The bill would amend the Penal Code as it relates to the prosecution, punishment, and supervision of certain offenders involving injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. Under the provisions of the bill, certain inmates incarcerated for injuring a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual would be ineligible for release on parole until the inmate's actual calendar time served plus good conduct time equals half of the sentence imposed or 20 years, whichever is less. Also under the provisions of the bill, certain offenders prosecuted for injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual and were prosecuted for public lewdness, the continuous sexual abuse of a young child or children, or indecency with a child could no longer be prosecuted for injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
 
Some provisions in the bill would decrease the length of stay for offenders convicted of injuring a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual and convicted for public lewdness, the continuous sexual abuse of a young child or children, or indecency with a child. Decreasing the penalty for any criminal offense is expected to decrease demands on state and/or county correctional agency resources due to shorter terms of community supervision, county jail confinement, state correctional institution confinement, and/or parole.

Other provisions in the bill increase the length of stay for offenders convicted of injuring a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. Increasing the penalty for any criminal offense is expected to increase demands on state and/or county correctional agency resources due to longer terms of community supervision, county jail confinement, state correctional institution confinement, and/or parole. However, in the case of the bill overall, it is assumed that the number of offenders supervised or incarcerated under this statute would not significantly impact state correctional agencies' workload and programs.