Global compensation, a bill to automatically compensate the wrongfully incarcerated, will likely find favor with many legislators this session, but what version will survive may depend on how "clean" lawmakers want the bill to be.
In Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff's "global" compensation bill, (HB1025) a provision dubbed "clean hands," would deny anyone automatic compensation if he or she had prior felony convictions other than the crime they were proven innocent of, or if they committed crimes while in prison.
That differs form State Senator Arthenia Joyner's global bill,(SB756) which has a provision that only denies compensation only if a person has committed a violent crime in the past, such as murder or rape.
After kicking off regular session on Tuesday, Senate President Ken Pruitt said he wants the committees to hash out the provisions first before he decides which one he favors.