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2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 460

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on May 3, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To amend the procedure for compensating wrongfully incarcerated persons to require the Claims Commissioner to employ a formula to determine awards, and that such awards be decreased when the claim is based on a vacated or reversed conviction where the complaint or information was dismissed on a ground citing negligence or misconduct by any officer, agent, employee or official of the state or any political subdivision of the state that contributed to such person's arrest, prosecution, conviction or incarceration, and such person could not prove actual innocence to the Claims Commissioner.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    3 co-sponsors

    Steven J. Stafstrom, Jason Rojas, Minnie Gonzalez

    Its course

    March 16 to May 3, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action11 actions on 7 days

    In the SenateMar 16 to May 3 · stopped48 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 16 to Mar 3014 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMay 3 to May 3 · stopped0 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Mar 16 – May 3

    1. Mar 16Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Mar 17Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Mar 30Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. May 3Sent to Judiciary Committee
    All 11 actions, as published
    1. Mar 16REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 17PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 30Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 30FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 8REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 14RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 14FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Apr 14SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Apr 14FILE NO.Both houses
    10. May 2MOVED TO FOOT OF CAL., SENATESenate
    11. May 3SEN. RECOMMITTED TOSenate