Bill Text: MA S1676 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced


Bill Title: Expand intensive parole supervision

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1676 Detail]

Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1676-Introduced.html

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Creem, Cynthia (SEN)

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act to expand intensive parole supervision.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

Kay Khan

11th Middlesex


 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00886 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act to expand intensive parole supervision.



                Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

            SECTION 1. Chapter twenty-seven of the general laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after section five the following new section:-

Section 5A.  The Parole Board shall establish in each region of the Commonwealth an intensive parole for sex offenders program.  Such program shall be modeled upon the current program operated by the parole board in Middlesex County, and shall include unannounced visits, counseling, electronic monitoring, random drug testing, polygraph testing and other aspects of intensive supervision.

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