Iowa Governor Orders Comprehensive Review of State Administrative Rules

Scope: State (Iowa)

Branch: Executive

Severity: Green

Date occurred: January 10, 2023

Iowa Executive Order 10, signed January 10, 2023, directs state agencies to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of existing administrative rules. The order establishes a process for agencies to review, justify, and propose revision or rescission of rules adopted under delegated statutory authority.

Constitutional basis: Governor supervising executive agencies' own rules under the state's supreme-executive-power vesting clause; routine, with statutory rulemaking and legislative rules review unchanged.

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