BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

SB 6692: Unjust conviction

Authorizing recovery of damages for an unjust conviction and imprisonment.

Summary

Provides that a person injured by an unjust conviction and incarceration may sue in a court of competent jurisdiction of the county in which such violation occurred, and shall recover from the county damages sustained, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of bringing the suit.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to damages for unjust conviction and incarceration;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 6692 (2019–20) Local tax authority/housing · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6692 (2009–10) Electric generation/biomass · Enacted · Chapter 167, Laws of 2010
SB 6692 (2007–08) Explosives act · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6692 (2003–04) Out-of-home placement · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6692 (2001–02) Pblc drinking water systems · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6692 (1999–00) Electric service transfer · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6692 (1997–98) Electric facilty net meterng · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
SB 6692 (1995–96) Weed control on federal land · Vetoed by the Governor