The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis.  The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to prohibit a judge from revoking the community supervision of a person who is the primary caretaker of a child younger than 18 or who is pregnant, and whose violation of community supervision did not involve an arrest for an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any higher category of offense. 

Reducing the circumstances for the revocation of persons on community supervision is expected to result in fewer demands upon the correctional resources of the state due to a decrease in the number of individuals admitted to state correctional institutions.  The bill may have a positive population impact by decreasing the number of people admitted to state correctional institutions. Whether the bill would result in a significant impact on state correctional populations cannot be determined due to the lack of data or information related to the number of people on community supervision who are the primary caretaker of a child younger than 18 or who are pregnant.  In fiscal year 2018, based on data reported to the community supervision tracking system (CSTS), 12,642 persons were revoked from felony community supervision whose violation of community supervision did not involve an arrest for an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any higher category of offense.