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CS/SB 1484: Victim Assistance & Compensation

GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Saunders ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Dyer

Victim Assistance & Compensation; provides that victim & state attorney have standing to assert rights of crime victim; prescribes eligibility criteria for awards granted under specific provision; allows department to establish, by rule, maximum award amounts that are lower than statutory maximums; allows department to award to victim of domestic violence sum of money which victim may use for relocating, etc. Amends Ch. 960.

Effective Date: 01/01/2000 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 4/27/1999 Senate - Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00886, -SJ 01222; Read second time -SJ 01163; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01163; House Bill substituted -SJ 01163; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 1779 (Ch. 99-373)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/24/1999 Senate • Prefiled
3/2/1999 Senate • Introduced, referred to Criminal Justice; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00098
3/5/1999 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/10/99, 9:00 am, Room-37S
3/10/1999 Senate • Comm. Action: CS by Criminal Justice -SJ 00217; CS read first time on 03/11/99 -SJ 00223
3/11/1999 Senate • Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 00217
4/15/1999 Senate • Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 00523; Placed on Calendar
4/26/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00887
4/27/1999 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00886, -SJ 01222; Read second time -SJ 01163; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01163; House Bill substituted -SJ 01163; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 1779 (Ch. 99-373)