OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-5448
AN ACT CONCERNING SECURITY OF CERTAIN ELECTION
WORKERS.
Primary Analyst: BP 4/25/24
Contributing Analyst(s): TM
Reviewer: PR
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
Judicial Dept. (Probation);
Correction, Dept.
GF - Potential
Cost
Minimal Minimal
Resources of the General Fund GF - Potential
Revenue Gain
Minimal Minimal
Note: GF=General Fund
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill makes a variety of changes related to security of election
workers and results in the fiscal impacts described below.
Section 1 expands protections from personal address disclosure to
municipal town clerks, registrar of voters, and election officials from
within a narrow timeframe around elections and results in no fiscal
impact to the state or municipalities.
Section 2 expands an existing class C felony to include influencing or
attempting to influence an election worker
1
and creates a new class A
misdemeanor for publicly disclosing an election worker's personal
information. This results in a potential cost to the Department of
Correction and the Judicial Department for incarceration or probation
and a potential revenue gain to the General Fund from fines. On
average, the marginal cost to the state for incarcerating an offender for
1
Since FY 14, there have not been any charges under CGS 9-364a. 2024HB-05448-R010627-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
the year is $3,300
2
while the average marginal cost for supervision in the
community is less than $800
3
each year for adults and $1,000 each year
for juveniles.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to the number of violations.
2
Inmate marginal cost is based on increased consumables (e.g., food, clothing, water,
sewage, living supplies, etc.). This does not include a change in staffing costs or utility
expenses because these would only be realized if a unit or facility opened.
3
Probation marginal cost is based on services provided by private providers and only
includes costs that increase with each additional participant. This does not include a
cost for additional supervision by a probation officer unless a new offense is
anticipated to result in enough additional offenders to require additional probation
officers.