Bill Summary

SB 556 Compensation of Victims of Wrongful Incarceration (2017 Session)
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Sponsors
by Bracy
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Summary
Compensation of Victims of Wrongful Incarceration; Providing that a person is disqualified from receiving compensation under the Victims of Wrongful Incarceration Compensation Act if, before or during the person’s wrongful conviction and incarceration, the person was convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to, any violent felony; specifying that a wrongfully incarcerated person who is released from wrongful incarceration to parole or community supervision and who commits a violent felony, rather than a felony law violation, resulting in revocation of the parole or community supervision is ineligible for compensation, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2017
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committees of reference
» S Criminal Justice
   S Judiciary
   S Appropriations
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Actions
01/27/17
SENATE
Filed
02/09/17
SENATE
Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations
05/05/17
SENATE
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
05/08/17
SENATE
Died in Criminal Justice
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bill text & filed amendments
0556
Filed on 01/27/17
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
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