§ 14.126 — Committee Authority Over Rule Adoption
Plain-Language Summary
If both the House and Senate committees that oversee a subject area vote against a proposed agency rule, the agency cannot adopt that rule until the legislature finishes its next session. This gives the legislature a chance to address the issue. The committee vote must happen after the rulemaking notice is published but before the rule is officially adopted.
14.126 COMMITTEE AUTHORITY OVER RULE ADOPTION.
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Subdivision 1.Delay action.
If the standing committee of the house of representatives and the standing committee of the senate with jurisdiction over the subject matter of a proposed rule both vote to advise an agency that a proposed rule should not be adopted as proposed, the agency may not adopt the rule until the legislature adjourns the annual legislative session that began after the vote of the committees. The speaker of the house and the president of the senate shall determine if a standing committee has jurisdiction over a rule before a committee may act under this section. §
Subd. 2.Vote.
A committee vote under this section must be by a majority of the committee. The vote may occur any time after the publication of the rulemaking notice under section 14.14, subdivision 1a, 14.22, 14.389, subdivision 2, or 14.3895, subdivision 3, and before notice of adoption is published in the State Register under section 14.18, 14.27, 14.389, subdivision 3, or 14.3895, subdivision 3. A committee voting under this section shall notify the agency, the revisor of statutes, and the chief administrative law judge of the vote as soon as possible. The committee shall publish notice of the vote in the State Register as soon as possible.
History:
**NOTE: **The Office of Administrative Hearings has been renamed the Court of Administrative Hearings. This terminology change will be implemented in the 2026 Statutes. Laws 2025, chapter 39, article 2, sections 17 and 68.
History: History: 2001 c 179 s 5