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CS/HB 1531: Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration

GENERAL BILL by Criminal and Civil Justice Policy Council ; Gibbons

Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration; Requires that petition for compensation include clear & convincing evidence of actual innocence; requires petitioner to submit fingerprints for criminal history checks; provides that failure to submit fingerprints within specified time is not grounds to deny compensation; requires FDLE to bear costs of records checks; requires that results of criminal history checks be submitted to clerk of court, etc.

Effective Date: 07/01/2009
Last Action: 5/2/2009 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/3/2009 House • Filed; Introduced -HJ 00129
    3/9/2009 House • Referred to Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC); Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care -HJ 00195
    3/20/2009 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), 03/24/09, 8:00 am, 12-H
    3/24/2009 House • Favorable by Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -HJ 00253; Now in Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council -HJ 00253
    4/2/2009 House • On Council agenda-- Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council, 04/06/09, 3:30 pm, 404-H
    4/6/2009 House • CS by Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 00379
    4/9/2009 House • CS read 1st time on 04/09/09 -HJ 00378; CS filed
    4/13/2009 House • Now in Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC) -HJ 00390
    5/2/2009 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC)

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  • CS/HB 1531, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/9/2009 at 11:35 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal and Civil Justice Policy Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location
    S 2408 (c1) Wrongful Incarceration Compensation [SPSC] Joyner Similar Last Action: 5/2/2009 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC)
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    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    961.02 Definitions.
    961.03 Determination of status as a wrongfully incarcerated person; determination of eligibility for compensation.
    961.05 Application for compensation for wrongful incarceration; administrative expunction; determination of entitlement to compensation.
    961.06 Compensation for wrongful incarceration.

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  • HB 1531, Original Filed Version Posted 3/3/2009 at 11:47 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal and Civil Justice Policy Council (Post-Meeting) (pdf)
    Civil Justice and Courts Policy Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf)
    Civil Justice and Courts Policy Committee (Post-Meeting) (pdf)

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    961.02 Definitions.
    961.03 Determination of status as a wrongfully incarcerated person; determination of eligibility for compensation.
    961.05 Application for compensation for wrongful incarceration; administrative expunction; determination of entitlement to compensation.
    961.06 Compensation for wrongful incarceration.

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