HOUSE BILL 253

Sponsored By:

Delegate Healey (Task Force on Multiracial Designations) and Delegates Patterson, Turner, Bobo, Pendergrass, and Mandel

Entitled:

State Government - Forms - Racial Identification

Synopsis:

Requiring a department or independent unit to include specified racial categories in the preparation of a form that requires identification of individuals by race; requiring that such a form allow multiracial respondents to choose more than one racial category; requiring respondents to select their own answers on specified forms except when unable to do so; requiring that the forms provide a separate question for specified respondents of Hispanic or Latino origin; and establishing a deadline for standards to be implemented on forms.

History by Legislative Date

House Action

1/28

First Reading Commerce and Government Matters

Hearing 2/10 at 1:15 p.m.

2/16

Favorable with Amendments Report by Commerce and Government Matters

2/17

Favorable with Amendments

Committee Amendment Withdrawn

Substitute Committee Amendment Adopted

Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

2/20

Third Reading Passed (128-2)

4/2

Return Passed

5/12

Signed by the Governor Chapter 459

Senate Action

2/23

First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs

3/11

Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.

3/31

Favorable Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs

4/2

Favorable Report Adopted

Second Reading Passed

4/6

Third Reading Passed (45-0)

Sponsored by:

Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A

Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B

Delegate Adrienne A. Mandel, District 19

Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26

Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A

Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

ETHNIC AFFAIRS

FORMS

GENERAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

IDENTIFICATION

Bill affects the following Statute:

State Government

( 10-606 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:

House

Number: 226365/1 (PDF)     Offered on: February 17, 1998   at: 10:12 a.m.     Status: Adopted

Number: 416460/1 (PDF)     Offered on: February 17, 1998   at: 10:11 a.m.     Status: Withdrawn

Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):

House

February 20, 1998: Third Reading Passed (128-2)

Senate

April 6, 1998: Third Reading Passed (45-0)