The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis. The bill would amend the Penal Code to add the offense of possession of certain gambling devices, equipment, or paraphernalia under the definition of criminal activity as it relates to the offense of money laundering. The offense of money laundering is currently punishable at various felony levels depending on the amount of money laundered.

Expanding the types of behavior subject to a criminal penalty is expected to result in greater demand on state correctional resources due to additional people potentially placed under felony community supervision or admitted into state correctional institutions. In fiscal year 2014, 511 people were arrested, 21 were placed under felony community supervision, and 34 were admitted into state correctional facilities for the offense of money laundering. Statewide data are not available to indicate how many additional persons would be eligible for prosecution under the money laundering statute as a result of the bill's provisions. However, this analysis assumes the bill's provisions would not result in a significant impact on state correctional populations, programs, or workloads.