HB 791 Summary

• Creates the Red Tape Reduction Advisory Council within the Executive Office of the Governor with 9 members appointed by the Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House to annually review Florida Administrative Code and recommend repealing duplicative, obsolete, or overly burdensome rules.

• Establishes a regulatory baseline equal to the total number of agency rules in effect on January 1, 2019, preventing proposed rules from exceeding this baseline unless agencies submit rule replacement requests to repeal existing rules.

• Requires agencies proposing rules that would exceed the baseline to submit rule replacement requests identifying existing rules to be repealed, with exemptions available only after achieving a 35 percent reduction below the baseline.

• Requires the Administrative Procedures Committee to examine rule replacement requests and determine compliance with baseline limitations, with an annual report tracking percentage reductions in total rules.

• Amends the Florida Administrative Code to include the regulatory baseline and changes to total rules since establishment, and requires agency regulatory plans to identify existing rules appropriate for future repeal.