Indiana 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 6 R · 2 D cosponsors

HB 1283 — Exoneration payments.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2022. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    4 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 2 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Provides that a person applying to the Indiana criminal justice institute seeking compensation for wrongful incarceration must prove that he or she is actually innocent by a preponderance of the evidence. Specifies that payments may be suspended while a defendant is incarcerated for a different offense.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Signed by the President of the Senate

  3. Public Law 146

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 366: yeas 94, nays 1

  7. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 352: yeas 36, nays 14

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  10. Senate advisors appointed: Mishler and Pol

  11. Senate conferees appointed: Young M and Taylor G

  12. House advisors appointed: Thompson, Smaltz, Hatcher and Shackleford

  13. House conferees appointed: Steuerwald and Porter

  14. House dissented from Senate amendments

  15. Motion to dissent filed

  16. Returned to the House with amendments

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 46, nays 0

  18. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  19. Amendment #1 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote

  20. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  21. First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law

  22. Referred to the Senate

  23. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 83: yeas 89, nays 0

  24. Cosponsor: Senator Taylor G

  25. Senate sponsors: Senators Young M, Mishler, Freeman

  26. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  27. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  28. First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

  29. Authored by Representative Steuerwald

  30. Coauthored by Representatives Thompson, Smaltz, Porter

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (142)

142 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1283 do?
Provides that a person applying to the Indiana criminal justice institute seeking compensation for wrongful incarceration must prove that he or she is actually innocent by a preponderance of the evidence. Specifies that payments may be suspended while a defendant is incarcerated for a different offense.
Who sponsors HB 1283?
HB 1283 is sponsored by Gregory Steuerwald (Republican), Jeffrey Thompson (Republican), Ben Smaltz (Republican), Gregory Porter (Democrat), Michael Young (Republican), Ryan Mishler (Republican), Aaron Freeman (Republican), and Greg Taylor (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 1283?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2022. Enacted.
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