Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1506 by Meyer (Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child.), As Introduced
The bill would increase the limitations period for indictments to be presented for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child from 5 years after the date of the commission of the offense to 10 years after the date of the commission of the offense.
Extending the limitations period for indictments to be presented for an existing offense may result in additional demands upon state and local correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals placed under supervision in the community or sentenced to a term of confinement.
In fiscal year 2022, there were 2,840 individuals arrested, 658 individuals placed on adult community supervision, 13 individuals placed on juvenile probation supervision, 199 individuals admitted to an adult state correctional institution, and no individuals admitted to a juvenile state correctional institution for the offense of abandoning or endangering a child.
It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.