LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 26, 2023 TO: Honorable Reggie Smith, Chair, House Committee on Elections FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB4782 by Smith (Relating to electioneering conducted near a polling place.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would create a Class C misdemeanor offense for the act of conducting exit polling during a voting period and within 100 feet of an outside door through which a voter may enter a building in which a polling place is located. It is assumed that any fiscal impact and any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant. Local Government ImpactIt is assumed that any fiscal impact to units of local government associated with enforcement, prosecution, supervision, or confinement would not be significant. Source Agencies: b > td > LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MOc, LBO, MGol
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 26, 2023
TO: Honorable Reggie Smith, Chair, House Committee on Elections FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB4782 by Smith (Relating to electioneering conducted near a polling place.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Reggie Smith, Chair, House Committee on Elections
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB4782 by Smith (Relating to electioneering conducted near a polling place.), As Introduced
Honorable Reggie Smith, Chair, House Committee on Elections
Honorable Reggie Smith, Chair, House Committee on Elections
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB4782 by Smith (Relating to electioneering conducted near a polling place.), As Introduced
HB4782 by Smith (Relating to electioneering conducted near a polling place.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create a Class C misdemeanor offense for the act of conducting exit polling during a voting period and within 100 feet of an outside door through which a voter may enter a building in which a polling place is located. It is assumed that any fiscal impact and any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.
Local Government Impact
It is assumed that any fiscal impact to units of local government associated with enforcement, prosecution, supervision, or confinement would not be significant.
Source Agencies: b > td >
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MOc, LBO, MGol
JMc, MOc, LBO, MGol