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Kentucky 2026RS

SB 131

AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation.

Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-11 12:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Session
2026RS
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Background Checks, Budget And Financial Administration, Civil Actions, Corrections And Correctional Facilities, State, Corrections Impact, Courts, Courts, Circuit, Funds, State Agencies
Introduced / first action
2026-01-28 05:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; specify amounts of damages that may be awarded to claimants; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)

  2. 2nd reading, to Rules

    reading-2
  3. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar

    committee-passage
  4. to Judiciary (S)

    referral-committee
  5. to Committee on Committees (S)

    referral-committee
  6. introduced in Senate

    introduction

Recorded votes

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