DE HB19

Requires administrative agencies to include cost-benefit estimates in public notice of proposed regulations under the Administrative Procedures Act.

Mandates separate estimates for economic effects on regulated businesses and on the public, including both adverse and beneficial impacts.

Requires estimates to address both immediate and long-term economic effects of proposed regulations.

Requires agencies to estimate the cost to the agency for enforcement of the proposed regulation.

Aims to provide the public with informed economic information during the public comment period before regulation adoption.