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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 6073
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR THE
REVIEW OF EXISTING REGULATIONS OF CONNECTICUT STATE
AGENCIES.
SUMMARY
This bill transfers responsibility for conducting periodic reviews of a
state agency’s existing regulations from the legislative committee of
cognizance to the state agency itself. Under current law, each legislative
committee, at least every seven years, must consult with state agencies
within its cognizance to establish a date the agency will submit a review
of its existing regulations to the committee. Committees must notify the
Regulation Review Committee administrator of these dates and any
extensions approved by the committee of cognizance.
The bill eliminates these provisions and instead requires each agency
to conduct these reviews by June 30, 2027, submit a summary of its
review by June 30, 2028, and then do so again at least every seven years.
The summary must be submitted to the committee of cognizance and
the Regulation Review Committee administrator.
As under existing law, the agency’s review must at least include (1)
recommendations for reducing regulations’ number and length; (2)
determinations on whether they are obsolete, unused, inconsistent with
other laws, no longer effective, or the subject of written complaints; and
(3) recommendations on extraordinary circumstances warranting their
waiver.
Finally, the bill also makes technical and conforming changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2025
ACTION ON AGENCY REV IEWS
The bill generally maintains the existing provisions for conducting 2025HB-06073-R000080-BA.DOCX
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public hearings on agency reviews and acting on agency
recommendations.
Current law requires that upon receiving a review from an agency,
the committee of cognizance must hold a public hearing on the review
within 90 days of receiving it. The bill instead requires this after
receiving the summary. The committee must make copies of the
submission publicly available at least 15 days before the hearing.
Following the hearing, the committee may ask the agency to proceed
in amending or repealing any regulations within its authority through
the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act (UAPA). The committee
must also consider recommendations that require legislative
authorization in the committee’s opinion.
If an agency fails to submit a summary, or the committee deems an
agency’s review unsatisfactory, the committee may:
1. conduct its own review;
2. ask the agency, within its authority, to initiate proceedings under
UAPA to implement the committee’s recommendations; and
3. introduce legislation to authorize the agency to amend or repeal
existing regulations (presumably outside the agency’s current
authority).
If the agency fails to initiate the proceedings, the committee may
introduce legislation requiring an agency to commence this process.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Oversight Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 9 Nay 0 (02/25/2025)