STate rulemaking PROCESSES

This page has the statutes that regulate rulemaking and the processes.  Attached is a summary for each state based on the statutes.

Alabama

(Alabama Administrative Procedure Act: Code of Alabama Title 41 Chapter 22)

 
Alaska

(Alaska Administrative Procedure Act: Alaska Statutes 44.62)

Arizona

(Arizona Administrative Procedure Act: ARS 41-1001-41-1093.07)

Arkansas

(Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act: ACA 25-15-201 et. seq.)

California

(California Administrative Procedure Act: Government Code Title 2, Division 3, Part 1, Chapter 3.5)

Colorado

(Colorado Administrative Procedure Act: CRS 24-4)

Connecticut

(Connecticut Administrative Procedure Act: 4 CAS Chapter 54)

 
Delaware

(Delaware Administrative Procedure Act: 29 Del. Laws Chapter 101)

Florida

(Florida Administrative Procedure Act: 10 FS Part X, Ch. 120)

Georgia

(Georgia Administrative Procedure Act: O.C.G.A. Title 50, Ch. 13)


 

Hawaii

(Hawaii Administrative Procedure Act: 8 HRSA Chapter 91)

 

Idaho

(Idaho Administrative Procedure Act: 67 Idaho Code Chapter 52)

 

Illinois

(Illinois Administrative Procedure Act: 5 ILCS 100)



 

Indiana

(Indiana Administrative Procedure Act: IC 4-21.5, 4-22)

Iowa

(Iowa Administrative Procedure Act: I Iowa Code Chapter 17A)

Kansas

(Kansas Administrative Procedure Act: KSA 77-415 to 77-438)

Kentucky

(Kentucky Administrative Procedure Act: KRS Chapter 13A)

Louisiana

(Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act: LRS 49:950 – 49:999.25)

Maine

(Maine Administrative Procedure Act: 5 MRSA §8001 - §11008)





 

Maryland

 (Maryland Administrative Procedure Act: Maryland Code State Government Title 10, Subtitle 1)

Massachusetts

(Massachusetts Administrative Procedure Act: Mass. General Laws, Part I, Title III, Chapter 30A)

Michigan

(Michigan Administrative Procedures Act of 1969: Act 306 of 1969)

Minnesota

(Minnesota Administrative Procedure Act: Minnesota Statutes Chapter 14)

Mississippi

(Mississippi Administrative Procedure Law: Miss. Code Ann. Title 25 Chapter 43)

Missouri

(Missouri Administrative Procedure and Review: R.S. of MO Title XXXVI, Chapter 536)

Montana

(Montana Administrative Procedure Act: Montana Code Ann. Title 2, Chapter 4)

Nebraska

(Nebraska Administrative Procedure Act: Nebraska Rev. Stat. 84-901 et. al.)

Nevada

(Nevada Administrative Procedure Act: Nevada Rev. Stat. Chapter 233B)

New Hampshire

(New Hampshire Administrative Procedure Act: New Hampshire Stat. 541-A)

New Jersey

(New Jersey Administrative Procedure Act: N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq.)

New Mexico

(New Mexico Administrative Procedures Act: NMSA Chapter 12, Article 8)

New York

(New York Administrative Procedure Act: New York Statutes SAP)

North Carolina

(North Carolina Administrative Procedure Act: North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 150B)

North Dakota

(North Dakota Administrative Agencies Practice Act: N.D.C.C. Chapter 28-32)

Ohio

(Ohio: ORC 111.15 or Chapter 119)

Oklahoma

(Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act: Oklahoma Statutes §75-250 et. al.)

Oregon

(Oregon Administrative Procedure Act: Oklahoma Statutes Title 18, Chapter 183)

Pennsylvania

(Pennsylvania Common Documents Act, The Administrative Code of 1929, Commonwealth Attorneys Act, Regulatory Review Act)


 

Rhode Island

(Rhode Island Administrative Procedure Act: R.I. Statutes 42-35)

South Carolina

(South Carolina state agency rulemaking: S.C. Code of Laws 1-23-10 to 1-23-160)

South Dakota

(South Dakota Administrative Procedures Act: South Dakota Codified Law Chapter 1-26)



 

Tennessee

(Tennessee Uniform Administrative Procedures Act: Tennessee Code Annotated Title 4, Chapter 5)

Texas

(Texas Administrative Procedure Act: TX Government Code §§ 2001.0225 through 2001.041; Negotiated Rulemaking Act: Texas Government Code § 2008)

Utah

(Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act: Utah Code Title 63G, Chapter 3)    

Vermont

(Vermont Administrative Procedure Act: Title 3 Vermont Statutes Ann. Chapter 25)




 

Virginia

(Virginia Administrative Process Act: Code of Virginia § 2.2-4000 et seq.)

Washington

(Washington Administrative Procedure Act: Revised Code of Washington Chapter 34.05)



 

West Virginia

(West Virginia Administrative Procedures Act: West Virginia Code Chapter 29A)

Wisconsin

(Wisconsin Administrative Procedure: Wis. Stat. Chapter 227; Executive Order #50, 2011)

Wyoming

(Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act: Wyoming Statutes §§ 16-3-101 to 16-3-115; 28-9-101 to 28-9-108)