IN HB1062 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-02 - Representative Porter added as coauthor
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-02 - Representative Porter added as coauthor
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]
Summary
Monetary awards for exonerated prisoners. Provides that a person whose conviction is vacated on the basis of DNA evidence is entitled to compensation in the amount of $25,000 for each year that the person was wrongfully incarcerated in the department of correction. Establishes the DNA exoneration fund, appropriates $200,000 to the fund, and specifies that the attorney general shall administer the fund and receive and investigate claims for compensation from the fund.
Title
Monetary awards for exonerated prisoners. Provides that a person whose conviction is vacated on the basis of DNA evidence is entitled to compensation in the amount of $25,000 for each year that the person was wrongfully incarcerated in the department of correction. Establishes the DNA exoneration fund, appropriates $200,000 to the fund, and specifies that the attorney general shall administer the fund and receive and investigate claims for compensation from the fund.
Sponsors
| Rep. Gregory Steuerwald [R] | Rep. Jeffrey Thompson [R] | Rep. John Bartlett [D] | Rep. Linda Lawson [D] |
| Rep. Gregory Porter [D] |
Roll Calls
2017-02-01 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-02 | House | Representative Porter added as coauthor |
| 2017-02-02 | House | Rule 105.1 suspended |
| 2017-02-02 | House | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 |
| 2017-02-02 | House | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2017-01-04 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code |
| 2017-01-04 | House | Coauthored by Representatives Thompson, Bartlett and Lawson L |
| 2017-01-04 | House | Authored by Representative Steuerwald |
