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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6073
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR THE
REVIEW OF EXISTING REGULATIONS OF CONNECTICUT STATE
AGENCIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 4-189i of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
(a) Not later than [July 1, 2017] June 30, 2027, and not later than every 3
seven years thereafter, each [committee of cognizance, in consultation 4
with each agency that is within the cognizance of the committee, shall 5
establish the date by which each such agency shall submit a review of 6
its existing regulations and shall notify the administrator of the 7
regulation review committee of each such date and any extension 8
thereof. In establishing such date, or any extension of the date that may 9
be requested by the agency, the committee of cognizance (1) shall 10
consider the volume and complexity of such regulations and the 11
personnel and other resources of the agency that would be available to 12
undertake the review within the agency's available appropriations, and 13
(2) may establish a schedule of dates for the review of various portions 14
of such regulations upon the agreement of the committee of cognizance 15
and the administrative head of the agency. 16
(b) Not later than the date specified by the committee of cognizance 17
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, each such agency shall submit 18 Substitute Bill No. 6073
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to the committee of cognizance and to the administrator of the 19
regulation review committee] agency shall conduct a review of its 20
existing regulations, which shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) 21
The agency's recommendations on how it may substantially reduce the 22
number and length of its existing regulations; (2) the agency's 23
determination of whether each of its existing regulations (A) is obsolete, 24
(B) has not been used within the preceding seven years, (C) is 25
inconsistent with any provision of the general statutes, federal law or 26
any regulation adopted under the general statutes or federal law, (D) 27
has been the subject of written complaints, and (E) is otherwise no 28
longer effective; and (3) the agency's recommendation, if any, regarding 29
any extraordinary circumstances in which waivers from its existing 30
regulations may be appropriate. 31
(b) Not later than January 1, 2028, and not later than every seven years 32
thereafter, each agency shall submit a summary of the results of the 33
review conducted under subsection (a) of this section to the committee 34
having cognizance over such agency and to the administrator of the 35
regulation review committee, in accordance with the provisions of 36
section 11-4a. 37
(c) Upon receipt of an agency's [review] summary of its review, the 38
committee of cognizance shall schedule a public hearing, which shall be 39
held not later than ninety days following such receipt. The committee of 40
cognizance shall make copies of the [review] summary available to the 41
public at least fifteen days prior to the hearing. 42
(d) Following the public hearing: (1) The committee of cognizance 43
may request the agency to initiate the process under chapter 54 to carry 44
out a recommendation of the agency under subsection [(b)] (a) of this 45
section to amend or repeal an existing regulation which, in the 46
determination of the committee of cognizance, does not require the 47
enactment of authorizing legislation, and (2) the committee of 48
cognizance shall consider any recommendation by the agency under 49
subsection [(b)] (a) of this section which, in the determination of the 50
committee of cognizance, would require the enactment of authorizing 51 Substitute Bill No. 6073
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legislation. 52
(e) If an agency fails to submit a summary of the results of the review 53
of its regulations to the committee of cognizance and the administrator 54
of the regulation review committee as required by subsection (b) of this 55
section or if the committee of cognizance determines that the agency has 56
not conducted a satisfactory review of its regulations as required by 57
[said] subsection (a) of this section, the committee of cognizance may: 58
(1) Conduct a review of the existing regulations of the agency, as 59
described in subsection [(b)] (a) of this section, (2) request the agency to 60
initiate the process under chapter 54 to carry out a recommendation of 61
the committee of cognizance pursuant to such review to amend or 62
repeal an existing regulation which, in the determination of the 63
committee of cognizance, does not require the enactment of authorizing 64
legislation, and (3) introduce legislation to authorize the agency to 65
amend or repeal existing regulations. If the agency fails to initiate the 66
process to amend or repeal an existing regulation pursuant to 67
subdivision (2) of this subsection, the committee of cognizance may 68
introduce legislation requiring the agency to initiate such process. 69
Sec. 2. Subdivision (3) of section 4-189h of the general statutes is 70
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 71
1, 2025): 72
(3) "Existing regulation" means a regulation that was adopted by an 73
agency no later than one year prior to the scheduled date of review, as 74
provided in subsection [(b)] (a) of section 4-189i, as amended by this act; 75
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 4-189i
Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 4-189h(3)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Sections 1(c) and (e), references to "review" were changed to reference
the summary of the review for consistency.
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