1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to administrative procedure; requiring legislative approval and the
1.3 governor's signature for rules to become effective; amending Minnesota Statutes
1.4 2024, sections 14.18, subdivision 1; 14.38, subdivision 1; proposing coding for
1.5 new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. [14.1265] LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OVER RULE ADOPTION.
1.8 Subdivision 1.Rule effective after ratification.A proposed rule is not effective until
1.9the rule is ratified.
1.10 Subd. 2.Vote.Ratification occurs upon the signature of the governor on a law passed
1.11by the legislature approving the rule within one year of the publication of the notice of
1.12adoption of the rule in the State Register under section 14.18; 14.27; 14.389, subdivision
1.133; or 14.3895, subdivision 3.
1.14 Subd. 3.Exception for emergency rules.This section does not apply to rules adopted
1.15by executive order under section 12.22.
1.16 Subd. 4.Notice.A notice of ratification must be published in the State Register within
1.17five days of ratification.
1.18 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 14.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.19 Subdivision 1.Generally.A rule is effective after it has been subjected to all requirements
1.20described in sections 14.131 to 14.20 and five working days after the notice of adoption
1.21ratification is published in the State Register unless a later date is required by section 14.126
1.22or other law or specified in the rule. If the rule adopted is the same as the proposed rule,
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 3495NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: DRAHEIM, Koran, Lieske and Lucero)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading05/07/2025
Referred to State and Local Government 2.1publication may be made by publishing notice in the State Register that the rule has been
2.2adopted as proposed and by citing the prior publication. If the rule adopted differs from the
2.3proposed rule, the portions of the adopted rule that differ from the proposed rule must be
2.4included in the notice of adoption together with a citation to the prior State Register
2.5publication of the remainder of the proposed rule. The nature of the modifications must be
2.6clear to a reasonable person when the notice of adoption is considered together with the
2.7State Register publication of the proposed rule, except that modifications may also be made
2.8that comply with the form requirements of section 14.07, subdivision 7.
2.9 If the agency omitted from the notice of proposed rule adoption the text of the proposed
2.10rule, as permitted by section 14.14, subdivision 1a, paragraph (b), the chief administrative
2.11law judge may provide that the notice of the adopted rule need not include the text of any
2.12changes from the proposed rule. However, the notice of adoption must state in detail the
2.13substance of the changes made from the proposed rule, and must state that a free copy of
2.14the portion of the adopted rule that was the subject of the rulemaking proceeding, not
2.15including any material adopted by reference as permitted by section 14.07, is available upon
2.16request to the agency.
2.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 14.38, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.18 Subdivision 1.Original rules.Every rule, regardless of whether it might be known as
2.19a substantive, procedural, or interpretive rule, which is filed in the Office of the Secretary
2.20of State as provided in sections 14.05 to 14.28 shall have the force and effect of law five
2.21working days after its notice of adoption ratification is published in the State Register unless
2.22a different date is required by statute or a later date is specified in the rule. The secretary
2.23of state shall keep a permanent record of rules filed with that office open to public inspection.
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