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WI AB276

Statements of scope for administrative rules. (FE)

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Introduced
05/30/2025
In Committee
05/30/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Under current law, in order to promulgate a rule, an agency must submit a statement of scope for the proposed rule for review by the Department of Administration and approval by the governor. Once the governor approves the statement, the agency must send the approved statement of scope to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register before continuing with the rule promulgation process. A statement of scope expires after 30 months, after which the agency may not promulgate any rule based on that statement of scope that has not been submitted for legislative review by the expiration date. This bill does the following: 1. Limits an agency to promulgating either a permanent or an emergency rule for a given statement of scope and requires the agency to specify in a statement of scope whether it is for a proposed emergency rule or for a proposed permanent rule. 2. Limits an agency to promulgating one permanent rule or one emergency rule per statement of scope. 3. Provides that a statement of scope for an emergency rule expires after six months and provides that when a statement of scope for an emergency rule expires, an agency may not promulgate an emergency rule based upon that statement of scope. The bill retains the 30-month expiration under current law with respect to statements of scope for proposed permanent rules. For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

AI Summary

This bill modifies the process for creating administrative rules in Wisconsin by introducing several key changes to how state agencies develop and implement new regulations. The bill requires agencies to specify whether a statement of scope (a document outlining a proposed rule) is for a permanent or emergency rule, and limits agencies to creating only one permanent rule or one emergency rule per statement of scope. For permanent rules, the existing 30-month expiration period remains unchanged, but for emergency rules, a new six-month expiration period is established. This means that emergency rules must be developed and implemented more quickly, with agencies losing the ability to create an emergency rule if they do not do so within six months of publishing the statement of scope. Additionally, agencies must now prepare separate statements of scope if they intend to create both an emergency and a permanent rule on the same topic. These changes aim to provide more clarity and efficiency in the rule-making process by creating stricter timelines and preventing agencies from using a single statement of scope for multiple rules or prolonging the rule-making process.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (36)

David Armstrong (R)*,  Elijah Behnke (R)*,  Calvin Callahan (R)*,  Alex Dallman (R)*,  Barbara Dittrich (R)*,  Robert Donovan (R)*,  Joy Goeben (R)*,  Chanz Green (R)*,  Rick Gundrum (R)*,  Nate Gustafson (R)*,  Brent Jacobson (R)*,  Dean Kaufert (R)*,  Dan Knodl (R)*,  Dave Maxey (R)*,  Clint Moses (R)*,  Dave Murphy (R)*,  Jeff Mursau (R)*,  Amanda Nedweski (R)*,  Adam Neylon (R)*,  Jerry O'Connor (R)*,  William Penterman (R)*,  Jim Piwowarczyk (R)*,  Jessie Rodriguez (R)*,  Paul Tittl (R)*,  Travis Tranel (R)*,  Ron Tusler (R)*,  Chuck Wichgers (R)*,  Robert Wittke (R)*,  Julian Bradley (R),  Rachael Cabral-Guevara (R),  Dan Feyen (R),  Rob Hutton (R),  Chris Kapenga (R),  Steve Nass (R),  Rob Stafsholt (R),  Cory Tomczyk (R), 

Last Action

Fiscal estimate received (on 06/25/2025)

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