Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB1465 by Hickland (Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense.), As Engrossed
The bill would amend the state jail felony offense of invasive visual recording by expanding the venue of bathroom or changing room to any place in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. The bill would also add the offense of invasive visual recording to the list of reportable convictions or adjudications applicable to required sex offender registration.
Expanding the conduct constituting an offense and the eligibility for certain individuals to commit offenses related to sex offender registration requirements 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.
In fiscal year 2024, there were 549 arrests, 251 referrals, 57 placements onto adult community supervision, 15 individuals admitted into an adult state correctional facility, and one individual admitted into a juvenile state correctional facility for the offense of invasive visual recording.
It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.