On November 27, Rep. S. Clark presented his “Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses” bill to the Administrative Rules Review Committee. The result of that discussion was to ask the Division of Administrative Rules to contact state agencies and get feedback on the draft bill, and then to work through any issues identified by state agencies with a representative from the Small Business Administration.
On December 12, the Administrative Rules Review Committee met again. Rep. S. Clark, and Jim Henderson from the Small Business Administration presented a series of changes to the bill. Ken Hansen from the Division of Administrative Rules was also present to respond to questions. Most of the changes were acceptable to the committee, but the committee had an extensive discussion about when an agency would have to conduct the five-point analysis required by the original bill.
At the conclusion of the discussion, Rep. Clark asked that Sen. Mark Madsen work with Ken Hansen, who in turn would work with Jim Henderson, to refine the draft. The committee approved a motion to bring the bill back in January to review the changes and refinements. If the committee concurs with these changes, the committee will likely approve the bill as a committee bill.