TO:	Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	HB2084 by Landgraf (Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of racing on highway; increasing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced

The bill would increase the penalty for racing on a highway to a first degree felony if two or more individuals suffer serious bodily injury or death as a result of the offense. The offense is currently punishable as a second degree felony if an individual suffers serious bodily injury or death as a result of the offense.

Increasing the penalty 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 and a possible increase in the length of stay for individuals sentenced to a term of confinement.

In fiscal year 2022, there were 34 individuals arrested, 8 individuals placed on adult community supervision, 5 individuals placed on juvenile probation supervision, 5 individuals admitted to an adult state correctional institution, and no individuals admitted to a juvenile state correctional institution for the offense of racing on a highway resulting in serious bodily injury or death. It is unknown how many of these offenses resulted in two or more individuals suffering serious bodily injury or death.