2006 House Bill 5968 ↩

Senate Roll Call 783: 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. "Assaultive crime" would include equivalent violations of the laws of other states. 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.