Florida House Bill 259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2-1)
Status: Introduced on September 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-14 - Died on Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Extends filing deadline for petition claiming wrongful incarceration; provides limited retroactivity for filing petition claiming wrongful incarceration; 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.

Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration

House Judiciary Committee	House Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Rep. Bobby Dubose [D]	Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]
Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]	Rep. Spencer Roach [R]	Rep. Clovis Watson [D]	Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-14	House	Died on Calendar
2020-03-14	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2020-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-07	House	CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time
2020-02-07	House	Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
2020-02-06	House	CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
2020-02-04	House	On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/06/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
2020-01-29	House	Now in Judiciary Committee
2020-01-29	House	Favorable by Appropriations Committee; YEAS 29 NAYS 0
2020-01-27	House	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee, 01/29/20, 12:30 pm, Webster Hall
2020-01-21	House	Now in Appropriations Committee
2020-01-17	House	CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time
2020-01-17	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2020-01-15	House	CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0
2020-01-14	House	Introduced
2020-01-13	House	On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Sumner Hall
2019-10-10	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee
2019-09-30	House	Filed

S346 (Similar To) 2020-03-14 - Died on Calendar

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
961	03		Amended Code	See Bill Text
961	04		Amended Code	See Bill Text
961	06		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/259
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/259/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/259/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/259/BillText/c2/PDF
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/259/Amendment/551247/PDF