Senate Bill 14
Relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose regulatory requirements and the deference given to the interpretation of laws and rules by state agencies in certain judicial proceedings.
Bill facts
Bill facts
- Authors
- King; Bettencourt; Blanco; Campbell; Creighton; Flores; Hagenbuch; Hinojosa, Adam; Huffman; Hughes; Kolkhorst; Middleton; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Sparks.
- Companion
- HB 10 by Capriglione, Similar.
- Last action
- April 23, 2025. Effective on 9/1/25.
- Version analyzed
- Enrolled, posted April 9, 2025.
- Subjects
- Business & Commerce, Courts, Governor, State Agencies, Boards & Commissions.
Bottom line
Bottom line
This version of SB14 creates the Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office in the governor's office to help agencies identify and reduce unnecessary rules, with an optional advisory panel exempt from Chapter 2110. It adds a statewide rules-search website and plain-language proposed rule text, and directs courts to decide questions of law without deferring to agency legal determinations, though they may consider reasonable ones. The strongest ratings are +1 Moderate on Judicial predictability and forum stability and on Regulatory streamlining, sunset, and periodic review. The ratings point both ways: Public records access rates +1 Small, while Spending growth (the office's cost) and Sunset review (the panel exemption) each rate -1 Small.