| Chapter 422 |
| 2026 -- H 8297 Enacted 06/23/2026 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES |
Introduced By: Representatives Read, Noret, and McGaw |
| Date Introduced: March 13, 2026 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 42-35-4.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-35 entitled |
| "Administrative Procedures" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 42-35-4.1. Refiling of rules and regulations Confirmation of effective rules and |
| regulations. |
| (a) Each agency shall, on or before January 2, 2002 on the first Tuesday in January of every |
| successive fifth year, according to a schedule and process specified by the secretary of state, file |
| with the secretary of state an electronic list of notice listing all its lawfully adopted rules that are in |
| force on the date of the filing said notice attesting that all its lawfully adopted rules have been |
| reviewed by the agency and thereby confirm all its lawfully adopted rules shall remain effective as |
| previously promulgated. Notwithstanding the electronic notice and the filing thereof as prescribed |
| in this section, any adoption, amendment, repeal, or other promulgation activity, as defined in § 42- |
| 35-1, shall be undertaken only in accordance with the rulemaking process set forth in this chapter. |
| (b) Each agency shall give notice thirty (30) days prior to refiling any rule or regulation in |
| order to comply with this section. Each agency shall also give notice, thirty (30) days prior to that |
| agency’s due date for refiling, of which rules and regulations it shall not be refiling. The notices |
| shall include a statement of the intended action and a description of the subjects and issues involved. |
| The public notice of the refile shall be provided to all persons who have made timely request of the |
| agency for advance notice of its rulemaking proceedings, and published in a newspaper, or |
| newspapers, having aggregate general circulation throughout the state. |
| (c) Agency compliance with this section shall be coordinated in accordance with a schedule |
| established by the secretary of state for agency refiling of rules. |
| SECTION 2. Section 42-35-4.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-35 entitled |
| "Administrative Procedures" is hereby repealed. |
| 42-35-4.2. Periodic refiling of rules and regulations. |
| All rules on file with the secretary of state pursuant to § 42-35-4.1 shall be refiled on the |
| first Tuesday in January 2007 and on the first Tuesday in January of every successive fifth year. |
| SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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