HF 296 (LSB 2172YH (3) 85)

HOUSE FILE 296

BY  M. SMITH, MURPHY, OLDSON, ANDERSON, HUNTER, LENSING, H. MILLER, THEDE, ABDUL-SAMAD, and GAINES

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for population impact statements on bills, resolutions, and amendments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  2.57  Population impact statements.
   1.  Prior to debate on the floor of a chamber of the general assembly, a population impact statement shall be attached to any bill, joint resolution, or amendment which proposes a change in the law that creates or may create a disproportionate or unique impact on a segment of the population of this state. The statement shall be factual and shall, if possible, provide a reasonable estimate of both the immediate effect and the long-range impact on the segment of the population identified in the statement.
   2.
  a.  When a committee of the general assembly reports a bill, joint resolution, or amendment to the floor, the committee shall state in the report whether a population impact statement is or is not required.
   b.  The legislative services agency shall review all bills and joint resolutions placed on the calendar of either chamber of the general assembly, as well as amendments filed to bills or joint resolutions on the calendar, to determine whether a population impact statement is required.
   c.  A member of the general assembly may request the preparation of a population impact statement by submitting a request to the legislative services agency.
   3.  The legislative services agency shall cause to be prepared a population impact statement within a reasonable time after receiving a request or determining that a proposal is subject to this section. All population impact statements approved by the legislative services agency shall be transmitted immediately to either the chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate, after notifying the sponsor of the legislation that the statement has been prepared for publication. The chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate shall attach the statement to the bill, joint resolution, or amendment affected as soon as it is available.
   4.  The legislative services agency may request the cooperation of any state department or agency or political subdivision in preparing a population impact statement.
   5.  A revised population impact statement shall be prepared if the population impact has been changed by the adoption of an amendment, and may be requested by a member of the general assembly or be prepared upon a determination made by the legislative services agency. However, a request for a revised population impact statement shall not delay action on the bill, joint resolution, or amendment unless so ordered by the presiding officer of the chamber.
    Sec. 2.  Section 2A.4, subsection 6, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  Performance of the duties pertaining to the preparation of correctional impact statements as provided in section 2.56
 
and population impact statements as provided in section 2.57.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires the legislative services agency to attach a population impact statement to a bill, joint resolution, or amendment which proposes a change in the law which creates a disproportionate or unique impact on a segment of the population of this state. The bill establishes the procedure for requesting, preparing, and modifying, if necessary, a population impact statement.