The provisions of the bill addressing felony sanctions are the subject of this analysis. The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure as it relates to community supervision. Under the provisions of the bill, a judge would be allowed to reduce or terminate the period of community supervision early under certain circumstances.
Reducing the period of community supervision under certain circumstances could 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 individuals whose community supervision would be reduced or terminated early under the provisions of the bill. From fiscal year 2018 through 2020, based on data reported to the community supervision tracking system, 162,565 persons had their felony community supervision terminated, of which 80,496 were terminated successfully.