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PA SB810

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/30/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kristin Phillips-Hill

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Defines "economically significant regulation" as one costing the Commonwealth, political subdivisions, or private sector over $1,000,000 annually, and requires the Independent Fiscal Office to prepare cost estimates for proposed regulations

  • Requires agencies to cite explicit statutory authority permitting them to promulgate regulations for the specific purpose stated; regulations lacking such authority are automatically deemed withdrawn

  • Mandates General Assembly approval via concurrent resolution for economically significant regulations within 30 calendar days or 10 legislative days, with failure to act resulting in the regulation not taking effect

  • Requires each agency to designate a regulatory compliance officer who must provide written compliance opinions within 20 business days, establish guidelines for waiving fines when violations are self-reported, and submit annual reports to the General Assembly

  • Creates a nonpartisan Office of Government Efficiency within the Independent Regulatory Review Commission to review existing statutes and regulations for modification or repeal, maintain a public website for suggestions, and report annually to the General Assembly and Governor; the office sunsets after five years

Legislative Description

Further providing for definitions, for proposed regulations and procedures for review and for final-form regulations and final-omitted regulations and procedures for review; providing for regulations deemed withdrawn; further providing for procedures for subsequent review of disapproved final-form or final-omitted regulations; providing for concurrent resolution required for economically significant regulations; further providing for existing regulations; and providing for State agency regulatory compliance officers and for Office of Government Efficiency.

Last Action

Referred to Intergovernmental Operations

5/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Intergovernmental Operations5/30/2025

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