LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 13, 2025

TO:
Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
 
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
SB2877 by Hughes (Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced

The bill would expand conduct constituting and increase penalties for the offense of election fraud. It is assumed that any fiscal impact and any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.  

Local Government Impact

It is assumed that any fiscal impact to units of local government associated with enforcement, prosecution, supervision, or confinement would not be significant.


Source Agencies:
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBB Staff:
JMc, WP, AMr, DGI