Payment of preliminary monetary damages to certain exonerated individuals authorized, exoneration compensation account in the special revenue fund established, and money appropriated.

HF 3000 creates a new exoneration compensation account in Minnesota's special revenue fund to provide preliminary monetary damages to certain exonerated individuals. It authorizes $5,000 per year of incarceration (or $2,500 per year of supervised release) to people who were wrongfully convicted and whose prosecutors agreed before the exoneration petition that the case likely shouldn't have been filed. The bill appropriates $250,000 from the general fund to the account in fiscal year 2026, with additional funds replenishing the account after payments are made. These preliminary payments reduce the final compensation amount awarded under existing exoneration laws.