TO:	Honorable John Whitmire, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB2593 by Springer (Relating to a defense to prosecution for certain assaultive offenses involving the use or exhibition of a less-lethal projectile device by a peace officer.), As Introduced

The bill would provide a defense to prosecution for certain assaultive offenses if the conduct constituting the offense involved use or exhibition of a less-lethal projectile device by a peace officer discharging official duties without intent to cause serious bodily injury or death. 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.