MA S1276

Bill

MA S1276

Expanding access to work release

Introduced
04/15/2015

In Committee
04/15/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to expand access to work release. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

AI Summary

This bill expands access to work release programs for individuals incarcerated in correctional facilities. Specifically, it removes a requirement that an inmate must have served a portion of their sentence such that they would be eligible for parole within eighteen months to participate in such programs. Additionally, the bill allows inmates serving mandatory terms for certain drug offenses (under chapter 94C), violent crimes (under chapter 265), or weapons offenses (under chapter 269), as well as specific offenses related to firearms and explosives (under chapter 266) and certain other crimes (under chapter 268), to participate in work release programs outside of a correctional facility.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Pat Jehlen (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2362 (on 06/23/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1276

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1276
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S1276
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S1276.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1332	Authorizing criteria for the release of terminally ill inmates to alternative locations of confinement	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H1475	To reduce recidivism, curb unnecessary spending, and ensure appropriate use of segregation	Accompanied a new draft, see H4312	Similar To
H1562	Providing remedies to consumers for clearing title after payoff of mortgages	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
H1574	An act relative to adjusting the credit for nonpayment of fines	Accompanied a study order, see H4624	Similar To
H1651	Relative to taking or transmitting images of crime victims by first responders	Accompanied a study order, see H4706	Similar To
S1209	Relative to the definition of podiatry	Accompanied a study order, see S2199	Similar To
S1213	Relative to health care proxies	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S1277	Relative to end of life choices of inmates	Accompanied a study order, see S2362	Similar To
S2362	Public safety	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S843	Relative to medical placement of terminal and incapacitated inmates	New draft substituted, see S2415	Similar To

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