HB 2057 — An Act amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, further providing for definitions, for proposed regulations and procedures for review, for final-form regulations and final-omitted regulations and procedures for review, for procedures for subsequent review of disapproved final-form or final-omitted regulations, for existing regulations and for regulations, annual reports, hearings and advisory group meetings.

PRINTER'S NO.    2635

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2057
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY GROVE, CUTLER, STAATS, STENDER, GREINER,
        STAMBAUGH, FLEMING AND ZIMMERMAN, NOVEMBER 19, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS AND
        OPERATIONS, NOVEMBER 19, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), entitled
 2      "An act providing for independent oversight and review of
 3      regulations, creating an Independent Regulatory Review
 4      Commission, providing for its powers and duties and making
 5      repeals," further providing for definitions, for proposed
 6      regulations and procedures for review, for final-form
 7      regulations and final-omitted regulations and procedures for
 8      review, for procedures for subsequent review of disapproved
 9      final-form or final-omitted regulations, for existing
10      regulations and for regulations, annual reports, hearings and
11      advisory group meetings.
12      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13   hereby enacts as follows:
14      Section 1.    Section 3 of the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633,
15   No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, is amended by
16   adding a definition to read:
17   Section 3.   Definitions.
18      The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
19   have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
20   meanings given to them in this section:
21      * * *
22      "Bicameral Committee on Regulatory Review."    The Bicameral
 1   Committee on Regulatory Review established under section
 2   11(a.1).
 3      * * *
 4      Section 2.      Section 5(b) of the act is amended and subsection
 5   (a) is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
 6   Section 5.      Proposed regulations; procedures for review.
 7      (a)     On the same date that an agency submits a proposed
 8   regulation to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication
 9   of notice of proposed rulemaking in the Pennsylvania Bulletin as
10   required by the Commonwealth Documents Law, the agency shall
11   submit to the commission and the committees a copy of the
12   proposed regulation and a regulatory analysis form which
13   includes the following:
14            * * *
15            (15)    A list of relevant stakeholders, along with the
16      stakeholders' contact information, who would be impacted by
17      the regulation.
18      (b)     The requirements of subsection (a) shall not diminish
19   the requirements of section 201 of the Commonwealth Documents
20   Law, but the information required by this section may be
21   included in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published in the
22   Pennsylvania Bulletin in lieu of the information required by
23   paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 201 of the Commonwealth
24   Documents Law. The agency shall hold a public comment period
25   which shall commence with the publication of the notice of
26   proposed rulemaking and shall continue for not less than 30 days
27   unless section 203(1) or (2) of the Commonwealth Documents Law
28   applies. Prior to the end of the public comment period, the
29   commission shall provide notice of the rulemaking to the list of
30   stakeholders provided by the agency under subsection (a)(15).

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 1      * * *
 2      Section 3.     Section 5.1 of the act is amended by adding a
 3   subsection to read:
 4   Section 5.1.    Final-form regulations and final-omitted
 5                 regulations; procedures for review.
 6      * * *
 7      (b.1)     The commission shall provide notice of the final
 8   rulemaking to the list of stakeholders provided by the agency
 9   under section 5(a)(15).
10      * * *
11      Section 4.     Sections 7(b), (c), (c.1) and (d), 8.1 and 11 of
12   the act are amended to read:
13   Section 7.    Procedures for subsequent review of disapproved
14                 final-form or final-omitted regulations.
15      * * *
16      (b)   If the agency decides to adopt the final-form or final-
17   omitted regulation without revisions or further modifications,
18   the agency shall submit a report to the committees and the
19   commission within [40] 30 days of the agency's receipt of the
20   commission's disapproval order. The agency's report shall
21   contain the final-form or final-omitted regulation, the
22   commission's disapproval order and the agency's response and
23   recommendations regarding the final-form or final-omitted
24   regulation. If the committees are prevented from receiving the
25   report because of adjournment sine die or expiration of the
26   legislative session in an even-numbered year, the agency shall
27   submit its report to the commission and the committees on the
28   fourth Monday in January of the next year. If either committee
29   has not been designated by the fourth Monday in January, the
30   agency may not deliver the report to the committees and the

