LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION March 11, 2025 TO: Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB658 by Tepper (Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.), As Introduced No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would add community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers to the list of individuals to which the criminal offenses of unlawful carrying of a weapon and carrying a weapon at certain places do not apply. The bill would also expand the conduct constituting the felony offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon from certain individuals working in public safety to include taking or attempting to take a weapon from a juvenile probation officer. 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, 405 Department of Public Safety, 407 Commission on Law Enforcement, 644 Juvenile Justice Department, 696 Department of Criminal Justice LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, DGI
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 11, 2025
TO: Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB658 by Tepper (Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB658 by Tepper (Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.), As Introduced
Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Honorable Cole Hefner, Chair, House Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB658 by Tepper (Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.), As Introduced
HB658 by Tepper (Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would add community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers to the list of individuals to which the criminal offenses of unlawful carrying of a weapon and carrying a weapon at certain places do not apply. The bill would also expand the conduct constituting the felony offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon from certain individuals working in public safety to include taking or attempting to take a weapon from a juvenile probation officer. 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, 405 Department of Public Safety, 407 Commission on Law Enforcement, 644 Juvenile Justice Department, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 405 Department of Public Safety, 407 Commission on Law Enforcement, 644 Juvenile Justice Department, 696 Department of Criminal Justice
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, DGI
JMc, MGol, DGI