LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 7, 2025

TO:
Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB1099 by Flores (Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an alien.), As Introduced

Increasing the penalty for existing offenses may result in increased demands upon state 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. The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined due to the lack of data to estimate the prevalence of conduct outlined in the bill's provisions that would be subject to increased criminal penalties.

The bill would increase all criminal penalties to the next higher category of offense unless the offense is a capitol felony or the offense is a first degree felony in where the minimum term of imprisonment would be increased to 15 years or more if there is an affirmative finding that the defendant was an alien, as defined, at the time of the offense.

The Office of Court Administration indicated that the fiscal impact is indeterminate without data to project the volume of prosecutions that would be subject to increased criminal penalties.

Local Government Impact

While the fiscal impact cannot be determined, increasing the penalty for existing offenses may result in increased demands upon 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.


Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
LBB Staff:
JMc, MGol, AMr, QH