The Florida Senate

HB 589: Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration

GENERAL BILL by DuBose ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Tant

Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration; Extends filing deadline for petition claiming wrongful incarceration; provides limited retroactivity for filing petition claiming wrongful incarceration; provides certain heirs do not have standing to file claim; 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.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/29/2021	House	• Filed
  2/18/2021	House	• Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee • Referred to Appropriations Committee • Referred to Judiciary Committee • Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
  3/2/2021	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4/30/2021	House	• Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee

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• HB 589, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/29/2021 at 8:50 AM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 1114	Compensation for Eligible Victims of Wrongful Incarceration	Pizzo	Compare	Last Action: 4/30/2021 S Died in Appropriations

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  961.03	Determination of status as a wrongfully incarcerated person; determination of eligibility for compensation.	Page 2 (pdf)
  961.04	Eligibility for compensation for wrongful incarceration.	Page 3 (pdf)
  961.06	Compensation for wrongful incarceration.	Page 4 (pdf)

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