Honorable Dan Patrick, Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Dustin Burrows, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1610 by Perry (Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties.), Conference Committee Report
Amongst other offense-related provisions, the bill would increase the penalty for certain offenses if committed while the actor is civilly committed to the Texas Civil Commitment Office (TCCO) and determine the sentence as life in prison, or a sentence of not more than 99 years or less than 25 years, for a conviction of any felony offense other than a state jail felony.
Increasing the penalty for an existing offense may result in additional demands upon state correctional resources due to a possible increase in the number of individuals confined and in the length of stay for individuals sentenced to a term of confinement.
As of February 2025, there were 494 individuals civilly committed to the Texas Civil Commitment Center who would be eligible for increased penalties and an increased sentence in the occurrence of committing a felony offense under the bill's provisions.
The impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources cannot be determined due to the lack of data to identify the number of cases in which a person committed an offense while civilly committed.