The laws n. 69/2007 and n. 3/2010 of, respectively, the regional administrations of Tuscany and Emilia Romagna, introduce new rules for participation of stakeholders within the regional administrative decision-making processes. Both the laws aim at improving the regional participatory democracy through the integration – and occasionally through the substitution – of the Italian legislation. This article explores and discusses the participatory procedures of the laws n. 69/2007 and n. 3/3010. The article also describes the administrative structures created by each of the two laws and its functions. With regard to the case of Tuscany specific attention is given to the relationship between the political and the administrative spheres of compet...