Introduced
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To authorize payment by the state of civil damages to a person wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he or she did not commit. The damages would be $60,000 for each year of wrongful imprisonment, plus “economic damages” including lost wages, plus reasonable attorney fees.
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
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To remove "tie bars" that require several other bills to become law for this one to become law.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To authorize payment by the state of civil damages to a person wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he or she did not commit. The damages would be $50,000 for each year of wrongful imprisonment, plus “economic damages” including lost wages, plus reasonable attorney fees.
Referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
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To establish that an individual could also sue in federal court and collect damages against officials involved in the wrongful conviction.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 104 to 2 (details)
To authorize payment by the state of civil damages to a person wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he or she did not commit. The damages would be $50,000 for each year of wrongful imprisonment, plus “economic damages” including lost wages, plus reasonable attorney fees.
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
