House File 2227 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  FORD and SWAIM


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the preparation of a correctional impact
  2    statement and the impact of certain legislation on racial and
  3    ethnic minorities.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5420HH 82
  6 jm/nh/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 2.56, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Prior to debate on the floor of a chamber of the
  1  4 general assembly, a correctional impact statement shall be
  1  5 attached to any bill, joint resolution, or amendment which
  1  6 proposes a change in the law which creates a public offense,
  1  7 significantly changes an existing public offense or the
  1  8 penalty for an existing offense, or changes existing
  1  9 sentencing, parole, or probation procedures.  The statement
  1 10 shall include information concerning the estimated number of
  1 11 criminal cases per year that the legislation will impact, the
  1 12 fiscal impact of confining persons pursuant to the
  1 13 legislation, the impact of the legislation on racial and
  1 14 ethnic minorities, the impact of the legislation upon existing
  1 15 correctional institutions, community=based correctional
  1 16 facilities and services, and jails, the likelihood that the
  1 17 legislation may create a need for additional prison capacity,
  1 18 and other relevant matters.  The statement shall be factual
  1 19 and shall, if possible, provide a reasonable estimate of both
  1 20 the immediate effect and the long=range impact upon prison
  1 21 capacity.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  Section 2.56, Code 2007, is amended by adding the
  1 23 following new subsection:
  1 24    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  The legislative services agency in
  1 25 cooperation with the division of criminal and juvenile justice
  1 26 planning of the department of human rights shall develop a
  1 27 protocol for analyzing the impact of the legislation on racial
  1 28 and ethnic minorities.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill relates to the preparation of a correctional
  1 31 impact statement and the impact of certain legislation on
  1 32 racial and ethnic minorities.
  1 33    The bill provides that if a correctional impact statement
  1 34 is attached to a bill, the correctional impact statement shall
  1 35 include the impact of such legislation on racial and ethnic
  2  1 minorities.  The bill also provides that the legislative
  2  2 services agency in cooperation with the division of criminal
  2  3 and juvenile justice planning of the department of human
  2  4 rights shall develop a protocol for analyzing the impact of
  2  5 the legislation on racial and ethnic minorities.
  2  6 LSB 5420HH 82
  2  7 jm/nh/14