Senate passes Wrongfully Convicted Persons Act after contentious amendment fight
Substitute S.B. 5,520, a bill to streamline compensation for wrongfully convicted people, passed the Senate after floor amendment debate and a division call; sponsors and opponents disputed whether to include civil confinement language and the amendment to remove it failed in division.
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The Senate took up Substitute S.B. 5,520, legislation aimed at improving compensation and restitution procedures for people wrongly convicted. Sponsor Sen. Orwell framed the bill as the result of work with the Innocence Project and the Attorney General’s Office to make it easier for exonerees to receive compensation; she recounted historical exonerations and the human impact on people who lost years behind bars.
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