COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
OVERSIGHT DIVISION
FISCAL NOTE
L.R. No.:0246H.06C Bill No.:HCS for HB 219 Subject:Children and Minors; Crimes and Punishment; Courts; Evidence; Sexual Offenses Type:Original Date:February 16, 2025Bill Summary:This proposal modifies and establishes provisions relating to the protection
of children and vulnerable persons.
FISCAL SUMMARY
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON GENERAL REVENUE FUNDFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2032)
General
Revenue*
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
Could exceed
($23,616)
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
General
Revenue
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
Could exceed
($23,616)
*The fiscal impact to General Revenue could exceed the $250,000 threshold depending on the
level of appropriation to the Anti-Trafficking Fund (§210.1505), if any.
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON OTHER STATE FUNDSFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2032)
Anti-Trafficking
Fund* $0$0$0$0
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
Other State
Funds $0$0$0$0
*Revenue and expenses net to zero. Numbers within parentheses: () indicate costs or losses. L.R. No. 0246H.06C
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ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FEDERAL FUNDSFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2032)
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
All Federal
Funds $0$0$0$0
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE)FUND
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2032)
Anti-Trafficking
Fund 2 FTE2 FTE2 FTE2 FTE
Total Estimated
Net Effect on
FTE 2 FTE2 FTE2 FTE2 FTE
☒ Estimated Net Effect (expenditures or reduced revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any
of the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
☐ Estimated Net Effect (savings or increased revenues) expected to exceed $250,000 in any of
the three fiscal years after implementation of the act or at full implementation of the act.
ESTIMATED NET EFFECT ON LOCAL FUNDSFUND
AFFECTED
FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2032)
Local
Government$0$0$0$0 L.R. No. 0246H.06C
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FISCAL ANALYSIS
ASSUMPTION
§210.1505 – Statewide Council Against Adult Trafficking and the Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children
In response to a previous version, officials from the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) assumed
this proposal will increase caseloads. The AGO requests one (1) AAG IV to manage the
additional cases and one (1) Paralegal to support the additional attorney.
Oversight does not have any information contrary to that provided by AGO. Therefore,
Oversight will reflect AGO’s impact for fiscal note purposes.
Officials from the Missouri Senate (SEN) anticipate a negative fiscal impact to reimburse one
senator for travel to Statewide Council Against Adult Trafficking and the Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children Council meetings.
The SEN assumes meetings will be held in Jefferson City during the interim. The average of the
total round trip miles for current sitting senators is 255 miles and the current mileage rate, as set
by the Office of Administration is $0.655 cents per mile. Therefore, the SEN estimates a total
cost for senator mileage of approximately $167. The SEN assumes no fiscal responsibility for the
other committee members.
Oversight does not have any information to the contrary. Oversight assumes the SEN can absorb
the minimal fiscal impact for this proposal within existing funding levels and will reflect no
fiscal impact for this agency.
Officials from the Missouri House of Representatives (MHR) assume the proposal will have
no fiscal impact on their organization. The MHR will absorb any reasonable expenses of our
member serving on the council. Oversight does not have any information to the contrary.
Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note.
Oversight notes the provisions of this section establish the Anti-Trafficking Fund, which
consists of moneys appropriated by the General Assembly as well as court-ordered restitution
from human trafficking offenses, any proceeds as provided under section 566.218.2, any gifts,
donations, grants, and bequests. Moneys in the fund shall be used solely to pay for the position
of the executive director and administrative support for the statewide council, education and
awareness regarding human trafficking, and anti-trafficking efforts through the state.
Oversight will reflect the possibility that the General Assembly could appropriate moneys to this
new fund from the General Revenue Fund. For fiscal note purposes, Oversight assumes services
provided under this proposal will equal income/appropriations and net to zero. L.R. No. 0246H.06C
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§§566.151, 566.210, 566.211, and 567.030 – Criminal offenses involving a child and prostitution
Officials from the Department of Corrections (DOC) state this proposal modifies and
establishes provisions relating to the protection of children and vulnerable persons.
Section 566.151 changes the age of the victim from any person who is less than fifteen to
seventeen years of age. From FY 2022 to FY 2024, the department totaled 59 new prison
admissions and 3 new probation cases for sentences of enticement of a child. The increase in the
minimum age under which a person can be considered to be enticed as a child could create
additional instances in which a person could be charged with a crime under this section.
However, there is no available data to determine the number of 16- and 17-year-olds to whom
this could have potentially applied. Therefore, the impact for this section is an unknown cost.
Section 566.210 changes language to extend the term of imprisonment prior to parole eligibility
from 25 to 30 years for sentences on the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the first
degree. There was one person admitted to prison as a new court commitment under section
566.210 in FY 2024. Given the minimum prison term for these sentences are already set at 25
years, this change would not start to have an impact on the department for 25 years from the
effective date. Therefore, given the 10-year time frame for this response, DOC assumes no
impact for this reporting period in this section.
Section 566.211 creates the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree by a
parent, legal guardian, or other person having custody or control of a child. The DOC does not
anticipate an impact to this section as none of the offenders sentenced in the past 3 years would
be impacted by this legislation.
