The following chart provides an inventory of the commissions and task forces created pursuant to the new criminal justice reform law.
| Area | Subarea/Effect | Bill Section(s) | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimes | Standing forensic science commission | 9 | Creates a forensic science commission to provide enhanced, objective and independent auditing and oversight of forensic evidence used in criminal matters and state and municipal laboratory analysis text » |
| Data | Consolidated data oversight board | 13 | Establishes an oversight board to monitor and ensure that the goals of the justice reinvestment policies relative to data collection and public availability are achieved text » |
| Juvenile Justice | Task force for trauma informed juvenile care | 17 | Creates a task force to study gender responsive and trauma-informed approaches to treatment services for juveniles and youthful offenders in the juvenile justice system. text » |
| Data | Juvenile Justice Commission and data specifications | 80 | Creates a juvenile justice policy and data board. text » |
| Restrictive Housing | 39G: Oversight Commission | 93 | Establishes a restrictive housing oversight committee to gather information regarding the use of segregation text » |
| Diversion | Restorative Justice | 202 | Establishes eligibility for community-based restorative justice programs prior to conviction or adjudication, sets limits on how participation in such a program can be used in other proceedings, and creates a restorative justice advisory committee. text » |
| Fees and Fines | New special fees and fines commission | 217 | Establishes a special commission to study the ability of a defendant to pay fines and fees. text » |
| Prison programming | LGBTQ prisoner health commission | 218 | Establishes a special commission to study the health and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex prisoners. text » |
| Prison programming | Correctional Officer Suicide Task Force | 219 | Establishes a special commission to study the prevention of suicide among correctional officers. text » |
| Bail Reform | Bail Reform Commission | 220 | Establishes a special commission to study bail reform. text » |
| Raising the Age | Task force to study treatment/impact of emerging adults in the court and correctional system. | 221 | Creates a task force to study treatment/impact of emerging adults in the court and correctional system. text » |
| Justice-Involved Women | Panel on justice involved women | 223 | Creates a panel on justice-involved women. text » |
| Diversion | Middlesex County restoration center commission | 225 | Creates a Middlesex restoration center commission. text » |
| Crimes | Commission on qualifications of SDP practitioners | 226 | Establishes a special commission to review the qualifications and scope of practice of qualified examiners of sexually dangerous persons. text » |