Rapidly changing conditions of social life, technological progress affects not only the person. The emergence of new technologies affects and changes the legal regulation of various public relations. New technologies also affect business activity. This fact should certainly be taken into account by the legislator. On the other hand, the technologies themselves are closely intertwined with state regulation of business activities. The state program for digitalization of the economy has

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... to changing the legal impact on business entities. Thе legislative changes in the sphere of business regulation in Russia with the adoption of the program of digitalization of the economy were analyzed. One of the features of the modern Russian economy is that digitalization of certain sectors of the economy takes place with certain characteristics and varies in pace and methods of implementation. This circumstance should be taken into account when forming the legislative framework in order for the state to act not only as a regulator of business activity, but also to be responsible for protecting the rights of entrepreneurs. Business activity should show growth in the context of digitalization. It is the change in technology that helps transform existing business models and creates potential benefits for overall productivity in all sectors of economy, including priority development sectors. The article revealed the changes in the approach of the legislator over the past years to the concept of "priority sectors of the economy".