HB 7063 Summary: Administrative Procedures

• Defines "repromulgation" (republishing existing rules without substantive changes) and "technical change" (correcting grammar/typographical errors) in Florida's administrative procedure law.

• Establishes new "repromulgation" process requiring agencies to review rules every 5-10 years and republish those without substantive changes; failure to repromulgate results in automatic rule repeal.

• Requires agencies to prepare statements of estimated regulatory costs before adopting most rules and to consider lower-cost regulatory alternatives; exempts rule repeals from cost statement requirement unless repeal imposes regulatory costs.

• Expands public participation requirements by mandating agencies provide website access to regulatory cost statements, allow electronic delivery of rulemaking notices, and ensure persons responsible for proposed rules attend public hearings.

• Makes emergency rule changes by supersession prohibited; allows only technical changes to emergency rules within 7 days of adoption; requires emergency rules be published in Florida Administrative Code.