In fiscal year 2022, there were 29,276 individuals arrested, 1,557 individuals placed on adult community supervision, and no individuals admitted into adult or juvenile state correctional institutions for Class B misdemeanor possession of marihuana or certain penalty group 2-A controlled substances of two ounces or less.
In fiscal year 2022, there were 13,500 individuals arrested, 1,572 individuals placed on adult community supervision, and 380 individuals admitted into adult state correctional institutions for possession of a penalty group 2 controlled substance. In fiscal year 2022, 12 individuals were admitted to juvenile state correctional facilities for controlled substances offenses, but the penalty group classification of these substances is unknown.
The impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources cannot be determined due to the lack of data to identify cases with the specific controlled substances and the weight of those substances and marihuana as outlined in the bill's provisions from all other possession of marihuana and certain controlled substances under two ounces as well as the specific controlled substances in penalty group 2.