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HB306 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated May 6, 2021
HB306 Alabama 2021 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2021
Session
4
Sponsors

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2021
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

Indefinitely Postponed

H

Pending third reading on day 21 Favorable from Ways and Means General Fund with 1 amendment

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

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