Honorable James White, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
FROM:
John McGeady, Assistant Director Sarah Keyton, Assistant Director Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1389 by Thompson, Senfronia (Relating to the placement on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, of a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedures by requiring a court, upon the written motion of a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child and who is charged with an offense eligible for community supervision or deferred adjudication community supervision, to consider the defendant's status as a primary caretaker before imposing a sentence. The court may defer further proceedings without entering an adjudication of guilt and may place the defendant on deferred adjudication community supervision or suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community supervision. The Office of Court Administration and the Department of Criminal Justice indicate they could absorb the costs associated with the bill within its current resources.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 696 Department of Criminal Justice