OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-390
AN ACT CONCERNING PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN ELECTION
CRIMES.
Primary Analyst: ME 4/15/24
Contributing Analyst(s): BP
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact:
Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 25 $ FY 26 $
Judicial Dept.; 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 imposes mandatory minimum imprisonment of twelve
months for existing class E and class D felonies for certain election
crimes, resulting in a potential cost to the Department of Correction and
the Judicial Department for incarceration or probation and a potential
revenue gain from fines. On average, the marginal cost to the state for
incarcerating an offender for the year is $3,300
1
while the average
marginal cost for supervision in the community is less than $800
2
each
year for adults and $1,000 each year for juveniles. Few violations are
1
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.
2
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
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expected in the future.
3
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to the number of violations.
3
Since FY 14, less than 20 offenses have been recorded for violations of CGS 9-359a and
0 were recorded for the other impacted violations. No revenue was collected for these
violations.