LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT STATEMENT

88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 27, 2023

TO:
Honorable Abel Herrero, Chair, House Committee on Corrections
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB1629 by Wu (Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of certain burglary offenses.), As Introduced

The bill would remove certain burglary offenses punishable as a first degree felony from the list of offenses for which a conviction makes a defendant ineligible for judge-ordered community supervision.

Establishing community supervision eligibility for an existing criminal offense may result in decreased demands upon state correctional resources due to a possible decrease in the number of individuals sentenced to a term of confinement. 

In fiscal year 2022, there were 1,061 individuals arrested, 149 individuals placed on community supervision, and 154 individuals admitted into a state correctional institution for a first degree felony burglary offense. 

It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.



Source Agencies:
LBB Staff:
JMc, DDel, LBO, MGol