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Bill 96, Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2023

Yakabuski, John

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill provides that if an inmate who committed sexual or domestic violence is

released on parole, the Board shall consider the appropriateness of electronic

monitoring and may impose conditions with respect to electronic monitoring.

Bill 96 2023

Act to amend the Ministry of Correctional Services Act

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Clause 35 (2) (

a) of the Ministry of Correctional Services

Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(

a) subject

section 35.1, grant parole upon the conditions that it considers

appropriate; or

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Electronic

monitoring for sexual and domestic offenders

35.1

(1) If

parole is granted to an inmate sentenced for an offence that the Board

considers to be an offence of sexual or domestic violence, and the Board considers

the inmate to be a safety risk to the victim of the offence,

(

a) the

Board shall consider the appropriateness of electronic monitoring; and

(

b) if

the Board determines that electronic monitoring is appropriate, the Board may

impose conditions with respect to electronic monitoring.

Transition

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply to inmates granted parole before the day

section 2 of the Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2023

comes into force.

Subsection 60 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(k.1) prescribing

conditions that may be imposed on inmates who are granted parole and subject to

electronic monitoring;

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day that is three months after the day this

Act receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Ministry of

Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2023 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

April 27, 2023

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Justice Policy

April 27, 2023

Second Reading

Question put

April 27, 2023

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

April 27, 2023

Second Reading

Debated

April 4, 2023

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

April 4, 2023

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

April 4, 2023

Carried

Second Reading

April 27, 2023

Flack, Rob

Elgin—Middlesex—London

Hogarth, Christine

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

McCarthy, Todd

Durham

Scott, Laurie

Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock

Wong-Tam, Kristyn

Toronto Centre

Yakabuski, John

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Carried

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Justice Policy