Amendment AA3-SB6

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 3, TO SENATE BILL 6

February 11, 2020 - Offered by Representatives Bowen, Spreitzer, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Sargent, Subeck, Zamarripa, Emerson, C. Taylor, Crowley, Cabrera and Brostoff.

SB6-AA3,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB6-AA3,1,3 1. Page 1, line 2: delete “intoxicated" and substitute “intoxicated, referral of legislation to the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties,".

SB6-AA3,1,4 2. Page 2, line 1: before that line insert:

SB6-AA3,1,5 “ Section 1a. 13.525 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB6-AA3,1,13 13.525 (5) (a) If any bill that is introduced in either house of the legislature proposes to create a new crime or revise a penalty for an existing crime and, the bill is referred to a standing committee of the house in which it is introduced, the chairperson may request shall be referred to the joint review committee to prepare a report on the bill under par. (b). If the bill is not referred to a standing committee, the speaker of the assembly, if the bill is introduced in the assembly, or the presiding officer of the senate, if the bill is introduced in the senate, may request the joint review committee to prepare a report on the bill under par. (b).

SB6-AA3,1b Section 1b. 13.525 (5) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB6-AA3,2,7 13.525 (5) (b) (intro.) If a bill that proposes to create a new crime or revise a penalty for an existing crime is referred to the joint review committee receives a request under par. (a) for a report on a bill that proposes to create a new crime or revise a penalty for an existing crime under par. (a), the committee shall prepare a report, that reflects the opinions of all members of the committee, even if conflicting, concerning all of the following:

SB6-AA3,1c Section 1c. 13.525 (5) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB6-AA3,2,12 13.525 (5) (b) 1m. An economic impact statement containing information about the likely economic effects of the proposal on racial groups, economic classes, and gender groups, including a finding on whether the proposal is likely to have a disparate impact on a racial group, economic class, or gender group.

SB6-AA3,1d Section 1d. 13.525 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB6-AA3,2,19 13.525 (5) (d) If a bill that is introduced in either house of the legislature proposes to create a new crime or revise a penalty for an existing crime, a standing committee to which the bill is referred may not vote on whether to recommend the bill for passage and the bill may not be passed by the house in which it is introduced before the joint review committee submits a report under par. (b) or before the 30th day after a report is requested under par. (a), whichever is earlier.

SB6-AA3,1e Section 1e. 13.525 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB6-AA3,3,2 13.525 (5m) The committee may prepare and submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s. 13.172 (3) and the director of state courts concerning an act from a previous session that created a crime or revised a penalty for an existing crime. The report shall reflect the opinions of all members of the committee, even if conflicting, and may contain any information the committee determines is relevant, including the following:

SB6-AA3,3,5 (a) Actual costs incurred or saved by the department of corrections, the department of justice, the state public defender, the courts, district attorneys, and other state and local government agencies due to the act.

SB6-AA3,3,6 (b) Recommended changes to the act.

SB6-AA3,3,9 (c) Information about the actual economic effects of the act on racial groups, economic classes, and gender groups, including a finding on whether the act had a disparate impact on a racial group, economic class, or gender group.”.

SB6-AA3,3,10 (End)