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2004 SESSION
HB 638 Felony conviction; compensation for wrongful incarceration.
Introduced by: Robert Tata | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Wrongful incarceration for a felony conviction. Provides guidelines for the compensation of persons wrongfully incarcerated. Under the guidelines a wrongfully incarcerated person may receive an amount equal to 90 percent of the Virginia per capita personal income for each year of incarceration up to 20 years. The compensation shall be paid as an initial lump sum equal to 20 percent of the award with the remaining 80 percent of the principal to be used to purchase an annuity to provide equal monthly payments to such person for a period certain of 25 years. The bill also provides for (i) a $15,000 transition assistance grant for a wrongfully incarcerated person upon his release from prison to be paid from the Criminal Fund, which amount shall be deducted from any award received and (ii) reimbursement of up to $10,000 for tuition for career and technical training within the Virginia Community College System contingent upon successful completion of the training. The bill specifically provides that the payment and receipt of any compensation for wrongful incarceration shall be contingent upon the General Assembly appropriating funds for that purpose. The bill incorporates HB 631 and is identical to SB 271.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 042711524 pdf
- 02/14/04 House: Committee substitute printed 042825524-H1 pdf
- 02/26/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 041025820-S1 pdf
- 03/13/04 House: Conference substitute printed 042847800-H2 pdf
- 03/24/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB638ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 042711524
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/04 House: Referred from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/04 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/04 House: Assigned to App. sub-committee: 10
- 02/13/04 House: Reported from Appropriations with sub (21-Y 4-N)
- 02/14/04 House: Committee substitute printed 042825524-H1
- 02/14/04 House: Read first time
- 02/16/04 House: Read second time
- 02/16/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 042825524-H1
- 02/16/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB638H1
- 02/17/04 House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 7-N)
- 02/17/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (93-Y 7-N)
- 02/17/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/18/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/18/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/25/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 041025820-S1
- 02/27/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/27/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/04 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/01/04 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 041025820-S1
- 03/01/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB638S1
- 03/01/04 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: Rec. of Sen. passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N)
- 03/01/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (35-Y 5-N)
- 03/02/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/03/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/04 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/04 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (4-Y 95-N)
- 03/08/04 House: VOTE: REJECTED (4-Y 95-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: VOTE: INSIST & REQUEST (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/11/04 House: House acceded to request
- 03/11/04 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/11/04 House: Delegates: Tata, O'Bannon, Stump
- 03/11/04 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/11/04 Senate: Senators: Quayle, Blevins, Howell
- 03/12/04 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- 03/12/04 Senate: VOTE: CONF. COMMITTEE RPT. (38-Y 1-N)
- 03/13/04 House: Conference substitute printed 042847800-H2
- 03/13/04 House: Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 15-N)
- 03/13/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (85-Y 15-N)
- 03/24/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB638ER)
- 03/24/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/14/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 840 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/21/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0840)