The Florida Senate

SB 56: Relief of Barney Brown by the State of Florida

CLAIM/GENERAL by Bullard

Relief of Barney Brown by the State of Florida; Providing for the relief of Barney Brown, who was wrongfully incarcerated for 38 years; providing an appropriation to compensate him for his wrongful incarceration; providing that the act does not waive certain defenses or increase the state’s liability; providing that the appropriation satisfies all present and future claims related to the wrongful incarceration; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation, fees, and costs, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $1,900,000

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  7/31/2015	Senate	• Filed
  8/19/2015	Senate	• Referred to Special Master on Claim Bills; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 9
  1/12/2016	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 9
  3/11/2016	Senate	• Died in Special Master on Claim Bills

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• SB 56, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 7/31/2015 at 11:53 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 3501	Relief/Barney Brown/State of Florida	Clarke-Reed	Identical	Last Action: 3/11/2016 H Died in Civil Justice Subcommittee Location: In committee/council (CJS)

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