MA S1220

Declared an emergency law to strengthen pretrial release procedures for dangerous persons, expanding fingerprinting and photographing requirements from felonies to all crimes at arraignment

Expands the definition of "dangerous crime" to include numerous violent offenses, sex crimes involving children, witness intimidation, certain firearm violations, and drug crimes with penalties exceeding 10 years, triggering enhanced detention hearings

Creates new criminal offense for tampering with GPS monitoring devices, breath-testing instruments, or other court-ordered monitoring equipment, punishable by up to 10 years in state prison

Eliminates probation, parole, furlough, work release, and good conduct sentence reductions for certain violent crimes including assault with intent to murder and subsequent domestic violence offenses

Establishes a task force on criminal history data enhancements to improve information available to judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel during pretrial release decisions, with recommendations due within 180 days