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IN HB1052

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/3/2018

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Steuerwald

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Provides $25,000 annual compensation for each year a person was wrongfully incarcerated after their conviction is vacated based on DNA evidence, calculated on a pro rata basis for partial years
  • Establishes the DNA exoneration fund administered by the attorney general to process and pay compensation claims from persons with vacated convictions
  • Appropriates $200,000 to the DNA exoneration fund for the 2018-2020 biennium
  • Requires applicants to waive all other state claims for monetary damages based on their vacated conviction in order to receive compensation
  • Applies only to convictions vacated on the basis of DNA evidence after June 30, 2018, and excludes compensation for pretrial detention or sentences served concurrently with non-vacated convictions

Legislative Description

Monetary awards for exonerated prisoners. Provides that a person whose conviction is vacated on the basis of DNA evidence is entitled to compensation in the amount of $25,000 for each year that the person was wrongfully incarcerated in the department of correction. Establishes the DNA exoneration fund, appropriates $200,000 to the fund, and specifies that the attorney general shall administer the fund and receive and investigate claims for compensation from the fund.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

1/3/2018

Committee Referrals

Courts and Criminal Code1/3/2018

Full Bill Text

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