HB306 Alabama 2021 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Laura HallRepresentativeDemocrat- Co-Sponsors
- Merika ColemanAnthony DanielsNeil Rafferty
- 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
Indefinitely Postponed
Pending third reading on day 21 Favorable from Ways and Means General Fund with 1 amendment
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
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