An Act amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, further providing for definitions, for proposed regulations and procedures for review, for final-form regulations and final-omitted regulations and procedures for review, for procedures for subsequent review of disapproved final-form or final-omitted regulations, for existing regulations and for regulations, annual reports, hearings and advisory group meetings.

PRINTER'S NO. 2635
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2057
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, CUTLER, STAATS, STENDER, GREINER,
STAMBAUGH, FLEMING AND ZIMMERMAN, NOVEMBER 19, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
OPERATIONS, NOVEMBER 19, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), entitled
"An act providing for independent oversight and review of
regulations, creating an Independent Regulatory Review
Commission, providing for its powers and duties and making
repeals," further providing for definitions, for proposed
regulations and procedures for review, for final-form
regulations and final-omitted regulations and procedures for
review, for procedures for subsequent review of disapproved
final-form or final-omitted regulations, for existing
regulations and for regulations, annual reports, hearings and
advisory group meetings.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633,
No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, is amended by
adding a definition to read:
Section 3. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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"Bicameral Committee on Regulatory Review." The Bicameral
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Committee on Regulatory Review established under section
11(a.1).
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Section 2. Section 5(b) of the act is amended and subsection
(a) is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 5. Proposed regulations; procedures for review.
(a) On the same date that an agency submits a proposed
regulation to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication
of notice of proposed rulemaking in the Pennsylvania Bulletin as
required by the Commonwealth Documents Law, the agency shall
submit to the commission and the committees a copy of the
proposed regulation and a regulatory analysis form which
includes the following:
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(15) A list of relevant stakeholders, along with the
stakeholders' contact information, who would be impacted by
the regulation.
(b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall not diminish
the requirements of section 201 of the Commonwealth Documents
Law, but the information required by this section may be
included in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published in the
Pennsylvania Bulletin in lieu of the information required by
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 201 of the Commonwealth
Documents Law. The agency shall hold a public comment period
which shall commence with the publication of the notice of
proposed rulemaking and shall continue for not less than 30 days
unless section 203(1) or (2) of the Commonwealth Documents Law
applies. Prior to the end of the public comment period, the
commission shall provide notice of the rulemaking to the list of
stakeholders provided by the agency under subsection (a)(15).
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Section 3. Section 5.1 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 5.1. Final-form regulations and final-omitted
regulations; procedures for review.
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(b.1) The commission shall provide notice of the final
rulemaking to the list of stakeholders provided by the agency
under section 5(a)(15).
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Section 4. Sections 7(b), (c), (c.1) and (d), 8.1 and 11 of
the act are amended to read:
Section 7. Procedures for subsequent review of disapproved
final-form or final-omitted regulations.
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(b) If the agency decides to adopt the final-form or final-
omitted regulation without revisions or further modifications,
the agency shall submit a report to the committees and the
commission within [40] 30 days of the agency's receipt of the
commission's disapproval order. The agency's report shall
contain the final-form or final-omitted regulation, the
commission's disapproval order and the agency's response and
recommendations regarding the final-form or final-omitted
regulation. If the committees are prevented from receiving the
report because of adjournment sine die or expiration of the
legislative session in an even-numbered year, the agency shall
submit its report to the commission and the committees on the
fourth Monday in January of the next year. If either committee
has not been designated by the fourth Monday in January, the
agency may not deliver the report to the committees and the
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commission until both committees are designated, but the agency
shall deliver its report to the commission and the committees no
later than the second Monday after the date by which both
committee designations have been published in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin. If the agency does not deliver the report to the
committees and the commission in the time prescribed in this
subsection, the agency shall be deemed to have withdrawn the
final-form or final-omitted regulation.
(c) If the agency decides to revise or modify the final-form
or final-omitted regulation in order to respond to objections
raised by the commission and adopt that regulation with
revisions or modifications, the agency shall submit a report to
the committees and the commission within [40] 20 days of the
agency's receipt of the commission's disapproval order. The
agency's report shall contain the revised final-form or final-
omitted regulation, the findings of the commission, and the
agency's response and recommendations regarding the revised
final-form or final-omitted regulation. If the committees are
prevented from receiving the report because of adjournment sine
die or expiration of the legislative session in an even-numbered
year, the agency shall submit the report to the commission and
the committees on the fourth Monday in January of the next year.
If either committee has not been designated by the fourth Monday
in January, the agency may not deliver the report to the
committees and the commission until both committees are
designated, but the agency shall deliver its report to the
commission and the committees no later than the second Monday
after the date by which both committee designations have been
published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. If the agency does not
deliver its report to the commission and the committees in the
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time prescribed in this subsection, the agency shall be deemed
to have withdrawn the final-form or final-omitted regulation.
(c.1) The commission may have until its next scheduled
meeting, which occurs no less than [15] 10 days from receipt of
the agency's report to approve or disapprove the agency's
report. The commission shall deliver its approval or disapproval
order to the committees for consideration by the General
Assembly pursuant to subsection (d). If the commission is
prevented from delivering its order to the committees within the
time period provided for in this subsection because of the
adjournment sine die or expiration of the legislative session in
an even-numbered year, the commission shall deliver its order on
the fourth Monday of January of the next year. If either
committee has not been designated by the fourth Monday in
January, the commission may not deliver its order to the
committees until both committees are designated, but the
commission shall deliver its order no later than the second
Monday after the date by which both committee designations have
been published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. If the commission
does not deliver its order disapproving the agency's report and
revised final-form or final-omitted regulation in the time
prescribed by this subsection, the commission shall be deemed to
have approved the agency's report and the revised final-form or
final-omitted regulation.
