Governor Larry Hogan today signed Executive Order
01.01.2015.20 establishing the Regulatory Reform Commission. The 11 member
commission is charged with conducting a comprehensive review of Maryland’s
regulatory climate in an effort to identify problems that could potentially
impact Maryland’s business environment.
According to the Governor’s press release, public meetings
will be held in various regions of the state in order to study the impact of
Maryland’s regulatory climate on the business community, relevant stakeholders
and the public. Among the subject matter under consideration by the commission:
transportation, environment and land use, health care, business occupations and
licensing, banking and financial services, capital formation insurance, labor
and employment, agriculture, and tourism.
The executive order will remain in effect for a 3-year
period. An annual report will be submitted to the Governor no later than
December 1 of each year.
A link to Governor Hogan’s press release including a list of
those already appointed to the commission can be found here.
