(a) The department or another state agency may make a conforming rule change without complying with the rulemaking procedure specified in Article 5 (commencing with Section 11346) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, if the rule change meets all of the requirements of this section.

(b) To proceed under this section, the department or agency shall submit all of the following to the Office of Administrative Law:

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(1) A completed and signed form STD 400.

(2) A statement declaring that each proposed rule change in the submission is a conforming rule change.

(3) A copy of the text of each regulation to be changed, with strikeout and underscore showing the changes.

(c) On receipt of a submission described in subdivision (b), the Office of Administrative Law shall file the changed regulations with the Secretary of State and have them published in the California Code of Regulations.

(d) For the purposes of this section, a “conforming rule change” means a rule change that deletes a reference to a provision of former Chapter 6.8 (commencing with Section 25300) of Division 20 and replaces it with a reference to the provision of this part that continues or restates the former provision. A “rule change” includes a change to the text of a regulation in the California Code of Regulations, a regulation’s citation of authority, or a regulation’s reference.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 257.)