The resolution proposes an amendment to the rules of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, specifically introducing a new rule regarding the creation of equity impact statements. These statements are intended to help legislators evaluate whether a public bill is likely to increase equity, decrease equity, or have no impact on equity, considering categories such as race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, and country of ancestral origin. The statements will include data on historical and existing disparities, as well as potential demographic and economic impacts of the legislation, including differential healthcare outcomes, graduation rates, incarceration rates, and support for minority-owned businesses.

Under the new rule, the Speaker of the House may request equity impact statements for up to five proposed public bills annually, and the Rhode Island Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian American and Pacific Islander (RIBLIA) Caucus may also request equity impact statements for up to five proposed public bills each year. The requests must identify which categories should be considered, and the equity impact statements must address those categories but are not limited to them.

The Legislative Council, in coordination with the Rhode Island Commission on Prejudice & Bias, institutions of higher education, and relevant state agencies, will prepare the requested equity impact statements. These statements will be attached to public bills and deemed public records under the provisions of chapter 2 of title 38 ("access to public records"). Additionally, equity impact statements must be made available at least one week prior to any hearing on the public bill and to the public at least one week prior to any committee vote on the public bill under consideration.