Honorable James White, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3130 by Parker (Relating to the establishment of an educational and vocational training pilot program for certain state jail felony defendants.), As Introduced
The bill would amend various codes as they relate to the establishment of an education and vocational training pilot program for certain state jail felons. The bill would allow a judge to place individuals convicted of a state jail felony who receive a sentence of confinement, under community supervision for a total of 270 days with the condition the individual submits to 90 days of confinement within a state jail facility and participates in a 180-day program. The provisions of bill apply only to those who receive a sentence of confinement in a state jail on or after June 1, 2018. In fiscal year 2016, 19,502 individuals were admitted into state jail with an average sentence length of 10 months and an average of four months time credit in county jail. Under the provisions of the bill, individuals would be allowed to receive time served in a county jail credited towards the term of confinement in a state jail facility. Based on an analysis of historical data, this analysis assumes the individuals subject to the bill's provisions would be placed directly under felony community supervision since the average county jail time credit awarded to state jail felons was four months. Estimated populations are based on the adult incarceration projections included in the January 2017 Adult and Juvenile Correctional Population Projections report, and assume sentencing patterns, county jail time credit policies, and release policies not addressed in the bill remain constant, the probable impact of implementing the provisions of the bill during each of the first five years following passage, in terms of daily demand on the adult correctional agencies, is estimated as follows: