Bill Text: TX HB1459 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a racial disparity impact statement attached to certain bills or resolutions creating or expanding criminal offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-05 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1459 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1459-Introduced.html
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| By: Crockett | H.B. No. 1459 | |
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| relating to a racial disparity impact statement attached to certain | ||
| bills or resolutions creating or expanding criminal offenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 314, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 314.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 314.006. RACIAL DISPARITY IMPACT STATEMENT FOR | ||
| CRIMINAL OFFENSES. (a) The board shall prepare a racial disparity | ||
| impact statement for each bill or resolution that creates a new | ||
| offense or significantly expands the applicability of an existing | ||
| offense. | ||
| (b) The impact statement must include information | ||
| concerning the impact of the legislation on racial and ethnic | ||
| minority groups, including a statistical analysis of the impact on | ||
| those groups with regard to sentencing of defendants and the | ||
| eligibility of defendants for release on parole. | ||
| (c) The board shall consult with the Department of Public | ||
| Safety and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to develop a | ||
| protocol for analyzing the impact of the bill or resolution on | ||
| racial and ethnic minority groups. | ||
| (d) The impact statement must be attached to the bill or | ||
| resolution immediately following: | ||
| (1) the fiscal note attached under Section 314.003; or | ||
| (2) if a dynamic fiscal impact statement is prepared | ||
| under Section 314.005, the dynamic fiscal impact statement. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
