LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT STATEMENT

88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 22, 2023

TO:
Honorable Brian Birdwell, Chair, Senate Committee on Border Security
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB1900 by Birdwell (Relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the acquisition of title to real property by, the compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization.), As Introduced

The bill would expand the applicability of certain offenses relating to engaging in organized criminal activity to include a foreign terrorist organization and expand the conduct constituting the offense to include the unlawful possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance or dangerous drug and operation of a stash house.

Expanding the conduct constituting and modifying 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.

In fiscal year 2022, there were 9,875 individuals arrested, 1,926 individuals placed on adult community supervision, 119 individuals placed on juvenile probation supervision, 2,825 individuals admitted to an adult state correctional institution, and 1 individual admitted to a juvenile state correctional institution for manufacturing, delivering, or possessing with intent to deliver a controlled substance in violation of the Texas Controlled Substances Act or a dangerous drug in violation of the Texas Dangerous Drug Act. In fiscal year 2022, there were 116 individuals arrested and 1 individual placed on adult community supervision for the offense of operation of a stash house. It is unknown how many of these offenses involved either possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance or dangerous drug or engagement with organized criminal activity or a foreign terrorist organization.

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 the number of additional cases that would qualify as an offense of engaging in organized criminal activity under the provisions of the bill.



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