By: Sarah
Authored by Sen. Chris Garten (R- Charlestown) with Sen. Liz Brown (R- Fort Wayne) and Sen. Eric Koch (R- Bedford), SB 297 would require the Office of Management and Budget to review administrative rules that would cause over $1 million in implementation or compliance costs, and further would require legislative approval of all such rules.
This bill was amended to exclude a narrow set of provisional rules for emergencies or for compliance with federal law. Despite this amendment, SB 297 remains objectionable. HEC opposes this bill which would limit government agencies ability to protect Hoosiers through common sense regulation.
Update (as of 3/13):
Anything can happen at the end of Session, and that’s what we saw this year with SB 297! Despite failing to advance because it was not heard in the House Judiciary Committee, a provision from SB 297 that required budget committee review over all agency rules that might have compliance or implementation costs (over 2 years) of greater than $1M was added to another bill, SB 4. SB 4, with these provisions from SB 297, passed the House and Senate, and is now headed to the Governor for his signature.
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SB 297 Senate Vote Sheet (2/6/24)
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