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This bill requires state agencies to conduct rigorous cost-benefit analyses before adopting new administrative rules, with the goal of ensuring that the benefits of a proposed rule clearly outweigh its costs. The legislation defines key terms like "benefit" and "cost" as direct or indirect value gains or losses expressed in dollars, and establishes detailed requirements for how agencies must perform these analyses. Agencies must use standardized, transparent methods, consult with the commissioner of management and budget, identify projected costs and benefits for all relevant stakeholders (including local governments and businesses), and publish comprehensive documentation of their analysis. The bill introduces provisions that prohibit agencies from adopting rules unless they can demonstrate net positive benefits, mandates the inclusion of cost-benefit analyses in rule notices, and requires agencies to explain any significant differences between preliminary and final analyses. Importantly, the bill provides mechanisms for challenging rules with deficient cost-benefit analyses, including allowing judicial review if an analysis is deemed significantly inadequate. The legislation aims to make regulatory rulemaking more economically justifiable and transparent, with exceptions for certain types of emergency or expedited rules, and will apply to rules adopted or amended after the bill's enactment.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF0936&ssn=0&y=2025