The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Government Code as they relate to the punishment for certain felony offenses committed by a person released on parole or mandatory supervision.  Under the provisions of the bill, a judge would be able to sentence an individual who commits and is convicted of a new felony offense while on parole or mandatory supervision to a term that runs concurrently with or consecutively to the sentence for which supervision was revoked if the individual was sentenced for the new offense as a habitual felon. To be sentenced as a habitual felon, a person must have been convicted three or more times for a felony offense.
 
Increasing the number of individuals sentenced to a term that runs consecutively to the sentence for which they were on parole or mandatory supervision is expected to result in additional demands on the State due to longer terms of incarceration in state correctional institutions.  In fiscal year 2018, 642 persons were eligible under the bill's provisions to be sentenced to a term consecutive to the sentence for which they were on parole or mandatory supervision.  Based on current sentencing practices this analysis assumes the number of persons given a consecutive sentence would not result in a significant increase in state correctional populations or the demand for state correctional resources.