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 on community supervision for a nonviolent state jail or third degree felony whose violation did not involve an arrest or conviction for an offense, failure to report to a supervision officer within 180 days, or contacting the victim of the offense for which they were placed under community supervision.

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 failed to report to a supervision officer within 180 days or more or who contacted the victim of the offense for which they were placed under community supervision. In fiscal year 2018, based on data reported to the community supervision tracking system (CSTS), 8,753 persons were revoked from felony community supervision who were on community supervision for a nonviolent state jail or third degree felony whose violation did not involve an arrest or conviction for an offense.