Kentucky House Bill 691 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-28 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; create a new section of KRS Chapter 23A to establish a new 10 dollar fee to be assessed in Circuit Court criminal cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 24A to establish a new 10 dollar fee to be assessed in District Court criminal cases; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund; amend KRS 141.019 to exclude funds received from the wrongful conviction compensation fund from adjusted gross income.

AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Jason Nemes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-28	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2022-02-28	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/22RS/hb691.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/22RS/hb691/orig_bill.pdf