Bill Text: IL HB4696 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that a State agency may not adopt a new rule unless it simultaneously removes 2 or more existing rules for every new rule adopted. Provides that the State agency may not satisfy the requirement by merging 2 or more existing rules into a single rule. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB4696 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4696-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4696 Introduced , by Rep. Tim Ozinga SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
5 ILCS 100/5-149 new
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that a State agency may not adopt a new rule unless it simultaneously removes 2 or more existing rules for every new rule adopted. Provides that the State agency may not satisfy the requirement by merging 2 or more existing rules into a single rule. Effective immediately.
LRB103 35798 AWJ 65882 b
A BILL FOR
HB4696 LRB103 35798 AWJ 65882 b
AN ACT concerning government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
amended by adding Section 5-149 as follows:
(5 ILCS 100/5-149 new)
Sec. 5-149. Number of rules. A State agency may not adopt a
new rule unless it simultaneously removes 2 or more existing
rules for every new rule adopted. The State agency may not
satisfy this Section by merging 2 or more existing rules into a
single rule.