Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 642
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Bracy) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (271420) (with directory and
    2  title amendments)
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    4         Between lines 3326 and 3327
    5  insert:
    6         (10) Commission a racial impact statement for each criminal
    7  justice bill that is heard before a committee of the Senate or
    8  the House of Representatives during a session of the
    9  Legislature. The impact statement must estimate the anticipated
   10  effects the proposed criminal justice legislation may have on
   11  racial inequality among the residents of this state and must
   12  indicate whether the proposed legislation would increase,
   13  decrease, or have no impact on racial inequality or whether the
   14  impact is indeterminable. To the extent feasible, the impact
   15  statement should include quantifiable data. The impact statement
   16  must specify the methodologies and assumptions used in its
   17  preparation.
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   20  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   21         Delete lines 3318 - 3319
   22  and insert:
   23         Section 55. Effective upon this act becoming a law,
   24  subsections (9) and (10) are added to section 943.6871, Florida
   25  Statutes, to read:
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   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Between lines 7882 and 7883
   30  insert:
   31         requiring the department to commission a racial impact
   32         statement on certain proposed criminal justice
   33         legislation;