(d) Upon receipt of the commission's order pursuant to
subsection (c.1) or at the expiration of the commission's review
period if the commission does not act on the regulation or does
not deliver its order pursuant to subsection (c.1), one or both
of the committees may, within 14 calendar days, report to the
House of Representatives or Senate a concurrent resolution and
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notify the agency. During the 14-calendar-day period, the agency
may not promulgate the final-form or final-omitted regulation.
If, by the expiration of the 14-calendar-day period, neither
committee reports a concurrent resolution, the committees shall
be deemed to have approved the final-form or final-omitted
regulation, and the agency may promulgate that regulation. If
either committee reports a concurrent resolution before the
expiration of the 14-day period, the Senate and the House of
Representatives shall each have [30] 20 calendar days or ten
legislative days, whichever is longer, from the date on which
the concurrent resolution has been reported, to adopt the
concurrent resolution. If the General Assembly adopts the
concurrent resolution by majority vote in both the Senate and
the House of Representatives, the concurrent resolution shall be
presented to the Governor in accordance with section 9 of
Article III of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. If the Governor
does not return the concurrent resolution to the General
Assembly within ten calendar days after it is presented, the
Governor shall be deemed to have approved the concurrent
resolution. If the Governor vetoes the concurrent resolution,
the General Assembly may override that veto by a two-thirds vote
in each house. The Senate and the House of Representatives shall
each have [30] 20 calendar days or ten legislative days,
whichever is longer, to override the veto. If the General
Assembly does not adopt the concurrent resolution or override
the veto in the time prescribed in this subsection, it shall be
deemed to have approved the final-form or final-omitted
regulation. Notice as to any final disposition of a concurrent
resolution considered in accordance with this section shall be
published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The bar on promulgation
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of the final-form or final-omitted regulation shall continue
until that regulation has been approved or deemed approved in
accordance with this subsection. If the General Assembly adopts
the concurrent resolution and the Governor approves or is deemed
to have approved the concurrent resolution or if the General
Assembly overrides the Governor's veto of the concurrent
resolution, the agency shall be barred from promulgating the
final-form or final-omitted regulation. If the General Assembly
does not adopt the concurrent resolution or if the Governor
vetoes the concurrent resolution and the General Assembly does
not override the Governor's veto, the agency may promulgate the
final-form or final-omitted regulation. The General Assembly
may, at its discretion, adopt a concurrent resolution
disapproving the final-form or final-omitted regulation to
indicate the intent of the General Assembly but permit the
agency to promulgate that regulation.
Section 8.1. Existing regulations.
(a) The commission, on its motion or at the request of any
person or member of the General Assembly, may review any
existing regulation which has been in effect for at least three
years. If a committee of the Senate or the House of
Representatives requests a review of an existing regulation, the
commission shall perform the review and shall assign it high
priority. The commission may submit recommendations to an agency
recommending changes in existing regulations if it finds the
existing regulations to be contrary to the public interest under
the criteria established in section 5.2. The commission may also
make recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor
for statutory changes if the commission finds that any existing
regulation may be contrary to the public interest.
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(b) (1) An agency shall rescind a regulation if the
statutory authorization for the regulation is:
(i) repealed;
(ii) expired; or
(iii) invalidated by court order.
(2) For a regulation rescinded under paragraph (1), the
agency shall:
(i) publish notice of the rescinded regulation in
the next available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin;
and
(ii) transmit notice of the rescinded regulation to
the appropriate standing committees of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
Section 11. Regulations; regulatory review; annual reports;
hearings and advisory group meetings.
(a) The commission, in the performance of its functions
under this act, has the power to promulgate and enforce
regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
Regulations must be promulgated in accordance with the
procedures established in the Commonwealth Documents Law. The
regulations shall provide for the commission's notification of
filings of final-form and final-omitted regulations to parties
likely to be affected by the final-form and final-omitted
regulations through publication of a notice in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin. Prior to the regulations taking effect, the
requirements of this act must be satisfied. For the purposes of
reviewing the regulations of the commission and otherwise
satisfying the requirements of this act, the [Joint] Bicameral
Committee on [Documents] Regulatory Review shall exercise the
rights and perform the functions of the commission, and the
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commission shall exercise the rights and perform the functions
of an agency under this act.
(a.1) (1) The Bicameral Committee on Regulatory Review is
established as an agency of the General Assembly, which shall
consist of the following members:
(i) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
Intergovernmental Operations Committee of the Senate.
(ii) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
State Government Committee of the House of
Representatives.
(2) The members of the bicameral committee shall serve
without compensation other than reimbursement for travel and
other actual expenses incurred in the performance of their
duties. Reimbursement of expenses shall be paid by the
legislative chamber to which the member is elected.
(3) Three members of the bicameral committee shall
constitute a quorum, and the committee shall select from
among its members a chairperson and a vice chairperson, and
shall elect a secretary who need not be a member of the
committee.
(4) The bicameral committee shall exercise the powers
and perform the duties vested in and imposed upon it by this
act and any other powers and duties vested in and imposed
upon the committee by law.
(b) On or before April 1, the commission shall file an
annual report of its activities for the prior calendar year with
the Governor and the General Assembly.
(c) The commission may hold public hearings on any matter
before the commission and may meet with advisory groups
regarding matters before the commission.
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Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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