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Last Action: 5/2/2009 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC)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
Last Action: 5/2/2009 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC)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
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• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Committee on Criminal & Civil Justice Appropriations (CGHC) |