MD SB191 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-25 - Hearing 2/12 at 12:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Altering a provision of law to require, rather than authorize, the Board of Public Works to pay compensation to a certain individual who has been erroneously convicted, sentenced, and confined; requiring certain compensation made by the Board to be in an amount equal to the greater of $50,000 for each year that the individual was in custody or the actual damages sustained by the individual, including any fines, governmental fees, costs, and restitution paid by the individual and determined to be owed to the individual; etc.

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Title

Compensation to Individual Erroneously Convicted, Sentenced, and Confined or Whose Conviction or Adjudication Is Reversed

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-01-25SenateHearing 2/12 at 12:00 p.m.
2019-01-23SenateFirst Reading Judicial Proceedings

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