AN ACT CONCERNING PRETRIAL JUSTICE REFORM.

OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS

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sHB-7044

AN ACT CONCERNING PRETRIAL JUSTICE REFORM.

OFA Fiscal Note

State Impact:

Agency Affected	Fund-Effect	FY 18 $	FY 19 $
Correction, Dept.	GF - Savings	See Below	See Below

Note: GF=General Fund

Municipal Impact: None

Explanation

This bill is anticipated to result in savings to the Department of Correction (DOC) as a result of changes to pretrial detention laws. The bill results in fewer offenders detained before trial and those detained are held for a shorter period of time. There are currently 388 pre-sentenced inmates that this bill potentially affects.

HB 7027, AA Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2019, contains savings in DOC related to the closure of prison units and a prison facility totaling $14.9 million in FY 18 and $16.4 million in FY 19. This bill will reduce the pre-trial population and assist in efforts to close units and a facility.

This bill also requires the Office of Policy and Management to study the feasibility of establishing an assistance program for indigent criminal defendants being detained pretrial and results in no fiscal impact to the state.

The Out Years

The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future.