The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis.  The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure and Government Code as they relate to community supervision.  Under the provisions of the bill, a judge would be allowed to reduce or terminate the period of community supervision under certain circumstances. Individuals with certain offenses involving family violence would now be eligible for time credits under the bill's provisions.

Reducing the period of community supervision under certain circumstances is expected to result in fewer demands upon the correctional resources of counties or of the state due to a decrease in the length of stay of individuals placed under community supervision and a subsequent decrease in the number of individuals under community supervision. 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 whose community supervision would be terminated early under the provisions of the bill. In fiscal year 2018, based on data reported to the community supervision tracking system (CSTS), 58,721 persons were terminated from felony community supervision, of which 27,466 were terminated successfully.