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2024 SESSION
HB 640 Wrongful incarceration; compensation.
Introduced by: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Wrongful incarceration; compensation. Provides that any person who is convicted of a felony by a county or city circuit court of the Commonwealth and is wrongfully incarcerated for such felony shall receive, in addition to the compensation for wrongful incarceration specified under current law, not less than $30,000 for each year or fraction thereof (i) of imprisonment after being sentenced to death or (ii) that such person was required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill further requires that the amount paid to the person wrongfully incarcerated shall be in the form of a lump sum; under current law, only the initial 25 percent of an award is required to be paid in lump sum form.
The bill further removes the bar against receiving compensation if such wrongfully incarcerated person received any funds pursuant to a settlement agreement with any person or entity for compensation or damages arising out of the factual situation in connection with the conviction. The bill replaces such requirement with a provision allowing for the wrongful incarceration compensation award to be offset by any such award in a civil action or settlement.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104713D pdf
- 01/26/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105718D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106444D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB640ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104713D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/19/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105718D-H1
- 01/26/24 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
- 01/26/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24106444D-H2
- 01/31/24 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Read first time
- 02/05/24 House: Read second time
- 02/05/24 House: Committee substitute from the Courts of Justice rejected 24105718D-H1
- 02/05/24 House: Committee substitute from Appropriations agreed to 24106444D-H2
- 02/05/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB640H2
- 02/06/24 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/24 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB640ER)
- 03/07/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 396 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/04/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0396)