Victim Compensation
Home of the automobile industry. These bill(s) goes into effect on August 12, 2023.
HB 4674 and 4675
The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776. This state would allow survivors to terminate a lease if it’s unsafe to stay in their homes or if they need to leave for other reasons related to their victimization.
Pennsylvania
This state appriopriated 38 million for Trauma Recovery Centers
Illinois
California voters passed this law through a ballot initiative. It changed certain low-level crimes from potential felonies to misdemeanors.
Proposition 47
This bill will expand eligibility to household members of victims, increase the amount of relocation compensation available, remove limits on bereavement leave and more!
SB 49 - TX
This policy would allow survivors to take paid time off work to grieve, help with law enforcement or to plan for attend a burial.
Pennsylvania and Michigan
This state was able to secure almost $4 million a year to develop Trauma Recovery Centers.
Michigan
This omnibus bill focused on three key policies: Expanding earned release, Transitional control, and Judicial release
SB288 - Ohio
This bill passed and signed in 2019 extending the time limits to report a crime from 72 hours to five days and extends the time limit to apply for victims compensation funds from one to three years.
H7125 - Florida
This bill first passed in California in 2022 and later passed in Florida in 2023. This bill supports Unpaid Leave for Families of Homicide Victims and Basic Information for Parents of Murdered Children.
Curtis Law
Birthplace of the 16th President of the United States. This state will establish a criteria for a TRC's so it maintains its fidelity model.
Illinois
This bill will allow certain people serving sentences to participate in and complete programs tied to rehabilitation, to be reviewed by the parole board sooner.
HB 4450-4453-Productivity Credits
This bill will extend up to 10-days to grieve, make funeral arrangements, or attend a funeral.
HB 2493-VESSA- Illinois
While no amount of time can replace the hole created by the loss of a family member, this bill gives students a full school week of excused absences, as opposed to a single day, to address grief and avoid the negative consequences associated with truancy.
SB 350 - California
Keep it weird! This place has secured funding for its very first TRC.
Austin, TX
This policy will allow certain prisoners to earn time off their minimum sentence for participating and completing educational or vocational training.
Earned Credit - Pennsylvania
Signed into law on December 1st and effective March 2, 2022, This bill expanded victim compensation coverage for immediate family members and removed restrictions based on an old felony conviction – from as far back as ten years ago – unrelated to a person or their family member’s victimization.
SB 36 - Ohio
This bill will ensure that survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking and other violence can share their victimization stories in court and allows judges to consider these stories when making sentencing decisions.
California
This state won $7 million in funding to fund two pilot TRC's.
Arizona
This bill passed in 2023, created probation work credits for non-violent offenders.
HB2055 - Arizona