Deadlines and Time Frames
Statute and rule provides for specific filing and publication dates affecting administrative rules. These provisions include a requirement for a 30-day comment period and a requirement for agency action within a certain number of days.
The Office of Administrative Rules has prepared the following table as a guideline to help agencies calculate these dates.
2024 Filing Time Frames
| Bulletin Issue No. | Bulletin Publication Date | Filing Window Opens* | Filing Deadline* | End of Mandatory (30th Day)** Comment Period | First Possible Effective Date*** | End of Maximum Comment Period | Last Possible Effective Date (120th Day After Publication)† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01 | 01/01/2024 | Sat, 12/02/2023 12:00:00 AM | Fri, 12/15/2023 11:59:59 PM | Wed, 01/31/2024 | Wed, 02/07/2024 | Tue, 04/23/2024 | Tue, 04/30/2024 |
| 2024-02 | 01/15/2024 | Sat, 12/16/2023 12:00:00 AM | Tue, 01/02/2024 11:59:59 PM | Wed, 02/14/2024 | Wed, 02/21/2024 | Tue, 05/07/2024 | Tue, 05/14/2024 |
| 2024-03 | 02/01/2024 | Wed, 01/03/2024 12:00:00 AM | Tue, 01/16/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 03/04/2024 | Mon, 03/11/2024 | Fri, 05/24/2024 | Fri, 05/31/2024 |
| 2024-04 | 02/15/2024 | Wed, 01/17/2024 12:00:00 AM | Thu, 02/01/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 03/18/2024 | Mon, 03/25/2024 | Fri, 06/07/2024 | Fri, 06/14/2024 |
| 2024-05 | 03/01/2024 | Fri, 02/02/2024 12:00:00 AM | Thu, 02/15/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 04/01/2024 | Mon, 04/08/2024 | Mon, 06/24/2024 | Mon, 07/01/2024 |
| 2024-06 | 03/15/2024 | Fri, 02/16/2024 12:00:00 AM | Fri, 03/01/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 04/15/2024 | Mon, 04/22/2024 | Mon, 07/08/2024 | Mon, 07/15/2024 |
| 2024-07 | 04/01/2024 | Sat, 03/02/2024 12:00:00 AM | Fri, 03/15/2024 11:59:59 PM | Wed, 05/01/2024 | Wed, 05/08/2024 | Tue, 07/23/2024 | Tue, 07/30/2024 |
| 2024-08 | 04/15/2024 | Sat, 03/16/2024 12:00:00 AM | Mon, 04/01/2024 11:59:59 PM | Wed, 05/15/2024 | Wed, 05/22/2024 | Tue, 08/06/2024 | Tue, 08/13/2024 |
| 2024-09 | 05/01/2024 | Tue, 04/02/2024 12:00:00 AM | Mon, 04/15/2024 11:59:59 PM | Fri, 05/31/2024 | Fri, 06/07/2024 | Thu, 08/22/2024 | Thu, 08/29/2024 |
| 2024-10 | 05/15/2024 | Tue, 04/16/2024 12:00:00 AM | Wed, 05/01/2024 11:59:59 PM | Fri, 06/14/2024 | Fri, 06/21/2024 | Thu, 09/05/2024 | Thu, 09/12/2024 |
| 2024-11 | 06/01/2024 | Thu, 05/02/2024 12:00:00 AM | Wed, 05/15/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 07/01/2024 | Mon, 07/08/2024 | Mon, 09/23/2024 | Mon, 09/30/2024 |
| 2024-12 | 06/15/2024 | Thu, 05/16/2024 12:00:00 AM | Fri, 05/31/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 07/15/2024 | Thu, 07/25/2024 | Mon, 10/07/2024 | Mon, 10/14/2024 |
| 2024-13 | 07/01/2024 | Sat, 06/01/2024 12:00:00 AM | Fri, 06/14/2024 11:59:59 PM | Wed, 07/31/2024 | Wed, 08/07/2024 | Tue, 10/22/2024 | Tue, 10/29/2024 |
