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During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature passed one bill that affected rulemaking generally. H.B. 37, Reauthorization of Administrative Rules (Rep. C. Oda) H.B. 37, entitled “Reauthorization of Administrative Rules”, passed and now awaits the Governor’s action.  H.B. 37 is the legislation required annually by Subsection 63G-3-502(3).  The bill reauthorizes all administrative rules.  If signed by the Governor, under the

The Senate passed 1st Substitute House Bill 37, Reauthorization of Administrative Rules, on March 11, 2015.  The bill passed by more than two-thirds in both the House and Senate so, pending action by the Governor, H.B. 37 will take effect on May 1, 2015. H.B. 37 reauthorizes all administrative rules. This process is governed by Section 63G-3-502. It also amends

Raylene G. Ireland, former Executive Director of the Utah Department of Administrative Services, passed away on March 7, 2015.  Raylene dedicated years of her life — most of her career — to the citizens of Utah through her public service at different levels of government.  In 1993, Governor Michael O. Leavitt appointed her to direct the Department of Administrative Services,

The Utah Administrative Code, the body of all effective administrative rules as compiled and organized by the Division of Administrative Rules, is current through 03/01/2015. The Division posted this update on its website on 03/05/2015. The Division’s goal is to codify and post administrative rule filings made effective through the first of the month by the tenth of the month.

The Utah Administrative Code, the body of all effective administrative rules as compiled and organized by the Division of Administrative Rules, is current through 02/01/2015. The Division posted this update on its website on 02/06/2015. The Division’s goal is to codify and post administrative rule filings made effective through the first of the month by the tenth of the month.

H.B. 109 (2015), Expungement of Administrative Action, creates a general grant of rulemaking authority.   Any agency empowered to take disciplinary action against a person would need to establish a rule to govern the administrative expungement process. The bill amends the Utah Administrative Procedures Act and establishes a process for administrative expungements that “prevent public access, including through a website or

On Monday, February 2, 2015, H.B. 37, Reauthorization of Administrative Rules, was heard before the House Business and Labor Standing Committee.  Rep. Oda presented a substitute bill to corrected an error identified in the original bill.  H.B. 37 is now on the House 3rd Reading Calendar. Since at least 1985, the Division of Administrative Rules has assumed the responsibility of

The Utah Administrative Code, the body of all effective administrative rules as compiled and organized by the Division of Administrative Rules, is current through 01/01/2015. The Division posted this update on its website on 01/26/2015. The Division’s goal is to codify and post administrative rule filings made effective through the first of the month by the tenth of the month.

Rebecca D. Lockhart, who represented District 64 from 1999 through 2014 in the Utah House of Representatives, and who served as Speaker of the House from January 2011 through December 2014, passed away on January 17, 2015.  Rep. Lockhart served on the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee from June 2009 through December 2014.  The Division of Administrative Rules gratefully acknowledges and remembers

Back in October 2014, the Division reported on draft legislation being considered by the Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC).  At its December meeting, the Committee changed the name of the bill to “Local Ordinance Oversight Amendments” and separated out technical changes to Section 63G-3-501.  This bill would have expanded the role of the Administrative Rules Review Committee to hear