(a) Beginning with the session of the General Assembly commencing on January 9, 2019, a racial and ethnic impact statement shall be prepared with respect to certain bills and amendments at the request of any member of the General Assembly. With respect to a bill favorably reported during the regular session, any such request shall be made not later than ten days after the deadline for the committee that introduced the bill to vote to report favorably under the joint rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate. With respect to an amendment introduced during the regular session, any such request shall be made at least ten days prior to the deadline for adjournment sine die of the regular session.
(b) The joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration may make recommendations for a provision to be included in the joint rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate concerning the procedure for the preparation of such racial and ethnic impact statements, the content of such statements and the types of bills and amendments with respect to which such statements should be prepared.
(P.A. 08-143, S. 5; P.A. 18-78, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-143 effective June 5, 2008; P.A. 18-78 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “January 7, 2009” with “January 9, 2019”, to delete reference to increasing or decreasing pretrial or sentenced population of state correctional facilities, to add “at the request of any member of the General Assembly” and add provisions re deadlines for request, and amended Subsec. (b) to replace “shall” with “may”, replace reference to judiciary committee with reference to government administration committee and make a technical change.