With the new federal efficiency making international headlines, Florida State Assemblyman Tiffany Esposito, a Republican from Lee County, has introduced a bill that creates “Florida Doge” or “Florge.” did.
“Florida will continue to lead the #Doge movement,” Esposito said in a social post. “We cut off the deficits that are hindering the entrepreneurs. I would like to thank Chairman Toby Overdorf for inviting me to present HB305 to the Joint Management Procedures Committee.”
Esposito said Florida has more than 170,000 regulatory restrictions and it intends to streamline these with the bill.
“Rules and regulations are troubling for our business, right? For example, time is time and time is money,” Esposito said. “So I don’t think that by saving government money, we don’t need to look at all the administrative parts, all of those rules and regulations, but more importantly, our business money It’s about saving money and saving Florida and taxpayers.”
Esposito’s bill, HB 305, is gaining momentum as Esposito’s representative partners with the Senators to move it forward. With legislative sessions expected to begin in just a few days, lawmakers supporting the bill are preparing to present it to the committee.
Here’s a summary of the bill:
Administrative Procedure: Issuing guidance documents or other statements without express statutory mandate to specify that is an invalid exercise to issue such guidance. A proposal or statement of estimated regulatory costs for existing rules is required. A retrospective cost benefit analysis of the specified rule after the specified period is required. It requires disclosure of the materials used to generate regulatory costs estimates in the specified way. Provides additional requirements for cost analysis. Revise the requirements for JPAC to review rules. Additional information must be published in the FAC. It provides for rules to expire after a specified period, unless read. Provides requirements for the read process. Provide exceptions to expiration dates and review of such exemption rules is required. Provides a limited extension of expiration in certain circumstances. It provides that parties subject to enforcement action may challenge actions based on the institution’s lack of legal authority in the regulations or guidance documents. It provides for issues with rules due to failure to comply with designated regulations.
