Louie Luchini voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Title: Requires the State Legislature to Assess the Racial Impact of Pending Legislation
Signed by Governor Janet Mills
Title: Requires the State Legislature to Assess the Racial Impact of Pending Legislation
Title: Requires the State Legislature to Assess the Racial Impact of Pending Legislation
Vote to pass a bill that requires the state legislature to assess the racial impact of pending legislation.
Defines "legislative committee" as a joint standing committee of the Legislature, a joint select committee of the Legislature, a task force, commission or council, or any other committee established by the Legislature and composed wholly or partly of Legislators to conduct legislative business (Sec. 1.A).
Defines "racial impact statement" as an assessment of the potential impact that legislation could have on historically disadvantaged racial populations (Sec. 1.B).
In making determinations, the Legislative Council will consider the following (Sec. 2-1):
What has been done in other states to accomplish the development and use of racial impact statements;
What data, analysis or other information is needed to produce a racial impact statement and what the best source of that data, analysis or other information is, such as, but not limited to, an executive branch department or agency;
Specific policy areas that would benefit from the use of racial impact statements, including, but not limited to, education; health care; employment, including wages; housing, including homeownership; and criminal justice and public safety;
The costs of implementing the use of racial impact statements, either on a limited basis, such as for certain committees, policy areas or instruments, such as committee or floor amendments, or for all joint standing committees and all legislation; and
Anything else the Legislative Council considers relevant.
Requires the Legislative Council analyze the following the determine the scope of pilot projects (Sec. 2-2):
Which joint standing committees will participate in the pilot project, which must be at least one but not more than;
What legislation, such as bills, committee amendments and floor amendments, will be subject to racial impact statement review;
What standards will be used to review legislation;
What resources or adjustments to the committee process will be needed to facilitate the inclusion of racial impact statements;
The cost required to implement such a pilot project;
Information or other resources needed to compile racial impact statements; and
Any other information relevant to the Legislative Council.
The following is required of a report created by pilot project committees (Sec. 2-3):
The number of pieces of legislation and the types of legislation for which racial impact statements were requested and used;
How the racial impact statements were obtained or developed;
The amount of time, both as an average and individually, needed to develop each racial impact statement; and
The cost, if any, to the joint standing committee from obtaining or developing racial impact statements.
Title: Requires the State Legislature to Assess the Racial Impact of Pending Legislation
Title: Requires the State Legislature to Assess the Racial Impact of Pending Legislation