WA People
BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 1673: Business regulatory burden

Reducing the regulatory burden for Washington businesses.

Summary

  • Requires the authority the Legislature delegates to agencies for rulemaking to be construed narrowly.
  • Prohibits agencies from adopting rules unless they are derived from specific grants of legislative authority.
  • Requires the Governor to sign all administrative rules.
  • Creates the Office of Regulatory Reform to help oversee agency rulemaking.
  • Delays the effective date of significant legislative rules until after one legislative session has passed.
  • Expands the counties in which a challenge to an agency action may be filed in superior court.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 1673), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 2005
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Jim Clements (R-14)
Introduced
February 1, 2005 in the House
Last action
January 9, 2006
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to regulatory reform;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Jim Clements (R-14)

31 co-sponsors (0 Democrats, 31 Republicans)

Mike Armstrong R-12Jim Dunn R-17Daniel Newhouse R-15John Serben R-6Joyce McDonald R-25Glenn Anderson R-5John Ahern R-6Cary Condotta R-12Richard Curtis R-18Jim McCune R-2Gary Alexander R-20Barbara Bailey R-10Don Cox R-9Bill Hinkle R-13Jan Shabro R-31Jay Rodne R-5Janéa Holmquist Newbry R-13Lynn Schindler R-4Mary Skinner R-14Jim Buck R-24Joel Kretz R-7Skip Priest R-30Ed Orcutt R-18Doug Ericksen R-42Larry Haler R-8Beverly Woods R-23Dan Kristiansen R-39Chris Strow R-10Larry Crouse R-4Kirk Pearson R-39Gigi Talcott R-28

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. First reading, referred to State Government Operations & Accountability.

HB 1673 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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