A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California a revision of the Constitution of the State, by amending subdivision (b) of Section 8 of, and by adding Section 11.5 to, Article IV thereof, relating to administrative regulations.

The California Constitution provides that the powers of government are legislative, executive, and judicial, and that persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the other powers, with specified exceptions. The California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from making a law except by statute and from enacting a statute except by bill. The Legislature may statutorily authorize an administrative agency to adopt regulations to implement, interpret, or make specific the statutes that the agency is charged with enforcing or administering. This measure would require an administrative agency to submit all regulations to the Legislature for approval. This measure would authorize the Legislature, by means of a concurrent resolution, to approve a regulation adopted by an administrative agency of the state. This measure would also require the Legislature to enact legislation during the first year of the 2015–16 Regular Session to make all statutory changes necessary to conform with the constitutional amendments that would be made by this measure, if it is approved by the voters.