| 2024-14 | 07/15/2024 | Sat, 06/15/2024 12:00:00 AM | Mon, 07/01/2024 11:59:59 PM | Wed, 08/14/2024 | Wed, 08/21/2024 | Tue, 11/05/2024 | Tue, 11/12/2024 |
| 2024-15 | 08/01/2024 | Tue, 07/02/2024 12:00:00 AM | Mon, 07/15/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 09/02/2024 | Mon, 09/09/2024 | Fri, 11/22/2024 | Fri, 11/29/2024 |
| 2024-16 | 08/15/2024 | Tue, 07/16/2024 12:00:00 AM | Thu, 08/01/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 09/16/2024 | Mon, 09/23/2024 | Fri, 12/06/2024 | Fri, 12/13/2024 |
| 2024-17 | 09/01/2024 | Fri, 08/02/2024 12:00:00 AM | Thu, 08/15/2024 11:59:59 PM | Tue, 10/01/2024 | Thu, 10/10/2024 | Mon, 12/23/2024 | Mon, 12/30/2024 |
| 2024-18 | 09/15/2024 | Fri, 08/16/2024 12:00:00 AM | Tue, 09/03/2024 11:59:59 PM | Tue, 10/15/2024 | Tue, 10/22/2024 | Mon, 01/06/2025 | Mon, 01/13/2025 |
| 2024-19 | 10/01/2024 | Wed, 09/04/2024 12:00:00 AM | Mon, 09/16/2024 11:59:59 PM | Thu, 10/31/2024 | Thu, 11/07/2024 | Wed, 01/22/2025 | Wed, 01/29/2025 |
| 2024-20 | 10/15/2024 | Tue, 09/17/2024 12:00:00 AM | Tue, 10/01/2024 11:59:59 PM | Thu, 11/14/2024 | Thu, 11/21/2024 | Wed, 02/05/2025 | Wed, 02/12/2025 |
| 2024-21 | 11/01/2024 | Wed, 10/02/2024 12:00:00 AM | Tue, 10/15/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 12/02/2024 | Mon, 12/09/2024 | Mon, 02/24/2025 | Mon, 03/03/2025 |
| 2024-22 | 11/15/2024 | Wed, 10/16/2024 12:00:00 AM | Fri, 11/01/2024 11:59:59 PM | Mon, 12/16/2024 | Mon, 12/23/2024 | Mon, 03/10/2025 | Mon, 03/17/2025 |
| 2024-23 | 12/01/2024 | Sat, 11/02/2024 12:00:00 AM | Fri, 11/15/2024 11:59:59 PM | Wed, 01/03/2024 | Wed, 01/10/2024 | Mon, 03/24/2025 | Mon, 03/31/2025 |
| 2024-24 | 12/15/2024 | Sat, 11/16/2024 12:00:00 AM | Mon, 12/02/2024 11:59:59 PM | Wed, 01/17/2024 | Wed, 01/24/2024 | Mon, 04/07/2025 | Mon, 04/14/2025 |
Additional Information
** The mandatory comment period for a Proposed Rule is 30 days. The last day of the comment period must also be a working day. The dates in this column reflect these requirements. Subsections 63G-3-301(11) and (12).
*** Statute requires that the Notice of Effective Date must be received by the Office of Administrative Rules on or before the effective date of the rule. Subsection 63G-3-301(12). The Office will not accept a Notice of Effective Date prior to the end of the agency-designated comment period. Statute provides that a rule may be made effective "no fewer than seven calendar days after the close of the public comment period ..."
†Statute provides that a rule may be made effective no "more than 120 days after the publication date." Subsection 63G-3-301(12).
Last updated December 2023.
2023 Filing Time Frames
2023 rulemaking time frames are available for download in PDF format. For earlier time frame tables, contact the Office.
