The bill would amend the Government Code as it relates to the retention of good conduct time by an inmate whose release on parole or to mandatory supervision is revoked. Under the provisions of the bill, an offender whose supervision (parole, mandatory, or discretionary mandatory), is revoked would not forfeit any good time accrued prior to release to supervision (parole, mandatory, or discretionary mandatory). At present, an offender whose supervision (parole, mandatory, or discretionary mandatory) is revoked forfeits any good time accrued prior to release.
 
Allowing offenders to retain and continue to accrue good time upon revocation of supervision (parole, mandatory, or discretionary mandatory) is expected to result in decreased demands upon the correctional resources of the State due to shorter terms of confinement in prison.  In fiscal year 2010, there were 6,651 offenders revoked to prison. After removing those cases for which good time data were not available, for which good time was equal to zero, and those for whom receiving good time credit would exceed their sentence length, approximately 6,158 offenders would be subject to the provisions of the bill. The average sentence length upon revocation for the offenders subject to the provisions of the bill was 12.9 years and the average amount of good time accrued by these offenders prior to their release to supervision was 3.5 years.
 
Assuming that sentencing patterns and release policies not addressed in this bill remain constant, the probable impact of implementing the provisions of the bill during each of the first five years following passage, in terms of daily demand upon the adult corrections agencies, is estimated as follows: