1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; providing for disparities impact notes on proposed 
1.3 	legislation;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. [3.99] DISPARITIES IMPACT NOTES.
1.6 	(a) The director of the Legislative Budget Office and the commissioner of management 
1.7 	and budget shall coordinate with relevant agencies on the development of a disparities 
1.8 	impact note for any proposed legislation upon request of the chair or ranking minority 
1.9 	member of any standing committee if it appears enactment could have a significant impact 
1.10 	on increasing or decreasing disparities. Upon receipt of a request to prepare a disparity 
1.11 	impact note, the director of the Legislative Budget Office must notify the authors of the 
1.12 	proposed legislation that the request has been made. The disparity impact note must be 
1.13 	made available to the public upon request. The relevant state agency shall make a reasonable 
1.14 	and timely estimate of whether the proposed legislation may increase or decrease disparities 
1.15 	and provide the information to the director of the Legislative Budget Office and the 
1.16 	commissioner of management and budget.
1.17 	(b) For purposes of this section, "disparities" means the difference in economic, 
1.18 	employment, health, education, or public safety outcomes between the state population as 
1.19 	a whole and subgroups of the population defined by socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, 
1.20 	age, gender, and geography, to the extent data is available. Upon completion of the disparities 
1.21 	impact note, the director of the Legislative Budget Office must provide a copy to the authors 
1.22 	of the proposed legislation and to the chair and ranking minority member of each committee 
1.23 	to which the proposed legislation is referred.