TO: | Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB1440 by Lucio III (Relating to the penalties for repeat and habitual felony offenders.), As Introduced |
Fiscal Year | Probable Net Positive/(Negative) Impact to General Revenue Related Funds |
---|---|
2014 | ($32,239,871) |
2015 | ($135,030,088) |
2016 | ($135,030,088) |
2017 | ($135,030,088) |
2018 | ($135,030,088) |
Fiscal Year | Probable Savings/(Cost) from General Revenue Fund 1 |
---|---|
2014 | ($32,239,871) |
2015 | ($135,030,088) |
2016 | ($135,030,088) |
2017 | ($135,030,088) |
2018 | ($135,030,088) |
In fiscal year 2012, a total of 22,932 offenders were admitted to state jails for state jail felonies. A total of 6,666 of these offenders met the criteria for enhancement established by the bill. The bill is expected to increase the length of incarceration for many of these prisoners. To assess the impact on incarceration length, the actual release patterns for that same number of prisoners released in fiscal year 2012 who met the criteria established in the bill were compared to the expected release patterns for these prisoners if the bill were implemented.
The actual length of stay for 6,666 offenders released from state jail in fiscal year 2012 who met the criteria established in the bill was calculated. For 6,358 of these prisoners, the bill's provisions would have set their release date after the date of their actual release in fiscal year 2012. It is assumed that the bill would only affect these prisoners. In this analysis each of the 6,358 prisoners were assigned a new release date based on the bill's provisions. The new length of stay was calculated for each prisoner and compared against their actual length of stay. The new length of stay for these prisoners would be 23.3 months while the actual average length of stay for these prisoners released in fiscal year 2012 was 9.4 months. The bill's provisions would thereby increase the average length of stay by 13.9 months.
To estimate the future impact, the daily costs of Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) incarceration are estimated to be $50.04 per inmate for prison facilities. For example, in fiscal year 2014, the cost is estimated to be $32,239,871, which reflects the total number of additional days all affected prisoners remain incarcerated in fiscal year 2014 times the total cost per day per inmate. Since offenders sentenced to state jail are not released to parole supervision, no savings to parole is calculated for the impact of the bill.
Source Agencies: |
LBB Staff: | UP, ESi, GG, JPo
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