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Committee advances bill to set fixed compensation for wrongfully convicted and move decisions to administrative hearings
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to pass House Bill 533 with an amendment that requires compensation awards to follow a finding of innocence and moves adjudication from a commission to the Office of State Administrative Hearings.
Representative James Houghton, presenting House Bill 533, told the House Judiciary Committee the measure would change how the General Assembly compensates people who were wrongfully convicted. "Instead of a commission, this proposal would move the decision to our Office of State Administrative Hearings," Houghton said, and added the bill imposes time frames for handling claims.
The bill also replaces the prior variable compensation scheme with a fixed rate. Under the draft the committee considered, a claimant who obtains a judicial finding of innocence…
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