Instructions for Submitting Your Comments
You may submit a written comment on a proposed rulemaking during the open comment period. Each Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) specifies the commencement of the 45-day comment period. If your written comment is not received by the date specified at the end of the period, your comment will not be accepted nor considered for modification of the proposed rulemaking before adoption, amendment, or repeal.
Written Comments are to include:
To assist the Department in tracking all public comments, we ask that you include the following in your written comment:
- Contact Information:
Name
Business Entity/State Agency (if applicable)
Street Address
City, State, Zip
Email Address (if applicable)
- Regulation Tracking Number and Title of Proposed Rulemaking
E.g., DOJ-10-005 Amendment to Child Abuse Reports Recordkeeping - Comments Relevant to the Proposed Rulemaking
Effective comments should be based on understanding the laws, statutes and facts the agency uses to propose the regulation, and what the proposed rulemaking is intended to do.
Send written comments via:
- Email the contact person(s) listed on the Notice
OR
the Department of Justice (DOJ) Regulations Coordinator at DOJRegulationsCoordinator@doj.ca.gov. The subject line should include the regulation tracking number and title of the proposed rulemaking. Comments typed in a Word document or PDF format may be included as an e-mail attachment. - Facsimile (FAX) to the contact person(s) listed on the Notice
OR
the DOJ Regulations Coordinator at (916) 324-5033. Please include the regulation tracking number and title of the proposed rulemaking on the cover page. - United States Postal Service at the address included on the Notice
OR
California Department of Justice
Attn: DOJ Regulations Coordinator
1300 I Street, Suite 820
Sacramento, CA 95814
- Attending a Public Hearing
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), an agency has an option as to whether it wishes to hold a public hearing on a proposed rulemaking. However, if an agency does not schedule a public hearing, and any interested person submits a written request for one within 15 days prior to the close of the written comment period, the agency must give notice of, and hold a public hearing. If a public hearing is scheduled, the time, date, and location will be determined in the Notice.