63G-3-502. Legislative reauthorization of agency rules -- Extension of rules by governor.

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Effective 5/6/2026

(1)All grants of rulemaking power from the Legislature to an agency in any statute are made subject to the provisions of this section.

(a)Except as provided in Subsection (2)(b) , every agency rule that is in effect on February 28 of any calendar year expires on May 1 of that year unless it has been reauthorized by the Legislature.

(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (2)(a) , an agency's rules do not expire if:

(i)the rule is explicitly mandated by a federal law or regulation; or

(ii)a provision of Utah's constitution vests the agency with specific constitutional authority to regulate.

(a)The General Oversight Committee shall have legislation prepared for the Legislature to consider the reauthorization of rules during its annual general session.

(b)The legislation shall be substantially in the following form: "All rules of Utah state agencies are reauthorized except for the following:".

(c)Before sending the legislation to the governor for the governor's action, the General Oversight Committee may send a letter to the governor and to the agency explaining specifically why the committee believes a rule should not be reauthorized.

(d)For the purpose of this section, the entire rule, a section, a subsection, or any complete paragraph of a rule may be excepted for reauthorization in the legislation considered by the Legislature.

(4)The General Oversight Committee may have legislation prepared for consideration by the Legislature in the annual general session or a special session regarding any rule made according to emergency rulemaking procedures described in Section 63G-3-304 .

(5)The Legislature's reauthorization of a rule by legislation:

(a)does not constitute legislative approval of the rule; and

(b)is not evidence of legislative intent.

(6)If the legislation required by Subsection

(3)fails to pass both houses of the Legislature or is found to have a technical legal defect preventing reauthorization of administrative rules intended to be reauthorized by the Legislature, the governor may declare all rules to be extended by publishing a single declaration in the Administrative Rules Bulletin on or before June 15.

Amended by Chapter 484 , 2026 General Session