Section 567.030 changes the age of the victim from less than eighteen years of age but older than
fourteen to older than fifteen years of age. The bill changes the existing class D felony to a class
B felony.
There were one new court commitments to prison and no new probation cases under section
567.030 during FY 2024. These offenses could be changed from class D felonies to class B
felonies. The average sentence length for a class D felony sex and child abuse offense is 6.6
years, with 5.3 years spent in prison. Changing this to a class B felony would extend the sentence
length to 9.0 years, with 7.3 years spent in prison.
The estimated cumulative impact on the department would be an additional 2 offenders in prison
and one less offender on field supervision by FY 2032. L.R. No. 0246H.06C
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# to
prison
Cost per
year
Total Costs
for prison
Change in
probation
& parole
officers
Total cost
for
probation
and
parole
# to
probation
& parole
Grand Total -
Prison and
Probation
(includes 2%
inflation)
Year 10($10,485)$00$00$0Year 20($10,485)$00$00$0Year 30($10,485)$00$00$0Year 40($10,485)$00$00$0Year 50($10,485)$00$00$0Year 61($10,485)($11,576)0$0(1)($11,576)Year 72($10,485)($23,616)0$0(1)($23,616)Year 82($10,485)($24,088)0$0(1)($24,088)Year 92($10,485)($24,570)0$00($24,570)Year 102($10,485)($25,061)0$00($25,061)
If this impact statement has changed from statements submitted in previous years, it could be due
to an increase/decrease in the number of offenders, a change in the cost per day for institutional
offenders, and/or an increase in staff salaries.
If the projected impact of legislation is less than 1,500 offenders added to or subtracted from the
department’s institutional caseload, the marginal cost of incarceration will be utilized. This cost
of incarceration is $28.73 per day or an annual cost of $10,485 per offender and includes such
costs as medical, food, and operational E&E. However, if the projected impact of legislation is
1,500 or more offenders added or removed to the department’s institutional caseload, the full
cost of incarceration will be used, which includes fixed costs. This cost is $100.25 per day or an
annual cost of $36,591 per offender and includes personal services, all institutional E&E,
C
hange in prison admissions and probation openings with legislation
F
Y2026
F
Y2027
F
Y2028
F
Y2029
F
Y2030
F
Y2031
F
Y2032
F
Y2033
F
Y2034
F
Y2035
N
ew Admissions
C
urrent Law
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A
fter Legislation
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
P
robation
C
urrent Law
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A
fter Legislation
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C
hange (After Legislation - Current Law)
A
dmissions
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
P
robations
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
C
umulative Populations
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
P
rison
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
1 2 2 2 2
P
arole
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
-
1
-
1
-
1
0
.00
0
.00
P
robation
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
I
mpact
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
P
rison Population
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
1 2 2 2 2
F
ield Population
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
-
1
-
1
-
1
0
.00
0
.00
P
opulation Change
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
0
.00
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medical and mental health, fringe, and miscellaneous expenses. None of these costs include
construction to increase institutional capacity.
DOC’s cost of probation or parole is determined by the number of P&P Officer II positions that
are needed to cover its caseload. The DOC average district caseload across the state is 51
offender cases per officer. An increase/decrease of 51 cases would result in a cost/cost avoidance
equal to the salary, fringe, and equipment and expenses of one P&P Officer II.
Increases/decreases smaller than 51 offender cases are assumed to be absorbable.
In instances where the proposed legislation would only affect a specific caseload, such as sex
offenders, the DOC will use the average
Oversight notes, from information provided by the State Courts Administrator, the following
number of felony convictions under §566.151 and §567.030:
FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024
§566.151 felonies 19 25 22 24 24
§567.030 felonies 0 2 1 2 0
Oversight will reflect DOC’s impact as an unknown impact to the General Revenue Fund.
Oversight notes it would take roughly 24 additional prisoners to reach the $250,000 cost
threshold. Oversight will assume a fiscal impact of less than $250,000.
§566.218 – Restitution required for certain offenders
Oversight notes any real or personal property that was used, attempted to be used, or intended to
be used to commit a sexual offense under 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 566.210, 566.211,
566.212, 566.213, and 566.215 may be seized. Any proceeds from the sale of the property will
be allocated to pay an order of restitution to a victim(s) of human trafficking, with any remaining
funds deposited into the Anti-Trafficking Fund. As the exact amount of proceeds from the sale of
seized property will vary from year to year, Oversight will reflect a $0 to Unknown impact to the
Anti-Trafficking Fund.
Responses regarding the proposed legislation as a whole
In response to a previous version, officials from the Office of State Courts Administrator
(OSCA) stated there may be some impact but there is no way to quantify that currently. Any
significant changes will be reflected in future budget requests.
