PRINTER'S NO. 228
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
257
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, PYLE, RYAN, ROAE, KAUFFMAN, ROWE, JAMES,
OBERLANDER, KEEFER, MOUL AND GLEIM, JANUARY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 26, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), entitled
"An act providing for independent oversight and review of
regulations, creating an Independent Regulatory Review
Commission, providing for its powers and duties and making
repeals," further providing for definitions and for
classification of documents.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633,
No.181), known as the Regulatory Review Act, is amended by
adding a definition to read:
Section 3. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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"Regulated entity." Any individual, person, organization or
corporation that engages in an activity in this Commonwealth
that requires regulatory approval by an agency.
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Section 2. Section 7.1 of the act is amended to read:
Section 7.1. Classification of documents.
If the commission [or], a committee or a regulated entity
finds that a published or unpublished document should be
promulgated as a regulation, the commission [or], committee or
regulated entity may present the matter to the Joint Committee
on Documents. The Joint Committee on Documents shall determine
whether the document should be promulgated as a regulation and
may order an agency either to promulgate the document as a
regulation within 180 days or to desist from the use of the
document in the business of the agency.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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