Revision: Jan. 9, 2026, 2:47 p.m.
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
January 8, 2026
2026-0059s
09/08
Amendment to SB 486
Amend RSA 541-A:19, X as inserted by section 24 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
X. [No proposed interim rule shall be adopted unless the committee has voted to approve the proposed interim rule or conditionally approve the proposed interim rule, provided that the committee legal counsel has sent written confirmation to the agency pursuant to RSA 541-A:19, VIII(b).] An adopted interim rule and any [new or amended] form[, or screenshot, mock-up, or prototype of an electronic-only form,] which the rule incorporates by reference or for which the requirements [for which] are set forth in the rule pursuant to RSA 541-A:19, shall be filed with the director [of legislative services] no later than 30 days following committee approval or conditional approval or in the case of a board or commission, 7 days [following] of its next regularly scheduled meeting after committee approval or after receipt of the written confirmation of compliance with a [pursuant to RSA 541-A:19, VIII(b) for a committee] conditional approval. An interim rule shall be effective [under RSA 541-A:16, III] at 12:01 a.m. on the day after filing with the director [of legislative services], or at a later date, provided [the] an agency [so] specifies the date in a letter to the director [of legislative services] and the effective date is within 30 days [following] of committee approval or conditional approval or, in the case of a board or commission, within 7 days following its next regularly scheduled meeting after committee approval or conditional approval [receipt of the written confirmation pursuant to RSA 541-A:19, VIII(b)]. The effective date of an interim rule may fall outside of the 30 and 7 day time periods above if the interim rule is adopted to conform with a new or amended statute or chaptered session law pursuant to RSA 541-A:19, I(a), and the effective date is the same as the effective date of the statute or chaptered session law with which the interim rule is adopted to conform. Interim rules shall be effective for a period [not to exceed] no longer than 180 days except as extended pursuant to RSA 541-A:14-a. During the time an interim rule [shall be] is in effect, the agency may propose a permanent rule to replace the interim rule [once it expires], but it shall not adopt another interim rule to replace [the] an expiring interim rule.