Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1168
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: Noncode.
Synopsis: Racial equity impact notes. Requests the legislative council
to assign a study of directing the legislative services agency to prepare
a racial equity impact note for a legislative bill introduced in a session
of the general assembly, if requested by an author or sponsor of the bill,
the chair of a standing committee to which the bill is assigned, or the
ranking minority member of a standing committee to which the bill is
assigned.
Effective: Upon passage.
Shackleford, Gore
January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedures.
2024 IN 1168—LS 6118/DI 51 Introduced
Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1168
A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning the general assembly.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] (a) As used in this
2 SECTION, "racial equity impact note" refers to a statement
3 presenting a structured analysis of how a budgetary or policy
4 decision of the general assembly is likely to impact Hoosiers along
5 racial lines.
6 (b) The legislative council is urged to assign to the code revision
7 commission established by IC 2-5-1.1-10, or to another appropriate
8 study committee, during the 2024 legislative interim the topic of
9 directing the legislative services agency to prepare and publish on
10 the legislative website a racial equity impact note for some or all
11 legislative bills introduced in a session of the general assembly, if
12 requested by an author or sponsor of the bill, the chair of a
13 standing committee to which the bill is assigned, or the ranking
14 minority member of a standing committee to which the bill is
15 assigned.
16 (c) This SECTION expires December 31, 2024.
17 SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.
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