House Bill 65 Summary

• Requires affirmative approval by both the House and Senate via concurrent resolution for all pending administrative rules to become effective, with inaction by either body preventing a rule from taking effect.

• Changes rule rejection procedures to use either a House Resolution or Senate Resolution instead of concurrent resolutions.

• Revises the cumulative index of rulemaking to be published at least every three months on the coordinator's website instead of every three months in print.

• Updates provisions regarding electronic publication and distribution of administrative documents, removing obsolete references to print materials and clarifying access requirements.

• Establishes the administrative rules coordinator's responsibility for implementing legislative intent regarding rule approval and rejection, including notifying agencies and publishing rejection notices in the bulletin.