Under the provisions of the bill, the Board of Pardons and Paroles (BPP) would be required to release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) offenders who were serving a sentence for certain third degree felony drug offenses and were not required to register as a sex offender and did not have previous convictions for offenses under Title V of the Penal Code once their calendar time and good conduct time equaled the full term of their sentence.

The release of offenders to MS is expected to result in decreased demands upon the correctional resources of the state due to shorter terms of confinement in TDCJ. During fiscal year 2014, there were 353 offenders incarcerated in TDCJ who met the bill's criteria for MS release and were not approved by the BPP for Discretionary Mandatory Supervision (DMS) release. Under the provisions of the bill, these offenders would have been automatically released to MS instead of being denied release by the BPP through the DMS review process.

Assuming sentencing patterns and release policies not addressed by this bill remain constant, the probable impact the bill's provisions during the first five years following passage, in terms of daily demand upon the adult corrections agencies, is estimated as follows: