SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1141
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOON.
3805S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 536.037, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to state
enforcement of federal regulations.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 536.037, RSMo, is repealed and two new 1
sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 1.360 2
and 536.037, to read as follows:3
1.360. 1. To ensure that the powers reserved to this 1
state under Amendment X to the Constitution of the United 2
States are protected and to ensure that the federal 3
government does not encroach on this state's status as an 4
independent sovereign in a federal system of governance, all 5
federal rules and regulations shall be subject to review. 6
2. No department or agency of this state shall enforce 7
any rule or regulation promulgated by any federal agency 8
within the borders of this state unless the enforcement of 9
such regulation is approved by the general assembly. 10
3. No rule or regulation promulgated on or after 11
August 28, 2024, by any department or agency of this state 12
in conjunction with the enforcement of any regulation 13
promulgated by any federal agency shall be enforceable 14
unless such rule or regulation is approved by the general 15
assembly. 16
4. Any existing rule or regulation promulgated before 17
August 28, 2024, by any department or agency of this state 18 SB 1141 2
in conjunction with the enforcement of any rule or 19
regulation promulgated by any federal agency that is in 20
force and effect after August 28, 2024, s hall be subject to 21
review by the committee on administrative rules, established 22
under section 536.037. The committee shall determine 23
whether such rule or regulation shall continue to be 24
enforced and shall make a recommendation thereof to the 25
general assembly. The general assembly shall review all 26
rules and regulations referred to it by the committee and 27
shall approve or disapprove the continued enforcement of 28
such rules or regulations. No rule or regulation that the 29
general assembly disapproves shall be enforceable unless and 30
until the rule or regulation is again referred to the 31
general assembly by the committee on administrative rules 32
and then approved by the general assembly. Any rule or 33
regulation that the general assembly approves shall continue 34
to be enforced unless such rule or regulation is repealed by 35
the agency or department. 36
536.037. 1. There is established a permanent joint 1
committee of the general assembly to be known as the 2
"Committee on Administrative Ru les", which shall be composed 3
of five members of the senate and five members of the house 4
of representatives. The senate members of the committee 5
shall be appointed by the president pro tem of the senate 6
and the house members by the speaker of the hou se. The 7
appointment of each member shall continue during his term of 8
office as a member of the general assembly unless sooner 9
removed. No major party shall be represented by more than 10
three appointed members from either house. 11
2. The committee on administrative rules shall meet 12
within ten days after its creation and organize by selecting 13
a chairman and a vice chairman, one of whom shall be a 14 SB 1141 3
member of the senate and one of whom shall be a member of 15
the house of representatives. A majority of the members 16
constitutes a quorum. Meetings of the committee may be 17
called at such time and place as the chairman designates. 18
3. The committee shall review all rules promulgated by 19
any state agency after January 1, 1976, except rules 20
promulgated by the labor and industrial labor relations 21
commission. In its review the committee may take such 22
action as it deems necessary which may include holding 23
hearings. 24
4. The committee shall review all rules and 25
regulations promulgated before August 28, 2024, by any 26
federal agency or by any state agency in conjunction with 27
the enforcement of any rule or regulation promulgated by any 28
federal agency that are in force and effect on August 28, 29
2024, and determine whether such rules and regulat ions 30
should continue to be enforced under section 1.360. In its 31
review, the committee may take such action as it deems 32
necessary, which may include holding hearings. The 33
committee shall refer all reviewed rules and regulations to 34
the general assembly with a recommendation of whether such 35
rule or regulation should be enforceable. Any citizen of 36
this state may request the review of any specific rule or 37
regulation, and the committee shall review such rule or 38
regulation. 39
5. The members of the committee shall receive no 40
compensation in addition to their salary as members of the 41
general assembly, but may receive their necessary expenses 42
while attending the meetings of the committee, to be paid 43
out of the joint contingent fund. 44