Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1004 by Shaheen (Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution and to certain consequences of those offenses.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would expand the conduct constituting the offense of trafficking of persons to include certain conduct relating to trafficking a person with a disability. The bill would expand the conduct constituting the offense of compelling prostitution to include causing by any means a person with a disability to commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the person is disabled at the time of the offense. The bill would increase the limitations period for civil claims and indictments to be presented for certain offenses of compelling prostitution and trafficking of persons if the offense is committed against a person with a disability.
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:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts