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2010 SESSION
HB 203 Wrongful incarceration; definition, compensation.
Introduced by: Kenneth C. Alexander | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Writ of actual innocence; available after parole or pardon. Provides that the statutory guidelines employed by the General Assembly for determining compensation of persons who have been wrongfully incarcerated also apply to a person granted a writ of actual innocence based on nonbiological evidence and a person who has been granted an absolute pardon for the commission of a crime that he did not commit.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100076D pdf
- 01/22/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104364D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/22/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB203ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100076D
- 01/08/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/13/10 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 01/18/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/10 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104364D-H1
- 01/26/10 House: Read first time
- 01/27/10 House: Read second time
- 01/27/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104364D-H1
- 01/27/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB203H1
- 01/28/10 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/10 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/10 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/24/10 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 03/08/10 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/10 Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/10 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/22/10 House: Enrolled
- 03/22/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB203ER)
- 03/22/10 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/25/10 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/10 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 496 (effective 7/1/10)
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496)