Plain English Breakdown
The official text states the bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, but does not show if it was signed by the Governor or vetoed.
AB-2366: Checking How New Rules Affect Living Costs
This law requires state agencies to study how new rules change the cost of living for California residents and adds specific review steps before those rules can take effect.
What This Bill Does
- Requires state agencies to check if proposed regulations will raise costs for people in the state when assessing economic impacts.
- Asks the Legislative Analyst's Office to create a standard method for measuring these cost changes and deciding if they are significant.
- Needs the Department of Finance to build an online tracker showing how rules add up over time by industry sector, updated annually.
- Changes public notices to include detailed results about economic impacts instead of just statements.
- Adds 'cost-of-living impact' as a new standard that agencies must follow when creating regulations.
- Gives the Office of Administrative Law more time, 60 working days instead of 30, to review major rules.
Who It Names or Affects
- State agencies proposing new or changed regulations
- The Legislative Analyst's Office
- The Department of Finance
- Residents of California
Terms To Know
- Major regulation
- A rule that requires a standardized regulatory impact analysis and extra review steps, including longer approval times.
- Cost-of-living impact
- How new rules affect the costs for residents of the state, as defined by law.
- Office of Administrative Law
- The state office that reviews proposed regulations before they become official law and can approve or disapprove them.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not define exactly what counts as a 'significant' cost-of-living impact until the Legislative Analyst's Office creates its method.
- It is unclear how long it will take for agencies to build and update the new online tracker beyond the annual requirement.