TO: | Honorable Ray Allen, Chair, House Committee on Corrections |
FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2624 by Haggerty (Relating to early release from community supervision.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure by requiring judges to dismiss the proceedings and discharge a defendant from community supervision when the defendant has successfully completed one-third or two years of his sentence, whichever is less. The bill would not apply to state jail felons, sex offenders requiring registration, and DWI offenders.
In this analysis, it is assumed that probationers who have been revoked to prison for a technical violation serve an average of 2.7 years before release.
The change in law would apply on or after September 1, 2003, but it is assumed that it would take a year for the full reduction in supervision population to be achieved due to the challenges with implementing early release for such a large number of eligible offenders.
Fiscal Year | Decrease In Demand For Prison Capacity | Decrease In Community Supervision Population |
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2004 | 403 | 14,296 |
2005 | 1,283 | 28,491 |
2006 | 2,048 | 28,286 |
2007 | 2,564 | 28,303 |
2008 | 2,982 | 28,037 |
Source Agencies: | 410 Criminal Justice Policy Council
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LBB Staff: | JK, GG
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