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Kentucky · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 206: AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 206 is a bill introduced in the Kentucky House on January 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation. Most recent recorded action (February 13, 2025): floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
  2. 2nd reading, to Rules
  3. reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
  4. to Judiciary (H)
  5. to Committee on Committees (H)
  6. introduced in House

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source