The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis. The bill would amend the Penal Code to prohibit previous convictions for certain intoxication offenses from qualifying for penalty enhancement purposes if the previous offenses associated with prior convictions took place more than 10 years before the date of the current offense. Intoxication offenses subject to the bill's provisions are punishable at various felony and misdemeanor levels.  

Prohibiting past convictions from qualifying for penalty enhancement purposes is expected to result in fewer demands on the correctional resources of the state due to fewer people being placed under felony community supervision or admitted into state correctional institutions. In fiscal year 2014, 8,450 people were arrested, 3,148 were placed under felony community supervision, and 4,558 were admitted into state correctional institutions for felony intoxication offenses with elements of a previous conviction. However, based on analysis of sentencing trends and the criminal histories of current offenders, this analysis assumes the bill's provisions would not result in a significant impact on state correctional populations, programs, or workloads.