NEWSRELEASE
For Release: March 21, 2008
Utah Acts To Support Small Business Small Businesses Will Benefit From New Regulatory Process WASHINGTON, D.C. – Governor Huntsman and the Utah state legislature have
acted to support Utah’s 236,000 small businesses with the recent passage and
signing of House Bill 53, Impact of Administrative Rules on Small Businesses.
Representative Steve Clark and Senator Mark Madsen co-sponsored the bill. “Governor Huntsman and the Utah legislature have taken a positive step toward
minimizing the regulatory burden on the state’s small businesses,” said Thomas
M. Sullivan, Chief Counsel for Advocacy. The new law requires state agencies to analyze the economic impact of
proposed rules on small business and to consider less burdensome alternatives
that still accomplish the regulatory goal. “This law will absolutely help Utah,” said Rep. Clark. “It will protect small
businesses from costly mandates, and they are at the core of Utah's economy.” The passage and signing of H.B. 53 is a result of Utah’s small business
stakeholders, led by the Utah National Federation of Independent Business,
working together to promote small business. Utah’s new law is based on model
legislation developed by the SBA Office of Advocacy. Similar to the federal
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), the model encourages entrepreneurial success
by requiring state agencies to consider the impact of their regulations on small
business before those regulations become final. “We are pleased that H.B. 53 was passed and signed, because it requires
government entities to take into consideration the time and cost that new
regulations might have on small business,” said Candace Daly, NFIB/Utah State
Director. “Then hopefully they’ll draft the rules so they won’t be so
burdensome.” For more information, visit the Office of Advocacy’s Small Business
Regulatory Flexibility Model Legislation Initiative webpage at
Contact: John McDowell, (202) 205-6941
john.mcdowell@sba.gov
SBA Number: 08-06 ADVO
Press Kit
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The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent voice for small business within the federal government. The presidentially appointed Chief Counsel for Advocacy advances the views, concerns, and interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts, and state policy makers. For more information, visit
www.sba.gov/advo, or call (202) 205-6533.