Senate File 2015 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BEALL


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning the inclusion of certain racial and ethnic
  2    categories in reports issued by a state agency.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5281SS 82
  5 ec/sc/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  19B.19  STATE AGENCY REPORTS ==
  1  2 RACIAL AND ETHNIC CATEGORIES.
  1  3    A state agency that issues a public report that includes
  1  4 information or data that is categorized by race or ethnicity
  1  5 shall ensure that categories representing minority persons as
  1  6 described in section 15.102, subsection 5, are included unless
  1  7 otherwise provided by law.
  1  8                           EXPLANATION
  1  9    This bill requires state agencies that issue a public
  1 10 report that includes information or data by racial and ethnic
  1 11 categories shall ensure that all the racial and ethnic
  1 12 categories described in Code section 15.102 == Black, Latino,
  1 13 Asian or Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Alaskan native
  1 14 American == are included.
  1 15 LSB 5281SS 82
  1 16 ec/sc/5