Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts Senate Bill S1050 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 242 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
3	3	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1050
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Cynthia Stone Creem
8	8	_________________
9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act to enhance fairness and increase positive outcomes for children.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Cynthia Stone CreemNorfolk and Middlesex 1 of 3
16	16	SENATE DOCKET, NO. 242 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
17	17	SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1050
18	18	By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1050) of Cynthia Stone Creem for
19	19	legislation relative to electronic monitoring of juveniles. The Judiciary.
20	20	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
21	21	_______________
22	22	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
23	23	(2025-2026)
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25	25	An Act to enhance fairness and increase positive outcomes for children.
26	26	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
27	27	of the same, as follows:
28	28	1 Chapter 119 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 58B the
29	29	2following section:-
30	30	3 Section 58C Global positioning system device worn by juveniles
31	31	4 (a) If electronic monitoring is ordered by a judge for a period greater than 30 days, the
32	32	5court shall hold a hearing every 30 days, unless waived by the juvenile, to ensure that the
33	33	6juvenile does not remain on electronic monitoring for an unreasonable length of time. In
34	34	7determining whether a length of time is unreasonable, the court shall consider whether there are
35	35	8less restrictive conditions that would achieve the purpose of the bail statute and the rehabilitative
36	36	9purpose of the juvenile court. If less restrictive conditions are warranted, the court shall order
37	37	10removal of the global positioning system device or modify the terms of the electronic monitoring
38	38	11order to achieve the less restrictive alternative. 2 of 3
39	39	12 (b) A juvenile shall be entitled to have one day credited against the juvenile’s maximum
40	40	13term of confinement for each day, or fraction thereof, that the juvenile is subject to electronic
41	41	14monitoring by court order to wear a global positioning system device, or any comparable device.
42	42	15 (c) The juvenile court department shall collect data regarding the use of electronic
43	43	16monitoring of juveniles and shall report statistical data annually by December 31st to the
44	44	17governor, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary, the house and
45	45	18senate chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security, the house and senate
46	46	19chairs of the committee on children, families and persons with disabilities, the chief justice of the
47	47	20supreme judicial court and the chief justice of the trial court. The report, which shall be made
48	48	21public pursuant to reporting recommendations of the Juvenile Justice Policy and Data Board as
49	49	22required by section 89 of chapter 119, shall include the annual number of juveniles subject to
50	50	23electronic monitoring, including all of the following information for each juvenile:
51	51	24 (1) The total number of days in a calendar year that the juvenile was subject to electronic
52	52	25monitoring.
53	53	26 (2) The total number of days in a calendar year that the juvenile was detained for a
54	54	27violation of a term of the juvenile’s electronic monitoring order not amounting to a new violation
55	55	28of law.
56	56	29 (3) The categorical reason the juvenile placed on electronic monitoring:
57	57	30 (i) A new violation of law;
58	58	31 (ii) A violation of a court order not amounting to a new violation of law; or
59	59	32 (iii) A reason not covered by subparagraph (i) or (ii). 3 of 3
60	60	33 (4) The case status of the juvenile (indicating whether the youth is placed on electric
61	61	34monitoring pretrial or post adjudication.
62	62	35 (5) Whether the juvenile’s electronic monitoring order included a home confinement
63	63	36order, exclusionary zones, or any other restrictions limiting the juvenile’s liberty to a time or
64	64	37place.
65	65	38 (6) All of the information described in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, shall be provided
66	66	39in such a way as to allow cross tabulated analysis by demographic subgroups including, at a
67	67	40minimum, age at the time of offense, sex/gender, gender identity and expression, racial or
68	68	41ethnicity category, sexual orientation, charge type and level, geographic location such as county
69	69	42or court location, with consideration of the juveniles’ self-reporting of such categories based on
70	70	43data reporting standards issued by the Juvenile Justice Policy and Data Board as required by
71	71	44section 89 of chapter 119. cross-referenced with information about the age, gender, ethnicity, and
72	72	45offense of the juveniles subject to these court actions.