Bill Text: CT SB00482 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub


Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Preparation Of Racial And Ethnic Impact Statements.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-06-03 - House Calendar Number 627 [SB00482 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00482-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly

 

Committee Bill No. 482

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 5085

 

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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS

 

Introduced by:

 

(GAE)

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PREPARATION OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC IMPACT STATEMENTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 2-24b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):

(a) Beginning with the session of the General Assembly commencing on [January 7, 2009] February 7, 2018, a racial and ethnic impact statement shall be prepared at the request of any member of the General Assembly with respect to certain bills and amendments that could, if passed, increase or decrease the pretrial or sentenced population of the correctional facilities in this state.

(b) [Not later than January 1, 2009, the] The joint standing committee of the General Assembly on judiciary [shall] 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.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

October 1, 2017

2-24b

GAE

Joint Favorable

 
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