LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 26, 2025 TO: Honorable Matt Shaheen, Chair, House Committee on Elections FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1661 by Vasut (Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would create two Class A misdemeanor offenses applicable to the authority responsible for procuring election supplies for failure to provide a certain number of ballots and failure to supplement distributed ballots. The bill would increase the penalty for the offense of failure to distribute or deliver supplies from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor, the penalty for the offense of obstructing distribution of supplies from a Class C misdemeanor to a state jail felony, and the penalty for the offense of unlawfully revealing information before polls close from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony.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 > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, FV, DGI, MGol, WP, QH
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 26, 2025
TO: Honorable Matt Shaheen, Chair, House Committee on Elections FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1661 by Vasut (Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Matt Shaheen, Chair, House Committee on Elections
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1661 by Vasut (Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.), As Introduced
Honorable Matt Shaheen, Chair, House Committee on Elections
Honorable Matt Shaheen, Chair, House Committee on Elections
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB1661 by Vasut (Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.), As Introduced
HB1661 by Vasut (Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would create two Class A misdemeanor offenses applicable to the authority responsible for procuring election supplies for failure to provide a certain number of ballots and failure to supplement distributed ballots. The bill would increase the penalty for the offense of failure to distribute or deliver supplies from a Class C misdemeanor to a Class A misdemeanor, the penalty for the offense of obstructing distribution of supplies from a Class C misdemeanor to a state jail felony, and the penalty for the offense of unlawfully revealing information before polls close from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony.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 > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, FV, DGI, MGol, WP, QH
JMc, FV, DGI, MGol, WP, QH