REIA Database

A Racial Equity Impact Assessment (REIA) is a careful and organized examination of how a proposed bill or resolution will affect different racial and ethnic groups. We, the Council Office of Racial Equity, conduct REIAs to answer the question, how will this bill affect Black residents, Indigenous residents, and other residents of color in the short and long term?

By researching how a measure will impact the symptoms and structures of racial inequity, we hope to spark conversation that is more brave, empathetic, thoughtful, open-minded, and racially equitable than before.  

We conduct REIAs after a bill’s public hearing and in advance of a committee mark up. We will publish all REIAs before committee mark up below.

Have a question about a particular field or value? Check out our codebook (also called a data dictionary).

To learn more about the REIA process, the legislative process, and legislation under consideration, check out:

• Our explainer on racial equity impact assessments;

• Our blog post on how and why we updated our REIA conclusions;

• The Council’s explainer on how a bill becomes a law;

• The Legislative Information Management System (LIMS) to find out what bills have been introduced, when they were introduced, by whom, and their most up-to-date status; and

• The Council’s committee pages to learn which committees exist, what they cover, which agencies they oversee, and which Councilmembers chair and participate in each committee.