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This bill adds a new provision to Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) Chapter 183, which governs administrative rules and procedures, to explicitly state that state agencies cannot create or adopt administrative rules without having specific legal authorization to do so. In practical terms, this means that before a state agency can implement a new rule or regulation, it must be able to point to a specific law that grants it the power to create such a rule. This reinforces existing legal principles about administrative rulemaking and provides a clear statutory basis for challenging agency rules that exceed their legal mandate, ultimately serving as a check on potential administrative overreach by ensuring that state agencies operate within the specific boundaries set by the legislature.

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB482