HF 472 (LSB 1998HH (5) 86)

HOUSE FILE 472

BY  SMITH, GASKILL, LENSING, WINCKLER, WOLFE, HUNTER, McCONKEY, BROWN-POWERS, THEDE, H. MILLER, GAINES, HANSON, BEARINGER, ANDERSON, KEARNS, OURTH, STECKMAN, KELLEY, STUTSMAN, and PRICHARD

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 and pursuant to a request as provided in subsection 2, 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.  When a committee of the general assembly reports a bill, joint resolution, or amendment to the floor, the chairperson of the committee, or at least one-fifth of the committee members, may submit a written request to the legislative services agency to prepare a population impact statement as provided in this section.
   3.  The legislative services agency shall cause to be prepared a population impact statement within a reasonable time after receiving a request as provided in subsection 2. 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 as provided in subsection 2 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 2015, 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
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   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 if the chairperson of the applicable committee, or at least one-fifth of the committee members, so request. The bill establishes the procedure for requesting, preparing, and modifying, if necessary, a population impact statement.