In 2008, MSGC staff began providing the Minnesota Legislature demographic impact statements - previously referred to as "racial-impact statements" - on certain crime bills when such a statement was anticipated to be helpful to the Legislature. When, in the course of preparing a required fiscal impact statement, MSGC staff identifies a bill that meets its criteria for preparing a demographic impact statement, it prepares such a statement and sends it to the chairs of the crime committees in the Senate and the House. This is done separately from the required fiscal-impact statements.
Demographic Impact Statement Policy
MSGC has prepared 39 demographic impact statements. Those statements pertain to the following bills:
Senate File No. 3663; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 2651; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 100; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 1406; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 216; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 615; Demographic Impact Statement
Senate File No. 2850; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 4174; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 1355; Demographic Impact Statement
Senate File No. 2576; Demographic Impact Statement
Senate File No. 2673; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 613-1UE; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 707-2E; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 2013-1CE; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 3070; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 2013; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 812; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 689; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 480; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 89; Demographic Impact Statement
Senate File No. 111; Demographic Impact Statement
Senate File No. 2445; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 2964; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 2904; Demographic Impact Statement
Senate File No. 2699; Demographic Impact Statement
House File No. 34; Racial Impact Statement
House File No. 2557; Racial Impact Statement
Senate File No. 3481; Racial Impact Statement
Senate File No. 878, Amendment SCS0878A550; Racial Impact Statement
House File No. 285; Racial Impact Statement
Senate File No. 1665; Racial Impact Statement
87th Minnesota Legislature (2011)
House File No. 306; Racial Impact Statement
86th Minnesota Legislature (2009)
Senate File No. 2018; Racial Impact Statement
House File No. 1596; Racial Impact Statement
House File No. 1199; Racial Impact Statement
Senate File No. 2790; Racial Impact Statement
House File No. 3175; Racial Impact Statement
House File No. 3101; Racial Impact Statement
House File No. 2949; Racial Impact Statement
In 2013, MSGC began using U.S. Census data, rather than annual QuickFacts population estimates, to correct an error that affected the calculation of the Hispanic population in previous years' statements.