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26LSO-0106
2026
STATE OF WYOMING
26LSO-0106
Numbered
2.0
SENATE FILE NO. SF0063
Administrative rules-legislative review.
Sponsored by: Management Audit Committee
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to administrative procedure; requiring agencies to provide notice of major rules as specified; clarifying the definition of major rule; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 16
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103(a)(i) by creating a new subparagraph (M) and (f) and 28
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109(h)(intro) and (i) are amended to read:
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103.
Adoption, amendment and repeal of rules; notice; hearing; emergency rules; proceedings to contest; review and approval by governor.
(a)
Prior to an agency's adoption, amendment or repeal of all rules other than interpretative rules or statements of general policy, the agency shall:
(i)
Give at least forty
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five (45) days notice of its intended action. Notice shall be mailed to all persons making timely requests of the agency for advanced notice of its rulemaking proceedings and to the attorney general, the secretary of state's office as registrar of rules, and the legislative service office if a state agency. The agency shall submit a copy of the proposed rules, in a format conforming to any requirements prescribed pursuant to subsection (f) of this section, with the notice given to the legislative service office. The notice shall include:
(M)
If the rules are major rules as defined in W.S. 28
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109(h), a statement that the rules are major rules, a statement of need for the major rule and any additional information necessary for the regulatory analysis required by W.S. 28
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109.
(f)
The state registrar of rules shall
:
(i)
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rescribe a format for state agencies to follow in preparing proposed amendments to existing rules which shall ensure that additions to and deletions from existing language are clearly indicated
;
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(ii)
Adopt rules necessary to ensure that state agencies provide information necessary for the regulatory analysis required by W.S. 28
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109 and as specified in subparagraph (a)(i)(M) of this section.
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109.
Agency rules; analysis and review.
(h)
"Major rule" means a rule
, including an emergency rule, designated by management council under W.S. 28
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that will result in or is likely to result in one (1) or more of the following:
(i)
An annual impact on the economy of Wyoming that will result in direct or indirect costs of not less than
one million dollars ($1,000,000.00)
two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) per year
;
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2026
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