| TO: | Honorable Aaron Pena, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB75 by Shapiro (Relating to penalties for certain repeat and habitual felony sex offenders.), As Engrossed |
The bill would amend the Penal Code by making the offense of indecency with child (with contact) punishable by imprisonment in the institutional division for life if the defendant has been previously convicted of sexual performance of a child, possession or promotion of child pornography, indecency with a child, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, aggravated kidnapping if the defendant committed the offense the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually, indecency with a child (engaging in sexual contact), burglary with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually, and sexual performance of a child.
Given the proposal would apply to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2007 and that under current law and policy, individuals convicted of indecency with child serve a high percentage of their sentence, the impact of this proposal would not be significant in the first five years of implementation. A simulation model indicates that the bill would likely result in the need for an additional 165 prison beds by fiscal year 2025.
| Source Agencies: | 696 Department of Criminal Justice
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, ES, GG, TM
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