How California Regulations Are Made
Current California Regulations
Regulations are laws passed by agencies to implement statutes. Regulations passed by California state agencies are published in the California Code of Regulations (Cal. Code Regs or CCR), available from:
- California Code of RegulationsCurrent California Code of Regulations, provided by Westlaw, California's official authorized publisher for the online version of the CCR.
California Rulemaking Process
The process of passing regulations is called rulemaking or notice and comment, because it primarily consists of publishing notices of proposed regulations with requests for comment.
California rulemaking is supervised by an agency called the Office of Administrative Law (OAL).
- California Regulatory Notice Register (Notice or Z Register) (2002-)Publishes notices of proposed regulations with requests for comment.
- OAL Underground Regulation Determinations (1983-)Determinations finding that an agency policy is really an "underground regulation" and ordering the agency to either stop enforcing the policy or pass it through notice and comment. First issued in 1983. Available on the OAL website (Complete; PDF).
- OAL Disapproval Decisions (2000-)Decisions by the OAL rejecting proposed regulations that did not follow the proper rulemaking process. Available on the OAL website (2000-; PDF)