TO:	Honorable Nicole Collier, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB252 by Moody (Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

The provisions of the bill addressed by this analysis would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure as it relates to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case. Under the provisions of the bill, certain decisions would no longer require a consensus of ten or more jurors.

This analysis assumes implementing the provisions of the bill would not result in a significant impact on the demand for state correctional resources. The bill does not expressly create a felony offense, increase the punishment for an existing misdemeanor to that of a felony, increase the punishment for an existing felony offense or category of felony level offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for felony community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.