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 1   commission until both committees are designated, but the agency
 2   shall deliver its report to the commission and the committees no
 3   later than the second Monday after the date by which both
 4   committee designations have been published in the Pennsylvania
 5   Bulletin. If the agency does not deliver the report to the
 6   committees and the commission in the time prescribed in this
 7   subsection, the agency shall be deemed to have withdrawn the
 8   final-form or final-omitted regulation.
 9      (c)   If the agency decides to revise or modify the final-form
10   or final-omitted regulation in order to respond to objections
11   raised by the commission and adopt that regulation with
12   revisions or modifications, the agency shall submit a report to
13   the committees and the commission within [40] 20 days of the
14   agency's receipt of the commission's disapproval order. The
15   agency's report shall contain the revised final-form or final-
16   omitted regulation, the findings of the commission, and the
17   agency's response and recommendations regarding the revised
18   final-form or final-omitted regulation. If the committees are
19   prevented from receiving the report because of adjournment sine
20   die or expiration of the legislative session in an even-numbered
21   year, the agency shall submit the report to the commission and
22   the committees on the fourth Monday in January of the next year.
23   If either committee has not been designated by the fourth Monday
24   in January, the agency may not deliver the report to the
25   committees and the commission until both committees are
26   designated, but the agency shall deliver its report to the
27   commission and the committees no later than the second Monday
28   after the date by which both committee designations have been
29   published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. If the agency does not
30   deliver its report to the commission and the committees in the

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 1   time prescribed in this subsection, the agency shall be deemed
 2   to have withdrawn the final-form or final-omitted regulation.
 3      (c.1)   The commission may have until its next scheduled
 4   meeting, which occurs no less than [15] 10 days from receipt of
 5   the agency's report to approve or disapprove the agency's
 6   report. The commission shall deliver its approval or disapproval
 7   order to the committees for consideration by the General
 8   Assembly pursuant to subsection (d). If the commission is
 9   prevented from delivering its order to the committees within the
10   time period provided for in this subsection because of the
11   adjournment sine die or expiration of the legislative session in
12   an even-numbered year, the commission shall deliver its order on
13   the fourth Monday of January of the next year. If either
14   committee has not been designated by the fourth Monday in
15   January, the commission may not deliver its order to the
16   committees until both committees are designated, but the
17   commission shall deliver its order no later than the second
18   Monday after the date by which both committee designations have
19   been published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. If the commission
20   does not deliver its order disapproving the agency's report and
21   revised final-form or final-omitted regulation in the time
22   prescribed by this subsection, the commission shall be deemed to
23   have approved the agency's report and the revised final-form or
24   final-omitted regulation.
25      (d)   Upon receipt of the commission's order pursuant to
26   subsection (c.1) or at the expiration of the commission's review
27   period if the commission does not act on the regulation or does
28   not deliver its order pursuant to subsection (c.1), one or both
29   of the committees may, within 14 calendar days, report to the
30   House of Representatives or Senate a concurrent resolution and

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 1   notify the agency. During the 14-calendar-day period, the agency
 2   may not promulgate the final-form or final-omitted regulation.
 3   If, by the expiration of the 14-calendar-day period, neither
 4   committee reports a concurrent resolution, the committees shall
 5   be deemed to have approved the final-form or final-omitted
 6   regulation, and the agency may promulgate that regulation. If
 7   either committee reports a concurrent resolution before the
 8   expiration of the 14-day period, the Senate and the House of
 9   Representatives shall each have [30] 20 calendar days or ten
10   legislative days, whichever is longer, from the date on which
11   the concurrent resolution has been reported, to adopt the
12   concurrent resolution. If the General Assembly adopts the
13   concurrent resolution by majority vote in both the Senate and
14   the House of Representatives, the concurrent resolution shall be
15   presented to the Governor in accordance with section 9 of
16   Article III of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. If the Governor
17   does not return the concurrent resolution to the General
18   Assembly within ten calendar days after it is presented, the
19   Governor shall be deemed to have approved the concurrent
20   resolution. If the Governor vetoes the concurrent resolution,
21   the General Assembly may override that veto by a two-thirds vote
22   in each house. The Senate and the House of Representatives shall
23   each have [30] 20 calendar days or ten legislative days,
24   whichever is longer, to override the veto. If the General
25   Assembly does not adopt the concurrent resolution or override
26   the veto in the time prescribed in this subsection, it shall be
27   deemed to have approved the final-form or final-omitted
28   regulation. Notice as to any final disposition of a concurrent
29   resolution considered in accordance with this section shall be
30   published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The bar on promulgation

