HB 241 Summary

• Extends the filing deadline for wrongful incarceration petitions to 2 years after conviction vacatur for cases vacated on or after July 1, 2022, and provides a retroactive deadline of July 1, 2024 for cases vacated between January 1, 2006 and July 1, 2022.

• Prohibits deceased persons' heirs, successors, or assigns from filing compensation petitions on their behalf.

• Revises eligibility criteria to deny compensation only during periods when a person was concurrently serving a sentence for another crime; removes blanket ineligibility for those with prior unrelated felonies.

• Authorizes the Chief Financial Officer to adjust the $50,000 annual compensation rate for inflation for persons found wrongfully incarcerated after December 31, 2005.

• Makes compensation payments for retroactive petitions (filed under the July 1, 2024 deadline) subject to specific legislative appropriation rather than continuing appropriation.