Florida House Bill 589 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on April 30 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-30 - Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration

Rep. Bobby Dubose [D]

Rep. Allison Tant [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-30	House	Died in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-03-02	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2021-02-18	House	Now in Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Judiciary Committee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Appropriations Committee
2021-02-18	House	Referred to Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee
2021-01-29	House	Filed

S1114 (Similar To) 2021-04-30 - Died in Appropriations

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/2021/589
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/589/BillText/Filed/PDF