Relates to consideration of the potential impacts of a proposed rule on small businesses and local governments; requires additional efforts to notify interested small businesses or local governments and/or organizations representing their interests of proposed rules.
Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025This bill expands the primary functions and additional duties of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to include (1) examining the role of small businesses in the international economy, and (2) representing the views and interests of small businesses before foreign governments and international entities to contribute to regulatory and trade initiatives that may affect small businesses.
Requires covered operators to provide written notice of pending placement of persons with developmental disabilities to interested parties; specifies who may be considered an interested party; provides that a residential transition conference shall be held between the interested parties after notice has been given of the proposed placement to discuss the proposal.
Requires regulating bodies provide businesses with notice of new rules and regulations within sixty days of such rule or regulation being filed with the secretary of state; provides businesses are given one hundred eighty days to comply with any such rules or regulations.
Relating to requiring certain governmental entities to allow interested persons to comment on the proposed adoption or revision of certain emergency management plans.
Relating to requiring certain governmental entities to allow interested persons to comment on the proposed adoption or revision of certain emergency management plans.
Establishes the small business working group to identify the twenty-five provisions of law or rules that are most frequently enforced through issuance of notices of violation and most frequently issued to small businesses; requires such working group to evaluate such provisions of law or rules to determine whether changes should be made to such provisions.
Requires agencies preparing economic impact statements for small businesses contain findings that the anticipated compliance costs of a proposed rule scale proportionally with the business size, and do not impose fixed costs that favor larger businesses.
Requires agencies preparing economic impact statements for small businesses contain findings that the anticipated compliance costs of a proposed rule scale proportionally with the business size, and do not impose fixed costs that favor larger businesses.