MS HR5

Creates House Rule No. 104C requiring racial and ethnic impact statements to be attached to bills, concurrent resolutions, or amendments that create public offenses, significantly change existing offenses or penalties, or modify sentencing, parole, or probation procedures prior to floor debate.

Designates the Department of Public Safety's Office of Public Safety Planning, in consultation with the Mississippi Department of Corrections, to prepare impact statements, which must include estimates of how legislation would affect racial and ethnic composition of the offender population, methodologies used, and potential effects on crime victims.

Allows any legislator to request a racial and ethnic impact statement during floor debate if one was not previously attached, and requires the statement to be factual, impartial, and presented in understandable language.

Requires state agencies that award grants to include racial and ethnic impact statements in grant applications documenting 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 standardized impact statement form for use in state grant applications, with requirements applying only to grants awarded to corporations or legal entities other than natural persons.