TO:	Honorable Jerry Madden, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB46 by Hodge (Relating to the application of laws awarding credit to an inmate for time between release on and subsequent revocation of parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

The bill would retroactively apply changes made to Section 508.283, Government Code, by the 77th Legislature related to awarding credit to an inmate for time between release and the subsequent revocation of parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon.  The bill would require a review of all parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon revocation cases that occurred prior to September 1, 2001 to determine whether an individual revoked would be eligible to receive credit for a portion of the time served on parole prior to revocation. 
 
The impact of the bill on criminal justice populations cannot be determined because the number of individuals that would be credited additional time by the bill and the amount of time that would be credited is not known.   The bill would take effect on September 1, 2008.