Texas 2025 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1762 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 04/01/2025

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             April 1, 2025       TO: Honorable Sam Harless, Chair, House Committee on Corrections     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB1762 by Leach (Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.), As Introduced     Excluding individuals from eligibility for community supervision and deferred adjudication community supervision may result in additional demands upon state and local correctional resources, some potentially significant, due to a possible increase in the number of individuals confined at both state and local levels. The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the lack of data necessary to identify the number of individuals who would be ineligible for community supervision. The bill would exclude eligibility for both community supervision and deferred adjudication community supervision for illegal aliens as defined in the bill. The Office of Court Administration indicates that the fiscal impact of the bill cannot be determined, and that the number of affected individuals may be significant.  Local Government ImpactWhile the number of individuals who would be disqualified for community supervision is unknown, the bill's provisions may result in additional demands on local correctional resources, some potentially significant depending on the unit of local government, due to increased lengths of confinement.  Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, AMr, DGI

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 1, 2025

 

 

  TO: Honorable Sam Harless, Chair, House Committee on Corrections     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: HB1762 by Leach (Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.), As Introduced   

TO: Honorable Sam Harless, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB1762 by Leach (Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.), As Introduced

 Honorable Sam Harless, Chair, House Committee on Corrections

 Honorable Sam Harless, Chair, House Committee on Corrections

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 HB1762 by Leach (Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.), As Introduced 

 HB1762 by Leach (Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.), As Introduced 



Excluding individuals from eligibility for community supervision and deferred adjudication community supervision may result in additional demands upon state and local correctional resources, some potentially significant, due to a possible increase in the number of individuals confined at both state and local levels. The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the lack of data necessary to identify the number of individuals who would be ineligible for community supervision.

Excluding individuals from eligibility for community supervision and deferred adjudication community supervision may result in additional demands upon state and local correctional resources, some potentially significant, due to a possible increase in the number of individuals confined at both state and local levels. The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the lack of data necessary to identify the number of individuals who would be ineligible for community supervision.

The bill would exclude eligibility for both community supervision and deferred adjudication community supervision for illegal aliens as defined in the bill. The Office of Court Administration indicates that the fiscal impact of the bill cannot be determined, and that the number of affected individuals may be significant.

 Local Government Impact

While the number of individuals who would be disqualified for community supervision is unknown, the bill's provisions may result in additional demands on local correctional resources, some potentially significant depending on the unit of local government, due to increased lengths of confinement.

Source Agencies: b > td > 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council

LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, AMr, DGI

JMc, MGol, AMr, DGI