Texas 2025 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB476 Fiscal Note / Fiscal Note

Filed 03/29/2025

                    LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD     Austin, Texas       FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION             March 29, 2025       TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: SB476 by Middleton (Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.), As Introduced     No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would increase the penalty for the offense of intoxicated manslaughter if it is shown at trial that the actor, who had been ordered to drive only a vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device, operated a motor vehicle without the ignition interlock device or while knowing that the device was circumvented or not functioning. The penalty would be increased from a second degree felony to a first degree felony punishable by life imprisonment if the actor was younger than 18 years of age or life without parole if the actor was older than 18 years of age at the time of the offense. 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  LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, MGol, AMr, QH

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
March 29, 2025

 

 

  TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice     FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board      IN RE: SB476 by Middleton (Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.), As Introduced   

TO: Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB476 by Middleton (Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.), As Introduced

 Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

 Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board 

 SB476 by Middleton (Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.), As Introduced 

 SB476 by Middleton (Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.), As Introduced 



No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would increase the penalty for the offense of intoxicated manslaughter if it is shown at trial that the actor, who had been ordered to drive only a vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device, operated a motor vehicle without the ignition interlock device or while knowing that the device was circumvented or not functioning. The penalty would be increased from a second degree felony to a first degree felony punishable by life imprisonment if the actor was younger than 18 years of age or life without parole if the actor was older than 18 years of age at the time of the offense. 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.



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

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts

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

JMc, MGol, AMr, QH