House Resolution 11 Summary

• Creates new House Rule 104C requiring racial and ethnic impact statements be attached to bills, concurrent resolutions, or amendments that create or significantly change criminal offenses, penalties, sentencing, parole, or probation procedures prior to floor debate.

• Authorizes the Department of Public Safety's Office of Public Safety Planning, in consultation with the Mississippi Department of Corrections, to prepare impact statements that must include estimated effects on racial and ethnic composition of offender populations, methodologies used, and estimated composition of affected crime victims.

• Allows any legislature member to request an impact statement during floor debate if one was not previously attached; the office must then prepare the statement describing effects on the state's racial and ethnic populations.

• Requires state agencies that award grants to include racial and ethnic impact statements in grant applications documenting any disproportionate impact on minority persons, rationale for such impacts, and evidence of consultation with minority representatives.

• Establishes that impact statements are for informational purposes only and applies only to grants awarded to corporations or entities other than natural persons; requirements take effect immediately upon adoption.