) of state agencies per calendar year
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3 whose rules shall expire. The schedule shall be devised as follows:
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4 a. the first twenty percent (20%) of agency rules shall
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5 initially expire on February 1, 2026,
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6 b. the second twenty percent (20%) of agency rules shall
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7 initially expire on February 1, 2027,
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8 c. the third twenty percent (20%) of agency rules shall
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9 initially expire on February 1, 2028,
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10 d. the fourth twenty percent (20%) of agency rules shall
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11 initially expire on February 1, 2029, and
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12 e. the fifth and final twenty percent (20%) of agency
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13 rules shall initially expire on February 1, 2030.
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14 B. A rule subject to termination under this section may be
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15 renewed for additional terms of five (5) years, or less, by the
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16 Legislature by approval and enactment of a joint resolution.
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17 C. Nothing in this section shall preclude the ability of the
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18 Legislature to repeal a permanent rule prior to the automatic
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19 termination of the rule under this section.
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20 D. An agency may request the renewal by the Legislature of a
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21 rule subject to automatic termination under this section. The
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22 request shall be submitted no less than one (1) year, and no more
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23 than two (2) years, prior to the date that the rule is set to
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24 terminate. The agency shall demonstrate why renewal of the rule is
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1 necessary and shall include a cost-benefit analysis. The agency
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2 shall also publish the request on its website.
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3 E. 1. Except for rules expiring pursuant to subparagraph a of
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4 paragraph 2 of subsection A of this section, the Secretary of State
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5 shall provide notice to the promulgating agency at least eighteen
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6 (18) months prior to every rule's termination date. Agencies with
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7 rules expiring under subparagraph a of paragraph 2 of subsection A
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8 of this section shall be provided notice not later than sixty (60)
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9 days after the effective date of this act.
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10 2. Lack of notice under this subsection shall not prevent
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11 expiration of any rules under an agency's purview.
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12 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
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13 SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
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14 of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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15 declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
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16 be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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