Arizona governor renews moratorium on new state regulations (2019)

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Arizona governor renews moratorium on new state regulations (2019)

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) issued an executive order on January 9, 2019, that renewed a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking by state agencies for 2019. The moratorium is aimed at facilitating innovation and job growth in the state while curbing state government expansion, according to the governor’s office. Ducey has renewed the moratorium each year since he first issued the executive order after assuming office in 2015.[1]

“As Arizonans navigate the free market, the last thing they need is for government to get in the way,” said Ducey in a press release. “Reducing regulatory burdens on businesses in Arizona is essential to growth, and I want all of our current and aspiring entrepreneurs to know that Arizona will continue to encourage your success, not stand in your way.”[1]

Ducey is following in the steps of his predecessor, former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R), who issued an executive order prohibiting new state regulations in 2009 and renewed the moratorium each year through 2014. Ducey also launched RedTape.AZ.Gov, a website that allows Arizona residents to provide input on improving or eliminating state regulations, in 2017.[1]

The Arizona state government eliminated or repealed 422 regulations in 2018 and 676 regulations in 2017. The total 1,098 repealed regulations over the two-year period resulted in $79 million in cost savings for Arizona businesses, according to the governor’s office.[1]

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