The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, Government Code, and Penal Code as they relate to the punishment for the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. Offenders convicted of this offense, if the victim was a child and the conduct was committed intentionally or knowingly, would be ineligible for placement on community supervision in lieu of incarceration and would be required to serve at least 10 years in prison. This offense is punishable as a first degree felony, which is punishable by confinement in prison for up to 99 years and an optional fine not to exceed $10,000.

Prohibiting community supervision and increasing the minimum term of confinement is expected to result in creased demands upon the correctional resources of the state. In fiscal year 2014, 250 people were arrested, 34 were placed under felony community supervision, and 65 were admitted into state correctional institutions for intentionally or knowingly committing the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. Whether the bill would result in significant demand on the correctional resources of the state as a result of increased populations and longer terms of confinement is indeterminate due to a lack of statewide data related to the age of victims of the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.