Bill > H2267

This bill reforms the "School Zone" law for drug offenses by reducing the protected distance around schools from one thousand feet to one hundred feet, and it clarifies that this law does not apply to offenses occurring within a private residence or dwelling. Furthermore, the bill eliminates mandatory minimum sentences for violations of this law, allowing courts to impose sentences that do not include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment and instead sentence under a different provision. It also removes a provision that prevented certain individuals aged seventeen and over from benefiting from specific legal protections and removes language related to the sequential serving of sentences. Finally, the bill makes individuals serving sentences for Chapter 94C violations eligible for good conduct deductions, education, training, employment, or work release programs, and for parole after serving two-thirds of their minimum sentence if it's a state prison sentence.