2021 Senate Bill 622

Revise detail of payments for wrongful imprisonment

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 1, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-3)

To revise a <a href="https://www.michiganvotes.org/2015-SB-291">2016 law</a> that authorizes payment by the state of civil damages to a person wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he or she did not commit, by allowing the money to be used for housing, and assistance in applying for social welfare benefits.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety