The 2025 Rulemaking Calendar
Government Code section 11017.6 requires every state agency subject to the Administrative Procedure Act to prepare an annual rulemaking calendar describing its rulemaking activities for the upcoming year. The 2025 Rulemaking Calendar may be accessed through the following means:
- Download the Rulemaking Calendar online at 2025 Rulemaking Calendar. The Rulemaking Calendar’s Table of Contents contains links from each agency listing to that agency’s Rulemaking Calendar. Please note that the Rulemaking Calendar is 756 pages and 2.3 MB, so downloading times may vary.
- Electronic copies are available from the Office of Administrative Law upon request by emailing staff@oal.ca.gov.
- Contact your nearest depository library. A list of state depository libraries can be located at the following page:
http://www.library.ca.gov/government-publications/state-document-depository-program/depositories/ for a list of California depository libraries. - Subscribers of the Notice Register may request a hard copy of the Rulemaking Calendar with their subscription at no extra charge. Please contact Thomson Reuters at 1-800-328-4880.
The 2025 Rulemaking Calendar is incorporated by reference into the March 28, 2025 edition of the California Regulatory Notice Register, Register 2025, Number 13-Z.
Preparations for the 2025 Rulemaking Calendar
Government Code section 11017.6 requires that state agencies submit to OAL their projections of rulemaking activities for the upcoming year. OAL publishes these projections in its annual Rulemaking Calendar.
Below are instructions for preparing the 2025 Rulemaking Calendar, including OAL’s letter sent to Chief Counsels and Regulations Coordinators and Rulemaking Calendar Schedules A and B. See the memo for more details.
Please send Rulemaking Calendars to: rulemakingcalendar@oal.ca.gov
2025 Rulemaking Calendar Memo to Chief Counsels and Regulation Coordinators
Schedule A: Proposed Regulations Implementing Statutes Enacted During the Year 2024
Schedule B: Proposed Regulations Implementing Statutes Enacted Prior to the Year 2024
Please note that the 2025 Calendars are due to OAL by February 1, 2025. If you have any questions, please contact Melvin Fong at (916) 324-7952 or melvin.fong@oal.ca.gov.