Bill Text: MA S1711 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Expand intensive parole for sex offenders
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-05 - Reporting date extended to Friday, May 7, 2010 [S1711 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1711-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Ms. Jehlen
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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 for sex offenders.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Ms. Jehlen |
Second Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00929 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 for sex offenders.
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 27 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4 the following section:–
Section 4A. The parole board shall establish in each region an intensive parole for sex offenders program which shall include unannounced visits, counseling, electronic monitoring, random testing, polygraph testing and other aspects of intensive supervision.
SECTION 2. Section 14 of chapter 123A of the General Laws, as it appears in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 55 after the word “center” the following words “to the intensive parole for sex offenders program.”