Racial Classifications on Government Forms

Added a requirement for local government forms to include a specific option for individuals to indicate if their race or ethnicity is Middle Eastern, North African, or South Asian, in addition to federal categories.

Added an exemption clause allowing local governments to opt out of the new form requirements under specific conditions outlined in subsection (2)(b)(I).

Removed the House sponsorship list, likely indicating a procedural change in how the bill was processed or sponsored.

Updated the version status from 'Rerevised' to 'Revised' and adjusted the description of amendments adopted in the Second House.

Added applicability to local governments, including counties, cities, municipalities, school districts, special districts, and their authorized agents.

Defined 'local government' to include political subdivisions and their authorized agents, which was previously not explicitly defined in the original version.

Updated header information to include session details, committee assignments, and reading dates for both House and Senate versions.

Removed the note about legislative status and signatures, which is standard for final act versions but not needed for revised versions.

Added note indicating the bill is prepared for signatures and includes signature lines for Senate President, House Speaker, Secretary of Senate, Chief Clerk of House, and Governor.

Changed formatting from standard bill layout to final act layout with proper spacing and signature blocks.

Added requirements for local governments to include Middle Eastern, North African, or South Asian as a demographic option on forms that collect race or ethnicity information.

Added a formal definition of 'local government' to include counties, cities, municipalities, school districts, special districts, and their authorized agents.

Modified exemptions to apply to both state and local governments when federal data collection requirements would reject Middle Eastern, North African, or South Asian as a primary category.

Added a new House sponsor (Bacon) to the bill sponsorship list and updated the bill summary to reflect the amended version.

Added '3rd Reading Unamended' label with date April 25, 2025, and updated bill status text to reflect reengrossed version.

Expanded Senate sponsor list to include additional legislators (Amabile, Ball, Bridges, Coleman, Cutter, Danielson, Daugherty, Exum, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Kipp, Kolker, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Roberts, Rodriguez, Snyder, Sullivan, Wallace, Weissman, Winter F.).

Updated bill summary header to indicate it now includes all amendments adopted in the House of Introduction.

Removed text regarding Section 3 about the bill being subject to petition and effective date, likely due to amendment adoption.

The definition of 'state' was updated to explicitly include the Department of Education, and the definition of 'form' was clarified to mean documents collecting population-level demographic data that is not individually identifiable.

A new exemption was added for local governments that are exempt from collecting specific demographic categories if their data is rejected by the federal government for including Middle Eastern, North African, or South Asian as primary categories.

The requirement for forms to include spaces for Middle Eastern, North African, and South Asian demographic categories was retained and clarified for both state and local government forms.

The bill was reengrossed with all amendments adopted on second reading in the House of Introduction, including formatting changes and updated committee listings.