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2021 SESSION
HB 1990 Criminal justice legislation; racial and ethnic impact statements.
Introduced by: Lashrecse D. Aird | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Racial and ethnic impact statements for criminal justice legislation. Provides that the Chair of the House Committee for Courts of Justice or the Chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary may request the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to review and prepare a racial and ethnic impact statement for a proposed criminal justice bill to outline its potential impact on racial and ethnic disparities within the Commonwealth. The bill requires JLARC to provide copies of the impact statement to the requesting chair and the patron of the proposed bill. No more than three racial and ethnic impact statements may be requested by the Chair of the House Committee for Courts of Justice and no more than two racial and ethnic impact statements may be requested by the Chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary for completion during a single regular session of the General Assembly.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101711D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/22/21 House: Reported from Rules (14-Y 4-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/22/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
- 01/26/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 1-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Read first time
- 01/29/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/01/21 House: Read third time and passed House (69-Y 31-N)
- 02/01/21 House: VOTE: Passage (69-Y 31-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N)