House Rules; amend to require a racial impact statement for all legislation to be attached to each bill.

This Mississippi House bill (HR 8) requires a "racial and ethnic impact statement" to be attached to certain bills before they can be debated in the legislature. It applies specifically to legislation changing public offenses, penalties, sentencing, parole, or probation procedures. The statement must include factual data on how the bill might affect racial and ethnic groups in criminal offender and victim populations, prepared by the Department of Public Safety's Office of Public Safety Planning with input from state agencies. The bill also extends this requirement to grant applications from corporations, requiring them to include similar impact statements on policies affecting minority groups. All statements are intended solely for informational use, not to influence voting.