As CJPC previously communicated, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary will hold a public hearing on CORI Reform and Re-Entry. We wanted to provide you with the room location, as well as a list of all of the bills being heard at the hearing.

In addition, we have included links to new pages on www.cjpc.org with helpful information on the Public Safety Act and other proposed re-entry legislation. Click here.

Your presence and testimony are needed on Tuesday!

What: Public Hearing on CORI and Other Re-entry Issues

When: Tuesday, September 18, 1:00 p.m.

Where: State House, Room B-1

Please contact Sarah Compton at 978-201-9018 or [email protected] if you are able to attend and/or would like to testify.

See text of the Public Safety Act 2007-2008 here.

Additional legislation to be heard:

H 1308 (Atsalis) An act to mandate CORI evaluations for foster parents.

H 1311 (Ayers) An act relative to criminal offender record information.

H 1317 (Balser) An act relative to distribution and use of criminal offender record information.

H 1318 (Balser) An act accelerating the sealing of non conviction criminal offender record information.

H 1335 (Brownsberger) An Act requesting the Massachusetts Sentencing Commission to make recommendations regarding criminal offender record information, motor vehicle license suspensions and other collateral consequences of criminal dispositions.

H 1358 (Coakley-Rivera) An act accelerating the sealing of conviction criminal offender record information.

H 1359 (Coakley-Rivera) An act accelerating the sealing of non conviction criminal offender record information.

H 1367 (Correia) An act regarding criminal background record information.

H 1391 (Evangelidis) An act relative to criminal offender records of minors.

H 1413 (Festa) An act regarding post incarceration supervision.

H 1416 (Festa) An act improving public safety in the Commonwealth.

H 1427 (Fox) An act creating a special commission for CORI reform.

H 1429 (Fox) An act to permit purging of juveniles delinquency records.

H 1430 (Fox) An act to ease the transition of ex offenders.

H 1431 (Fox) An act to require mandatory post release supervision and assistance for all offenders released from state and county incarceration.

H 1490 (Hynes) An act requiring CORI checks for public pension applicants.

H 1495 (Jones) An act relative to ensuring quality for teacher licensure applicants.

H 1509 (Jones) An act enhancing public safety by establishing a criminal offender database.

H 1515 (Jones) An act establishing mandatory post release supervision in the Commonwealth.

H 1523 (Jones) An act to ensure payment for criminal offender record information checks for long term care employees.

H 1589 (Mariano) An act relative to criminal offender record information checks for assisted living employees.

H 1595 (Marzilli) An act relative to criminal offender information.

H 1617 (Naughton) Resolve providing for an investigation and study relative to the notification by the Department of Correction of the release of certain inmates.

H 1662 (O'Flaherty) An act relative to prisoner re-entry.

H 1716 (Sannicandro) An act relative to family access to crime related records.

S 817 (Brown) An act relative to the unsealing of records.

S 821 (Brown) By Request An act relative to the unsealing of a CORI for Thomas Grassia.

S 886 (Creem) An act to expand intensive parole supervision.

S 889 (Creem) An act relative to probation surrender and bail revocation.

S 890 (Creem) An act relative to probation violations.

S 900 (Creem) An act relative to post release supervision and community reintegration.

S 910 (Creem) An act relative to the parole board.

S 940 (Knapik) An act relative to child safety and information sharing.

S 945 (Menard) An act relative to CORI information for chapter 766 approved public schools.

S 960 (Moore) An act relative to postponement or waiver of parole hearing.

S 983 (Morrisey) An act to require cosmetologists who provide services in senior housing complexes to have a CORI check.

S 992 (Panagiotakos) An act to expand CORI checks by school officials.

S 993 (Panagiotakos) An act relative to lifetime community parole.

S 1023 (Tisei) An act relative to bail default.

S 1028 (Tolman) An act providing for certificates for rehabilitation and recovery and rehabilitation for substance abusers.

S 2193 (Wilkerson) An act relative to distribution and use of Criminal Offender Record.

S 2194 (Wilkerson) An act accelerating the sealing of non-conviction Criminal Offender Record Information.

S 2195 (Wilkerson) An act to permit the purging of juvenile records.