HB394 Alabama 2020 Session
Updated Mar 5, 2020
HB394 Alabama 2020 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2020
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Laura Hall RepresentativeDemocrat - Session
- Regular Session 2020
- Title
- Wrongful Incarceration, compensation, provided further, Secs. 29-2-156, 29-2-159 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, eligibility for compensation for wrongful incarceration requires an individual's conviction to be overturned on grounds of innocence.
This bill would provide compensation for wrongful incarceration when a conviction is reversed and the state declines to reprosecute and would provide for an amount of compensation.
- Subjects
- Compensation
Bill Actions
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature