MS HR8

Creates new House Rule 104C requiring racial and ethnic impact statements to be attached to bills, concurrent resolutions, or amendments that create public offenses, significantly modify existing offenses or penalties, or change 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 estimates of how legislation would affect racial and ethnic composition of criminal offenders and crime victims, along with methodology explanations.

Allows any Mississippi legislator to request a racial and ethnic impact statement during floor debate if one was not previously attached, triggering preparation by the Office of Public Safety Planning.

Requires state agencies awarding grants to include racial and ethnic impact statements in grant applications describing disproportionate impacts on minority persons, rationales for such impacts, and evidence of consultation with minority representatives.

Designates the Department of Finance and Administration to create and distribute a standard racial and ethnic impact statement form for use in state grant applications, with impact statements used for informational purposes only.