The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis.  The bill would amend the Penal Code by creating the offense of voyeurism and make it punishable at various offense levels with the punishment increasing in severity based on the specific circumstances of the offense. The bill would make voyeurism in which the victim was a child younger than 14 a state jail felony.

A state jail felony is punishable by confinement in a state jail for a term from 180 days to 2 years and an optional fine not to exceed $10,000. 

Creating an offense is expected to increase correctional supervision and/or incarceration populations and thereby increase demands on county and/or state correctional resources. This analysis assumes the provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions for criminal offenses would not result in a significant impact on state correctional populations, programs, or workloads.