Reps. KING and McDANIEL propose the following Amendment No. to H. 4608 (COUNCIL\WAB\4608C114.RT.WAB22):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

/SECTION __. Effective upon this act becoming a law, the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina shall review the impact of the dispute process and application of this act and submit a racial impact statement to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by September 30, 2022. The racial impact statement must estimate the anticipated effects that this act may have on racial inequality among the residents of this State and must indicate whether this act would increase, decrease, or have no impact on racial inequality or whether the impact is indeterminable. To the extent feasible, the impact statement must include quantifiable data. The impact statement must specify the methodologies and assumptions used in its preparation. /