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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026

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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

     Referred To: House State Government & Elections

     (Secretary of State)

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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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ADMINISTRATIVE

PROCEDURES

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     This act would amend the refiling process for rules and regulations under the administrative

procedures act by implementing a confirmation and attestation system to confirm agency rules and

regulations are active and effective and would repeal the section of law relating to periodic refiling

of rules and regulations.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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