FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 23, 2026
Time Requested: 03:11 PM |
| Agency: |
Corrections & Rehabilitation, Division of |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 2766 |
Introduced |
HB4779 |
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| CBD Subject: |
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FUND(S):
0608 - 0450 - General Revenue
Sources of Revenue:
General Fund
Legislation creates:
Increases Existing Expenses
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
Summarize in a clear and concise manner what impact this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
This legislation would most likely lead to an increase in the total incarceration cost per conviction. Although the agency cannot quantify the fiscal impact of this proposed legislation, as interpreted, the sentencing recommendations referred to in the DRAFT bill will be made by the sentencing Judge. The agency has no way to predict those variances. If, as interpreted by the bill, the recommendations made by the sentencing judge were to lead to an increase in time served before the eligibility of parole, this would then increase the total cost of the incarceration at the rate of $132.74 per day in a prison facility.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2026
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2027
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
Please explain increases and decreases in personal services, current expenses, repairs and alterations, assets, other costs and revenues, including assumptions and data sources and delineation between start-up and ongoing costs. Please also include a long-range schedule of costs and revenues if fiscal impact is expected to vary in future years.
This legislation would most likely lead to an increase in the total incarceration cost per conviction. Although the agency cannot quantify the fiscal impact of this proposed legislation, as interpreted, the sentencing recommendations referred to in the DRAFT bill will be made by the sentencing Judge. The agency has no way to predict those variances. If, as interpreted by the bill, the recommendations made by the sentencing judge were to lead to an increase in time served before the eligibility of parole, this would then increase the total cost of the incarceration at the rate of $132.74 per day in a prison facility.
Memorandum
Please identify any areas of vagueness, technical defects, reasons a bill would not have a fiscal impact, and/or any special issues not captured elsewhere on this form.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: Lori Lynch, Chief of Staff, WVDCR
Email Address: lori.a.lynch@wv.gov