l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 409

Compensation for the Wrongfully Incarcerated Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE COMPENSATION FOR THE WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED; TO CREATE THE COMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION FOR WRONGFUL INCARCERATION AND TO PROVIDE ITS MEMBERSHIP; TO GIVE SUCH COMMITTEE IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN ACTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE OFFICE OF FISCAL MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SHALL ASSIST IN VERIFYING THAT A PERSON IS ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION DUE TO BEING WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED; TO PROVIDE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED; TO PROVIDE THE EVIDENCE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL MUST HAVE IN ORDER TO APPLY FOR COMPENSATION; TO PROVIDE THE APPLICATION AND NOTICE PROCESS FOR THOSE APPLYING FOR COMPENSATION; TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNTS THAT WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED PERSONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION; TO PROVIDE THE METHODS OF PAYMENT AND THE ELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS' ESTATES TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION; TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO ASSIST IN THE ADMINISTRATING OF THE COMPENSATION FOR THE WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 29 to February 19, 2008, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 29 to Feb 19 · stopped21 days

CorrectionsJan 29 to Feb 19 · stopped21 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature 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 Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 29 – Feb 19

  1. Jan 29Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 29Referred To Corrections;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives