Lt. Gov. Burt Jones compared a new Georgia bill targeting bureaucracy to the Department of Government Efficiency established by President Donald Trump.

The "Red Tape Rollback Act of 2025," announced Friday, would require state agencies to have a rule and regulation review every four years.

Lawmakers could also ask for a “Small Business Impact Analysis” on pending legislation, the lieutenant governor said. Jones introduced a similar bill last year, but it wasn't passed.

“Last year, we made positive changes to combat burdensome and costly regulations on behalf of workers and business owners all over Georgia,” Jones said. “As a business owner, continuing our efforts to promote deregulation and free our businesses from harmful government red tape will continue to be a priority. Our state initiative complements DOGE, President Donald Trump’s plan to create efficiency, while paring down unnecessary spending and eliminating bureaucratic red tape at the federal level."

A report from the Georgia Public Policy Foundation said research from the Esper Group released by the commission showed the state's code had 18,160 regulations. More than 54% of them needed review.

"The majority of regulations that actually do impact businesses and consumers do come from unelected employees working in bureaucratic agencies on the executive side of things," said J. Thomas Perdue, the author of the report, in an interview with The Center Square. "A lot of these are obviously done with safety in mind, product control, quality control and things like that."