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.