2019 Senate Bill 69

Revise wrongful imprisonment compensation procedures

Introduced in the Senate

Jan. 29, 2019

Introduced by Sen. Paul Wojno (D-9)

To revise details of the state’s revised judicature law to remove apparent obstacles it presents to implementing a 2016 law that authorized payment of $50,000 for each year of wrongful imprisonment served by a person who did not commit the crime. This bill was introduced after several court rulings prevented eligible individuals from collecting.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety