NY S07298

Agencies must post small business regulation guides on their websites for rules significantly impacting small businesses, explaining compliance actions and identifying assistance resources.

Small business regulation guides must include information on the most common regulatory violations cited by the agency, statistical data on violation frequency, and actionable steps small businesses can take to prevent violations.

Removes the requirement for the Division for Small Business to oversee and coordinate guide preparation, allowing agencies to develop guides in their sole discretion while ensuring plain language clarity.

Delays the effective date of the 2017 law from immediate implementation to April 1, 2019, and requires agencies to review and update any guides issued within six months before that date within 180 days thereafter.