SB 882 - This act modifies the definition of "dangerous felony" to include statutory rape in the first degree and statutory sodomy in the first degree, regardless of the age of victim. Additionally, the act includes the following offenses in the definition of "dangerous felony":• Abuse through forced labor, when death results or when there is an attempt to kill or it involves kidnapping or certain sexual abuse;
• Trafficking for the purposes of slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, or forced labor, or the attempt of such offense, when death results or when there is an attempt to kill or it involves kidnapping or certain sexual abuse;
• Trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation, or the attempt of such offense, when the offense was effected by force, abduction, or coercion;
• Sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree;
• Sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree; and
• Third offense of failing to register as a sex offender.
(Section 556.061)
This act also modifies jail time credit. This act requires the form developed by the Office of the State Courts Administrator for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections to include a sentencing calculation, including jail time credit supplemented by a certificate of a sheriff or custodial officer. The act further requires the court, when pronouncing as sentence, executing a suspended sentence, or suspending the imposition of a sentence, to record as part of the judgment, the number of days before the pronouncement of the sentence that the person was in prison, jail, or custody which was related to the offense. The court shall retain jurisdiction to rule on motions challenging the number of days of jail time credit (Sections 217.305 and 558.031)
This act repeals the provisions requiring minimum prison terms for certain offenses and provides that offenders shall serve the following minimum percentage of the imposed term based upon the felony classification as follows:
• Class A: 60% to 80%
• Class B: 40% to 60%
• Class C: 30% to 50%
• Class D: 17% to 37%
• Class E: 17% to 37%
Current law provides that offenders guilty of a dangerous felony shall be required to serve a minimum prison term of 85% of the sentence imposed by the court or until the offender attains 70 years of age and has served at least 40% of the sentence imposed. This act repeals the 40% minimum prison term for offenders of dangerous felonies who have attained the age of 70. In cases where the sentencing court does not impose a specific term of imprisonment required to be served, the minimum percentage of the range associated with the felony class shall be the required percentage of the term to be served. Additionally, this act repeals provisions relating to conditional release by the Parole Board. (Sections 558.011 and 558.019)
For consecutive sentences, the sentencing court shall calculate the minimum percentage of term by taking half the term of years for each felony offense and adding the half number together to determine the total number of years required to be served prior to parole eligibility. For concurrent sentences, the offender shall be required to serve the minimum prison term for each offense. (Section 558.026)
This act contains provisions identical to provisions in SB 894 (2026) and in SB 1294 (2026).
KATIE O'BRIEN