HCS/SS/SB 50 - This act modifies provisions relating to public institutions. COUNTY BUDGET DOCUMENTS (SECTION 67.010 & 67.020)
This act requires a county's proposed budget and all supporting schedules, exhibits, and other explanatory material, along with drafts of orders, motions, resolutions, or ordinances required to authorize proposed expenditures to be submitted to each member of the governing body by no later than seven days in advance of any vote on the budget.
This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SB 2 (2025) and HB 749 (2025).
MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES (SECTION 71.948)
Current law requires municipalities to maintain at least three copies of the published municipal ordinances of such municipality for inspection by the public. This act reduces such number to one copy if the municipality maintains the published municipal ordinances online for free access by the public.
This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SB 2 (2025), in HCS/HB 119 (2025), and HB 802 (2025).
LOCAL BOARD RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS (SECTION 79.235)
This act provides that, for any fourth class city with fewer than 3,000 inhabitants, excluding any such city located in St. Louis County, if statute or ordinance authorizes the mayor of such city to appoint a member of a nonelected board or commission, any residency requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the person owns real property or a business located in the city. For any such appointed position that manages a municipal utility of the city, any residency requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the person meets certain conditions, as described in the act.
This provision is identical to HCS/HB 73 (2025), a provision in SCS/HB 199 (2025), and in HCS/HB 532 (2025).
REGIONAL JAIL DISTRICTS (Section 221.400, 221.402, 221.405, 221.407, & 221.410)
Under current law, any two or more contiguous counties may establish a regional jail district.
This act provides that if an existing regional jail district already levies a sales tax and another county joins the district, such joining with the district will not be effective until the voters of the county have approved the sales tax. If the voters do not approve the sales tax, the county attempting to join the district shall not be permitted to join.
This act also adds that a district may equip and maintain jail facilities, as well as lease its properties. The regional jail commission shall have the power to acquire, construct, repair, alter, improve, and extend a regional jail and it may contract with governmental or private entities. Commissioners shall also serve until their successors have assumed office.
Under current law, any regional jail district may impose a one-eighth, one-fourth, three-eighths, or one-half of one percent sales tax. This act changes the amount to up to one percent. This act also repeals the provision that such sales tax may be used for court facilities in the regional jail district.
This act also provides that expenditures paid for by the regional jail district sales tax trust fund may be made for any of the district's authorized purposes.
These provisions repeals the sunset provision.
These provisions contain an emergency clause.
These provisions are identical to provisions in SB 143 (2025), in SCS/HB 199 (2025), HB 667 (2025), in the perfected SS/SB 900 (2024), and in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1659 (2024), are substantially similar to SB 15 (2025), and are similar to HB 492 (2025) and in HCS/HB 532 (2025).
REIMBURSEMENTS TO JAILS (SECTION 550.320 & REPEAL OF SECTION 221.105)
This act provides that whenever a person is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a correctional center, the Department of Corrections ("Department") shall reimburse the county or St. Louis City for the days the person spent in custody at a per diem cost not to exceed $37.50 a day. The sheriff or the chief executive officer of St. Louis City shall certify the total number of days any offender spent in the county or city jail. The sheriff or the chief executive officer shall then submit the total number of days to the Department no later than two years from the date the claim became eligible for reimbursement. The Department shall determine if the expenses are eligible for reimbursement and shall remit any payment to the county or to St. Louis City.
Finally, this act repeals provisions relating to the current process for counties and St. Louis City to request reimbursement for the number of days an offender spent in a county or city jail.
These provisions are substantially similar to provisions in SB 15 (2025), in SB 143 (2025), in SCS/HB 199 (2025), in HB 667 (2025), in the perfected SS/SB 900 (2024), SB 1353 (2024), and in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1659 (2024).
CREDIT FOR JAIL TIME SERVED (SECTION 558.041)
This act provides that an offender shall receive credit in terms of days spent in confinement upon calculation as provided in the act. The Director of the Department of Corrections ("Department") shall issue a policy for good time or earned time credit. An offender can receive up to 54 days of good time credit toward the service of a sentence per year. An offender can earn 10 days of earned time credit for every 30 days of successful participation in rehabilitative programming or productive activities.
From January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026, offenders may petition the Department to receive earned time credit for activities completed after January 1, 2010, to August 28, 2025.
The Department is required to notify inmates of the petition process through posted signs, electronic notification, and staff and shall provide a petition form to offenders. Finally, the Department is required to submit an annual report to the General Assembly on good time or earned time credit.
Offenders who are sentenced to death or life without probation or parole are not eligible for good time or earned time credit.
This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 916 (2025), HB 1360 (2025), and in HCS/HB 1505 (2025).
KATIE O'BRIEN
HA#1: MODIFIES PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS (SECTIONS 67.1421, 67.1461 & 67.1505) AND PROVISIONS RELATING TO A THEATER, CULTURAL ARTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT FOR CITY OF LAKE OZARK (SECTION 67.2500 AND 311.084)