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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
agencies; statutory authority
Purpose
Expands the scope of review by the Administrative Rules Oversight Committee (Committee) to include determining whether a statute, rule, agency practice or substantive policy statement is beyond an agency's statutory authority.
Background
Arizona's Regulatory Bill of Rights allows a person to file a complaint with the Committee concerning: 1) a rule's, practice's or substantive policy statement's lack of conformity with statute or legislative intent; or 2) an existing statute, rule, practice alleged to constitute a rule or substantive policy statement that is alleged to be duplicative or onerous.
Established in 2009, the Committee is an 11-member committee that has oversight over any rules, with exceptions. The Committee may review any proposed or final rule, expedited rule, agency practice or substantive policy statement for conformity with statute and legislative intent. The Committee may hold hearings on whether a rule or agency practice or substantive policy statement is consistent with statute and legislative intent. The Committee may comment to the agency, the Attorney General (AG) or the Governor's Regulatory Review Council (GRRC) on whether the rule or agency practice or substantive policy statement is consistent with statute or legislative intent. The Committee may designate a representative to testify before GRRC and GRRC must consider the comments of the Committee testimony.
The Committee must receive complaints concerning statutes, rules, agency practices and substantive policy statements that are alleged to be duplicative or onerous. The Committee may review any statutes, rules, agency practices or policy statements alleged to be duplicative or onerous and hold hearings regarding the allegations. The Committee may comment to an agency, the AG, GRRC or the Legislature whether the statutes, rules, agency practices or policy statements are duplicative or onerous and include recommendations for alleviating the duplicative or onerous aspects. The Committee must annually report to the Legislature by December 1 of each year recommending legislation to alleviate the effects of duplicative or onerous statutes, rules, agency practices and policy statements (A.R.S. §§ 41-1001.01; 41-1046; 41-1047; and 41-1048).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires the Committee to review whether a statute, rule, agency practice or policy statement is beyond an agency's statutory authority, in addition to being duplicative or onerous.
2. Makes technical and conforming changes.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 16, 2026
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