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 1   of the final-form or final-omitted regulation shall continue
 2   until that regulation has been approved or deemed approved in
 3   accordance with this subsection. If the General Assembly adopts
 4   the concurrent resolution and the Governor approves or is deemed
 5   to have approved the concurrent resolution or if the General
 6   Assembly overrides the Governor's veto of the concurrent
 7   resolution, the agency shall be barred from promulgating the
 8   final-form or final-omitted regulation. If the General Assembly
 9   does not adopt the concurrent resolution or if the Governor
10   vetoes the concurrent resolution and the General Assembly does
11   not override the Governor's veto, the agency may promulgate the
12   final-form or final-omitted regulation. The General Assembly
13   may, at its discretion, adopt a concurrent resolution
14   disapproving the final-form or final-omitted regulation to
15   indicate the intent of the General Assembly but permit the
16   agency to promulgate that regulation.
17   Section 8.1.   Existing regulations.
18      (a)   The commission, on its motion or at the request of any
19   person or member of the General Assembly, may review any
20   existing regulation which has been in effect for at least three
21   years. If a committee of the Senate or the House of
22   Representatives requests a review of an existing regulation, the
23   commission shall perform the review and shall assign it high
24   priority. The commission may submit recommendations to an agency
25   recommending changes in existing regulations if it finds the
26   existing regulations to be contrary to the public interest under
27   the criteria established in section 5.2. The commission may also
28   make recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor
29   for statutory changes if the commission finds that any existing
30   regulation may be contrary to the public interest.

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 1      (b)   (1)    An agency shall rescind a regulation if the
 2      statutory authorization for the regulation is:
 3                  (i)    repealed;
 4                  (ii)    expired; or
 5                  (iii)    invalidated by court order.
 6            (2)   For a regulation rescinded under paragraph (1), the
 7      agency shall:
 8                  (i)    publish notice of the rescinded regulation in
 9            the next available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin;
10            and
11                  (ii)    transmit notice of the rescinded regulation to
12            the appropriate standing committees of the Senate and the
13            House of Representatives.
14   Section 11.     Regulations; regulatory review; annual reports;
15                  hearings and advisory group meetings.
16      (a)   The commission, in the performance of its functions
17   under this act, has the power to promulgate and enforce
18   regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
19   Regulations must be promulgated in accordance with the
20   procedures established in the Commonwealth Documents Law. The
21   regulations shall provide for the commission's notification of
22   filings of final-form and final-omitted regulations to parties
23   likely to be affected by the final-form and final-omitted
24   regulations through publication of a notice in the Pennsylvania
25   Bulletin. Prior to the regulations taking effect, the
26   requirements of this act must be satisfied. For the purposes of
27   reviewing the regulations of the commission and otherwise
28   satisfying the requirements of this act, the [Joint] Bicameral
29   Committee on [Documents] Regulatory Review shall exercise the
30   rights and perform the functions of the commission, and the

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 1   commission shall exercise the rights and perform the functions
 2   of an agency under this act.
 3      (a.1)   (1)       The Bicameral Committee on Regulatory Review is
 4      established as an agency of the General Assembly, which shall
 5      consist of the following members:
 6                  (i)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
 7            Intergovernmental Operations Committee of the Senate.
 8                  (ii)    The chairperson and minority chairperson of the
 9            State Government Committee of the House of
10            Representatives.
11            (2)   The members of the bicameral committee shall serve
12      without compensation other than reimbursement for travel and
13      other actual expenses incurred in the performance of their
14      duties. Reimbursement of expenses shall be paid by the
15      legislative chamber to which the member is elected.
16            (3)   Three members of the bicameral committee shall
17      constitute a quorum, and the committee shall select from
18      among its members a chairperson and a vice chairperson, and
19      shall elect a secretary who need not be a member of the
20      committee.
21            (4)   The bicameral committee shall exercise the powers
22      and perform the duties vested in and imposed upon it by this
23      act and any other powers and duties vested in and imposed
24      upon the committee by law.
25      (b)   On or before April 1, the commission shall file an
26   annual report of its activities for the prior calendar year with
27   the Governor and the General Assembly.
28      (c)   The commission may hold public hearings on any matter
29   before the commission and may meet with advisory groups
30   regarding matters before the commission.

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1     Section 5.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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