{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-13a.290","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 13A.290","heading":"Review by Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee -- Review by","body":"legislative committee.\n(1) (a) Except as provided by KRS 158.6471 and 158.6472, the Administrative\nRegulation Review Subcommittee shall meet monthly to review\nadministrative regulations prior to close of business on the fifteenth day of the\ncalendar month.\n(b) The agenda shall:\n1. Include each administrative regulation that completed the public\ncomment process;\n2. Include each administrative regulation for which a statement  of\nconsideration was received on or before 12 noon, eastern time, on the\nfifteenth day of the prior calendar month;\n3. Include each effective administrative regulation or administrative\nregulation filed with the Commission that the subcommittee has decide d\nto review pursuant to KRS 13A.030(3);\n4. Include each administrative regulation required to be on the agenda\npursuant to KRS 13A.030(4);\n5. Include each administrative regulation that was deferred from the prior\nmonth's meeting of the subcommittee; and\n6. Not include an administrative regulation that is deferred, withdrawn,\nexpired, or automatically taken off the agenda under the provisions of\nthis chapter, unless it is being reviewed pursuant to KRS 13A.030(3) or\n(4).\n(c) Review of an administrative regulation shall include the entire administrative\nregulation and all attachments filed with the administrative regulation. The\nreview of amendments to existing administrative regulations shall not be\nlimited to only the changes  proposed by the promulgating administrative\nbody.\n(2) The meetings shall be open to the public.\n(3) Public notice of the time, date, and place of the Administrative Regulation Review\nSubcommittee meeting shall be given in the Administrative Register.\n(4) (a) A representative of the administrative body for an administrative regulation\non the agenda shall be present to explain the administrative regulation and to\nanswer questions thereon.\n(b) If a representative of an administrative body with authority to am end, defer,\nand answer questions about a filed ordinary or emergency administrative\nregulation that is on the agenda for full review fails to appear before the\nsubcommittee, the subcommittee may:\n1. Defer the administrative regulation to the next regularly  scheduled\nmeeting of the subcommittee; and\n2. Make a determination pursuant to KRS 13A.030(2), (3), and (4) or\n13A.190(3).\n(c) If a representative of an administrative body with authority to defer and\nanswer questions about an administrative regulation th at was placed on the\nagenda for informational review pursuant to KRS 13A.030(3) or (4) fails to\nappear before the subcommittee, the subcommittee may:\n1. Defer the informational review of the administrative regulation to the\nnext regularly scheduled meeting of the subcommittee; and\n2. Make a determination pursuant to KRS 13A.030(2), (3), and (4) or\n13A.190(3).\n(5) Following the meeting and before the next regularly scheduled meeting of the\nCommission, the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee shall f orward to\nthe Commission its findings, recommendations, or other comments it deems\nappropriate in writing. The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee's\nfindings shall be published in the Administrative Register.\n(6) (a) After review by the Administr ative Regulation Review Subcommittee, the\nCommission shall, on the first Wednesday of the following month, or if the\nfirst Wednesday is a legal holiday, the next workday of the month:\n1. Assign a filed administrative regulation to a legislative committee w ith\nsubject matter jurisdiction if the administrative regulation was on the\nagenda for full review pursuant to subsection (1)(b)1., 2., or 5. of this\nsection; and\n2. Not assign a filed administrative regulation to a legislative committee\nwith subject matte r jurisdiction if the administrative regulation was\nsolely on the agenda for informational review pursuant to KRS\n13A.030(3) or (4).\n(b) Upon notification of the assignment by the Commission, the legislative\ncommittee to which the administrative regulation  is assigned shall notify the\nregulations compiler:\n1. Of the date, time, and place of the meeting at which it will consider the\nadministrative regulation; or\n2. That it will not meet to consider the administrative regulation.\n(7) (a) Within ninety (90) days of the assignment, the legislative committee may hold\na public meeting during which the administrative regulation shall be\nreviewed.\n(b) If the ninetieth day of the assignment falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday,\nthe deadline for review shall be the  workday following the Saturday, Sunday,\nor holiday.\n(c) 1. If the administrative regulation is assigned to an interim joint committee\nand a session of the General Assembly begins during the review period,\nthe assignment shall transfer to the Senate and Ho use standing\ncommittees with subject matter jurisdiction.\n2. If the administrative regulation is assigned to Senate and House standing\ncommittees and a session of the General Assembly adjourns sine die\nduring the review period, the assignment shall transfe r to the interim\njoint committee with subject matter jurisdiction.\n3. An administrative regulation may be transferred more than one (1) time\nunder this paragraph. A transfer shall not extend the review period\nestablished by this subsection.\n(d) Notice of t he time, date, and place of the meeting shall be placed in the\nlegislative calendar.\n(8) Except as provided in subsection (9) of this section, a legislative committee shall be\nempowered to make the same determinations and to exercise the same authority as\nthe Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee, including all powers and\nrestrictions relating to informational reviews conducted under KRS 13A.030(3) or\n(4).\n(9) (a) This subsection shall apply to ordinary and emergency administrative\nregulations filed with the Commission and reviewed pursuant to subsection\n(7) of this section.\n(b) A majority of the entire membership of the legislative committee shall\nconstitute a quorum for purposes of reviewing administrative regulations.\n(c) In order to amend an administrative regulation pursuant to KRS 13A.320,\ndefer an administrative regulation pursuant to KRS 13A.300, or find an\nadministrative regulation deficient pursuant to KRS 13A.030(2), (3), or (4) or\n13A.190(3), the motion to amend, defer, or find deficient shall be approved by\na majority of the entire membership of the legislative committee.\nAdditionally, during a session of the General Assembly, standing committees\nof the S enate and House of Representatives shall agree in order to amend an\nadministrative regulation, defer an administrative regulation, or find an\nadministrative regulation deficient by:\n1. Meeting separately; or\n2. Meeting jointly. If the standing committees m eet jointly, it shall require\na majority vote of Senate members voting and a majority of House\nmembers voting, as well as the majority vote of the entire membership\nof the standing committees meeting jointly, in order to take action on the\nadministrative regulation.\n(10) (a) The quorum requirements of subsection (9)(b) of this section shall apply to an\neffective or filed administrative regulation that is under informational review\nby a legislative committee pursuant to subsection (8) of this section and KRS\n13A.030(3) or (4).\n(b) A motion to defer the informational review of an administrative regulation or\nfind the administrative regulation deficient shall be approved by:\n1. A majority of the entire membership of the Administrative Regulation\nReview Subcommittee; or\n2. A legislative committee in accordance with subsection (9)(c) of this\nsection.\n(11) (a) Upon adjournment of the meeting at which a legislative committee has\nconsidered an administrative regulation pursuant to subsection (7) or (10) of\nthis section, the legislative committee shall inform the regulations compiler of\nits findings, recommendations, or other action taken on the administrative\nregulation.\n(b) Following the meeting and before the next regularly scheduled meeting of the\nCommission, the l egislative committee shall forward to the Commission its\nfindings, recommendations, or other comments it deems appropriate in\nwriting. The legislative committee's findings shall be published in the\nAdministrative Register.","path":["KRS Chapter 13A"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56297","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:30Z","sha256":"60e2b0c4f0e030c36e6c40ea61ff05df702fbba3251ef95af69ed6e60f227096","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-13a.280","next":"us-ky/krs-13a.300"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}