Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration
Summary
Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration; Extends filing deadline for petition claiming wrongful incarceration; provides limited retroactivity for filing petition claiming wrongful incarceration; removes eligibility requirements relating to person's conduct before person's wrongful conviction or incarceration; authorizes state to deduct amount of civil award from compensation amount owed if claimant first receives civil award; requires claimant to reimburse state for any difference between state compensation & civil award if claimant receives statutory compensation prior to civil award; requires claimant to notify DLA upon filing civil action.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes · House Jan 29, 2020
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Jan 29, 2020
D
Democratic8
87% Yea
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
lower
Jan 29, 2020
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (24-0-1)
house
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Judiciary Committee
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 29 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/29/20, 12:30 pm, Webster Hall
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
lower
Oct 10, 2019
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bobby B. DuBose
DDemocratic
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