The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis. The bill would amend the Government Code to change the parole and mandatory supervision eligibility for certain individuals convicted of intoxication related offenses.

Increasing the amount of time an offender with a certain sentence length must serve before being eligible for release under parole supervision or making an offender with a certain sentence length ineligible for release under mandatory supervision is expected to increase demands on state correctional resources due to longer terms of confinement within state correctional facilities. In fiscal year 2014, 56 people were received as new admissions into state correctional institutions with sentence lengths of 25 years or more for intoxication related offenses. Offenders released in fiscal year 2014 that were received as new admissions into state correctional institutions with sentence lengths of 25 years or more for intoxication related offenses served approximately 7 years before release to parole supervision. Assuming sentencing patterns and release policies not addressed by this bill remain constant, the probable impact of the bill's provisions will not occur during the first five years following passage.