Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1388 by Parker (Relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a premises for unlawful controlled substance consumption.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
The bill would create a second degree felony offense for operating or making premises available for unlawful controlled substance consumption.
Creating a new criminal offense may result in an increase in 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.
It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.