Honorable Pete Gallego, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:
John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2822 by Coleman (Relating to the penalty for and certain other civil consequences of engaging in disorderly conduct for certain unlawful purposes. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Penal Code as it relates to the penalty for and certain other civil consequences of engaging in disorderly conduct for certain unlawful purposes. The bill would add engaging in certain disorderly conduct with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, to the list of reportable convictions or adjudications that require an individual to register as a sex offender. Under the provisions of the bill, this type of disorderly conduct would be punishable as a state jail felony. At present, engaging in disorderly conduct for a lewd or unlawful purpose is a Class C Misdemeanor.
The Texas Department of Public Safety anticipates no significant fiscal impact from the bill to the State or to units of local government.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.