Most states have a process for legislative review of administrative rules and regulations.

Although legislatures have generally delegated the responsibility to executive agencies to promulgate administrative rules and regulations, in 43 states they retain authority to review such rules to ensure their compliance with statutory authority and legislative intent. In more than half of these states, the legislature or a designated committee has the power to suspend or supersede a rule; in the rest, the review committee's role is mainly advisory. Mississippi, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico have no review process, while California, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Mexico and North Carolina have executive branch review only.