LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT STATEMENT

88TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
May 17, 2023

TO:
Honorable Joe Moody, Chair, House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB2593 by Springer (Relating to a defense to prosecution for certain assaultive offenses involving the use or exhibition of a less-lethal projectile device by a peace officer.), Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted

The bill would provide a defense to prosecution for certain assaultive offenses involving certain use or exhibition of a less-lethal projectile device by a peace officer.

Establishing a defense to prosecution for an existing criminal offense may result in a decrease in demands upon state and local correctional resources due to a possible decrease 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.




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