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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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JOINT RESOLUTION | |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO PROVIDE | |
DIRECTION AND PROPOSALS FOR LEGISLATION, METRICS, AND PROGRESS IN | |
REDUCING RACIAL DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Mack, Britto, Acosta, Euer, McKenney, Kallman, LaMountain, | |
Date Introduced: March 07, 2023 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not |
2 | otherwise appropriated for fiscal year 2023-2024, a sum sufficient to establish a commission |
3 | composed of persons from diverse racial backgrounds and cultures and who were formerly |
4 | incarcerated in the State of Rhode Island. The purpose of this commission shall be to provide |
5 | direction and proposals for legislation, metrics, and progress in reducing racial disparity in the |
6 | number of individuals who are subject to incarceration in this state, including, but not limited to, |
7 | those persons incarcerated by the department of correction. The state controller is hereby |
8 | authorized and directed to draw orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or |
9 | so much thereof as maybe from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated |
10 | vouchers. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
JOINT RESOLUTION | |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION TO PROVIDE | |
DIRECTION AND PROPOSALS FOR LEGISLATION, METRICS, AND PROGRESS IN | |
REDUCING RACIAL DISPARITY IN INCARCERATION | |
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1 | This joint resolution would authorize the appropriation of a sum that is sufficient to |
2 | establish a commission composed of persons from diverse racial backgrounds and cultures and who |
3 | were formerly incarcerated in the State of Rhode Island. The purpose of this commission would |
4 | be to provide direction and proposals for legislation, metrics, and progress in reducing racial |
5 | disparity in the number of individuals who are subject to incarceration in this state, including, but |
6 | not limited to, those persons incarcerated by the department of correction. |
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