2006 House Bill 5968 ↩

House Roll Call 735: Passed

To establish that as a condition for eligibility for discharge and dismissal of an assault and battery or aggravated assault domestic violence charge after the successful completion of a probation period, that the accused not have been previously convicted of an assaultive crime. The bill also would allow a court to impose more types of probation conditions on domestic violence offenders, including some jail time. This is one of the legislative responses to the notorious case of a parole-violating criminal (Patrick Selepak) who committed a horrific double-murder in 2006 after being improperly released.