Budget Amendment ID: FY2027-S4-909

EPS 909

Eligibility to Earn Compliance Credits

Mr. Brownsberger moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section XX the following section:-

“SECTION YY. Section 87B of chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2024 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking, in line 10, the words:

“"Eligible offender”, an offender”, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- ““Eligible person”, a person whose disposition or sentence includes a minimum of 1 year of post-disposition probation supervision, including a person”;

By striking the words: “eligible offender”, and inserting in place thereof the words:- “eligible person”;

and further by striking the words: “2 years”, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “1 year”;

By striking the words:- “1 year”, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “1 month”;

By inserting, in line 39, after the words: “correctional institution”, the following words:- “or commits the eligible person to the custody of the department of youth services”;

By striking, in line 41, the words: “eligible offender’s”, and inserting in place therefore the following words:- “eligible person’s”; and

By inserting, in line 46, after the word: “sentencing”, the following words:- “or disposition”.