MA H1658

Requires courts to hold hearings every 30 days when juvenile electronic monitoring (GPS devices) exceeds 30 days, to evaluate whether less restrictive conditions could be ordered instead

Grants juveniles credit toward their maximum confinement term for each day spent on court-ordered electronic monitoring

Mandates the juvenile court department collect and publicly report annual data on juvenile electronic monitoring by December 31st to the governor, legislative committees, and judicial leadership

Required data includes total monitoring days, days detained for monitoring violations, reasons for monitoring placement (new offense, court order violation, or other), and whether orders included home confinement or exclusionary zones

Data must be cross-tabulated by demographic subgroups including age, sex/gender, gender identity, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, charge type, and geographic location