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This bill amends South Carolina's regulatory procedures to improve transparency, public participation, and oversight of state agency regulations. The bill modifies several key aspects of the state's regulatory process, including requiring agencies to provide all written and oral submissions about proposed regulations to the Small Business Regulatory Review Committee, which now must include at least one member from the agribusiness sector. The bill introduces provisions to pause the 120-day automatic approval period for regulations during emergencies or when the state legislature is not in session, ensuring that the review process can be extended appropriately. Additionally, the bill prohibits agencies from including verbatim statutory text in regulations, which aims to prevent redundancy and improve clarity in regulatory language. The legislation also enhances notice requirements for public hearings, mandating more detailed information about proposed regulations, including fiscal impact statements, rationales, and justification for provisions not required by federal law. These changes are designed to make the regulatory process more transparent, responsive to small businesses, and procedurally rigorous, while providing flexibility during extraordinary circumstances like state emergencies.

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https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=0445&session=126&summary=B