TO:	Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1021 by Huffman (Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of stalking.), As Introduced

The bill would remove eligibility for judge-­ordered community supervision for a defendant adjudged guilty of the offense of stalking.

Removing community supervision eligibility for an existing offense may result in increased demands upon state correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals sentenced to a term of confinement instead of placed under supervision in the community.

In fiscal year 2024, there were 1,018 arrests, 12 referrals, 163 individuals placed onto adult community supervision, 111 individuals admitted into an adult state correctional facility, and no individuals admitted into a juvenile state correctional facility for the offense of stalking.

The estimated impact on adult correctional populations would follow the fiscal year 2024 observed rates of carceral admission, projected growth rates for these populations as reported in the Biennial Report on Adult Criminal Justice Populations Fiscal Years 2018 to 2030, and the average time between offense and admission for these stalking offenses. The cumulative impact on state correctional populations and on the demand for state correctional resources is assumed to be significant due to increases in the number of individuals confined.