Senator Bradley presented SB 130, a bill that revises Florida’s compensation statute for people wrongfully convicted. The sponsor said Florida’s 2008 statute has been too narrow, leaving many exonerees without compensation: since 1989 Florida has recorded 90 known exonerations but only five compensation awards under the statute’s current restrictions.

SB 130 would remove the statute’s so-called clean-hands bar (a restriction the sponsor said exists only in Florida), extend the filing deadline for compensation from 90 days to two years, and remove a civil bar by allowing exonerees to pursue civil remedies with an offset program. National and local innocence‑advocacy groups filed support forms; the committee reported the bill favorably by roll call.

Sponsor remarks framed the measure as correcting outdated restrictions and providing a fairer compensation process for people who were found factually innocent by the original sentencing court.