Oversight notes OSCA assumes this proposal may have some impact on their organization
although it can’t be quantified at this time. As OSCA is unable to provide additional information
regarding the potential impact, Oversight assumes the proposed legislation will have a $0 to
(Unknown) cost to the General Revenue Fund. For fiscal note purposes, Oversight also assumes
the impact will be under $250,000 annually. If this assumption is incorrect, this would alter the L.R. No. 0246H.06C
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fiscal impact as presented in this fiscal note. If additional information is received, Oversight will
review it to determine if an updated fiscal note should be prepared and seek approval to publish a
new fiscal note.
Officials from the Washington School District state the financial impact would be about $2,000
for training and documentation updates.
Oversight assumes some annual training is conducted regardless of this bill and this change
could be incorporated into that training and absorbed within current resources.
Officials from the Department of Commerce and Insurance, the Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education, the Department of Health and Senior Services, the Department
of Mental Health, the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Public Safety –
(Office of the Director, and Missouri Highway Patrol), the Department of Social Services,
the Missouri Department of Conservation, the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services, the
Office of AdministrationOffice of the Governor, the Office of the State Public
Defender, the City of Kansas City, the City of O’Fallon, the Phelps County Sheriff’s
Department, the Branson Police Department, the Kansas City Police Department, and the
St. Louis County Police Department each assume the proposal will have no fiscal impact on
their respective organizations. Oversight does not have any information to the contrary.
Therefore, Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note for these agencies.
In response to a previous version, officials from the Department of Public Safety - Capitol
Police and the Office of the State Treasurer assumed the proposal will have no fiscal impact on
their organization. Oversight does not have any information to the contrary. Therefore,
Oversight will reflect a zero impact in the fiscal note for these agencies.
Oversight only reflects the responses received from state agencies and political subdivisions;
however, other cities, counties, nursing homes, local law enforcement, schools, and hospitals
were requested to respond to this proposed legislation but did not. A listing of political
subdivisions included in the Missouri Legislative Information System (MOLIS) database is
available upon request. L.R. No. 0246H.06C
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FISCAL IMPACT
– State
Government
FY 2026
(10 Mo.)
FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2032)
GENERAL
REVENUE
Cost – DOC p. 4-6
(§§566.151 and
567.030) Increased
incarceration costs(Unknown)(Unknown)(Unknown)
Could exceed
($23,616)
Cost – OSCA
(various sections)
Potential costs
relating to the
protection of
children and
vulnerable persons
p. 6-7
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
Transfer Out – p. 3
(§210.1505) To
the Anti-
Trafficking Fund
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
ESTIMATED
NET EFFECT
ON GENERAL
REVENUE
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
$0 to
(Unknown)
Could exceed
($23,616)
ANTI-
TRAFFICKING
FUND
Income –
(§210.1505)
Court-ordered
restitution from
human trafficking
offenses p. 3$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown L.R. No. 0246H.06C
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FISCAL IMPACT
– State
Government
FY 2026
(10 Mo.)
FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2032)
Income –
(§210.1505) p. 3
Potential proceeds
from orders of
restitution as
provided under
§566.218.2$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown
Income – p. 3
(§210.1505) Gifts,
grants, donations$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown
Transfer In – p. 3
(§210.1505) From
General Revenue$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown$0 to Unknown
Cost – AGO
(§210.1505) p. 3Could exceed…
Personal Service($123,333)($150,960)($153,979)($153,979) Fringe Benefits($75,752)($92,089)($93,299)($93,299) Exp. & Equip.($21,812)$0$0$0Training and anti-
trafficking efforts(Unknown)(Unknown)(Unknown)(Unknown)
Total Cost - AGOCould exceed
($220,897)
Could exceed
($243,049)
Could exceed
($247,278)
Could exceed
($247,278)
FTE Change -
AGO 2 FTE2 FTE2 FTE2 FTE
ESTIMATED
NET EFFECT
ON THE ANTI-
TRAFFICKING
FUND $0$0$0$0
Estimated Net
FTE Change on
the Anti-
Trafficking Fund 2 FTE2 FTE2 FTE2 FTE L.R. No. 0246H.06C
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FISCAL IMPACT
– Local
Government
FY 2026
(10 Mo.)
FY 2027FY 2028Fully
Implemented
(FY 2032)
$0$0$0$0
FISCAL IMPACT – Small Business
No direct fiscal impact to small businesses would be expected as a result of this proposal.
FISCAL DESCRIPTION
The proposed legislation modifies provisions relating to the protection of children and vulnerable
persons.
This legislation is not federally mandated, would not duplicate any other program and would not
require additional capital improvements or rental space.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Attorney General’s Office
Department of Commerce and Insurance
Department of Corrections
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Department of Health and Senior Services
Department of Mental Health
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Public Safety
Department of Social Services
Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri Office of Prosecution Services
Missouri Senate
Office of Administration
Office of the Governor
Office of the State Courts Administrator
Office of the State Public Defender
Office of the State Treasurer
City of Kansas City
City of O’Fallon
Phelps County Sheriff’s Department L.R. No. 0246H.06C
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Branson Police Department
Kansas City Police Department
St. Louis County Police Department
Washington School District
Julie MorffJessica HarrisDirectorAssistant DirectorFebruary 16, 2025February 16, 2025