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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1506
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING 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 Section 2-24b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
(a) Beginning with the session of the General Assembly commencing 3
on January [9, 2019] 6, 2027, a racial and ethnic impact statement shall 4
be prepared with respect to certain bills and amendments at the request 5
of any member of the General Assembly. With respect to a bill favorably 6
reported during the regular session, any such request shall be made not 7
later than ten days after the deadline for the committee that introduced 8
the bill to vote to report favorably under the joint rules of the House of 9
Representatives and the Senate. With respect to an amendment 10
introduced during the regular session, any such request shall be made 11
at least [ten] fifteen days prior to the deadline for adjournment sine die 12
of the regular session. Any such prepared statement shall be made 13
available electronically on the Internet web site of the General 14
Assembly. 15
(b) The [joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 16
cognizance of matters relating to government administration may make 17
recommendations for a provision to be included in the joint rules of the 18
House of Representatives and the Senate concerning the procedure for 19 Substitute Bill No. 1506
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the preparation of such racial and ethnic impact statements, the content 20
of such statements and the types of bills and amendments with respect 21
to which such statements should be prepared] Commission on Racial 22
Equity in Public Health, established pursuant to section 19a-133a, shall 23
develop procedures for a member to request and the commission to 24
prepare a racial and ethnic impact statement. The commission shall 25
memorialize such procedures in a letter to the speaker of the House of 26
Representatives, president pro tempore of the Senate, majority leader of 27
the Senate, minority leader of the Senate, majority leader of the House 28
of Representatives and minority leader of the House of Representatives 29
with a request for such procedures to be included in the joint rules of 30
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 31
(c) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes 32
concerning the confidentiality of records and information, the 33
commission may request of any public agency, as defined in section 1-34
200, or quasi-public agency, as defined in section 1-120, records and 35
information for purposes of preparing a racial and ethnic impact 36
statement pursuant to this section. 37
(2) Any public agency or quasi-public agency receiving a request for 38
records or information pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection 39
shall submit, not later than five days after the date of such request and 40
in the manner requested by the commission, such records or 41
information. 42
(3) If a public agency or quasi-public agency needs additional time to 43
comply with such request, the public agency or quasi-public agency 44
shall specify the reason for such need to the commission not later than 45
two days after the date of the request for records or information. The 46
commission shall provide such public agency or quasi-public agency a 47
reasonable extension of time to fulfill such request. 48
(4) The commission may copy any records and information obtained 49
pursuant to this subsection for purposes of preparing a racial and ethnic 50
impact statement pursuant to this section. 51 Substitute Bill No. 1506
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 2-24b
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.