Florida Senate Bill 82 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requiring that a petition for compensation describe the existence of clear and convincing evidence of actual innocence; requiring the petitioner to submit fingerprints for criminal history records checks; providing that a failure to submit fingerprints within the prescribed timeframe does not warrant denial of compensation under the act; requiring that the results of the criminal history records checks be submitted to the clerk of the court; providing for use of the results by the court; requiring that the Department of Law Enforcement pay for the criminal history records checks; eliminating the requirement that a wrongfully incarcerated person provide certain court records and documentation from the Department of Corrections along with an application for compensation, etc.

Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration

Sen. Arthenia Joyner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Judiciary
2012-01-10		Introduced -SJ 16
2011-09-21		Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice; Budget -SJ 16
2011-08-30		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
961	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
961	03		Amended Code	See Bill Text
961	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
961	06		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/82
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/0082/BillText/Filed/HTML