Bill Description: House Bill 914 would implement a 5-year pause on rule-making and fee promulgation by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses. It would also require the department to start the process of transferring most rules to statute.
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Does it increase barriers to entry into the market? Examples include occupational licensure, the minimum wage, and restrictions on home businesses. Conversely, does it remove barriers to entry into the market?
House Bill 914 would create Section 67-2616, Idaho Code, to enact a 5-year moratorium on rulemaking and fees for the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL).
It says, “Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031, the division of occupational and professional licenses, including the administrator of such division and the boards and commissions within such division, shall not be authorized to promulgate any additional administrative rules or to increase any occupational licensing fee.”
However, DOPL would still be allowed to “conduct rulemaking for the purpose of repealing existing regulations or removing a regulatory burden.”
This is the correct direction: government regulations may be removed, but not added.
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Does it in any way restrict public access to information related to government activity or otherwise compromise government transparency, accountability, or election integrity? Conversely, does it increase public access to information related to government activity or increase government transparency, accountability, or election integrity?
The bill would also create Section 67-2617, Idaho Code, to require that, before the next Legislative Session, DOPL submit to LSO “proposed legislation that transfers all division of occupational and professional licenses administrative rule chapters less than eight (8) pages into statute.”
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