Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB582 Compare Versions

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2	2	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
3	3	SENATE BILL NO. 582
4	4	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5	5	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NURRENBERN.
6	6	2136S.02I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	To amend chapters 217 and 558, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to terms of
9	9	imprisonment.
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11	11	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
12	12	Section A. Chapters 217 and 558, RSMo, are amended by 1
13	13	adding thereto two new sections, to be known as sections 217.738 2
14	14	and 558.500, to read as follows:3
15	15	217.738. 1. Any offender receiving a reduction of 1
16	16	sentence under section 558.500 shall be granted a hearing 2
17	17	before the parole board. 3
18	18	2. In addition to meeting all other requirements of 4
19	19	this chapter, for an offender receiving a reduction of 5
20	20	sentence under section 558.500 to be eligible for supervised 6
21	21	release as a condition of parole, the offender shall provide 7
22	22	to the board the following: 8
23	23	(1) At least five statements from current or former 9
24	24	department of corrections employees attesting to the 10
25	25	offender's demonstration of institutional adaptability and 11
26	26	the offender's conduct in the correctional center; 12
27	27	(2) Signed statements of at le ast twenty residents of 13
28	28	the community where the offender will reside upon release 14
29	29	supporting the offender's release and who commit to 15
30	30	providing assistance with the offender's reentry into the 16
31	31	community; and 17 SB 582 2
32	32	(3) A safe and secure home plan for imp lementation 18
33	33	upon the offender's release. 19
34	34	558.500. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1
35	35	law to the contrary, the sentencing court may, upon 2
36	36	petition, reduce a sentence of life without eligibility for 3
37	37	probation or parole, or red uce a sentence of thirty years or 4
38	38	greater, to a sentence of life with eligibility for 5
39	39	probation or parole if the court determines that: 6
40	40	(1) The convicted person has served at least thirty 7
41	41	years in the department of corrections; 8
42	42	(2) The convicted person was under twenty years of age 9
43	43	at the time the offense was committed; and 10
44	44	(3) Since the commission of the offense the convicted 11
45	45	person has: 12
46	46	(a) Made reasonable efforts toward rehabilitation by 13
47	47	successfully completing rehabilitatio n programs, which may 14
48	48	include, but shall not be limited to, substance abuse 15
49	49	treatment, effective communication classes, victim impact 16
50	50	classes, vocational training, correspondence courses to 17
51	51	obtain a degree or diploma, or acquiring job skills; and 18
52	52	(b) Exhibited model citizen behavior within his or her 19
53	53	correctional facility, which may include, but shall not be 20
54	54	limited to, maintaining sobriety or demonstrating sober 21
55	55	living; demonstrating traits of leadership; and attending 22
56	56	education-based activities, which may include, but shall not 23
57	57	be limited to, coursework relating to victim impact, 24
58	58	restorative justice, substance abuse treatment, or effective 25
59	59	communication. 26
60	60	2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 27
61	61	contrary, the division of probation and parole shall 28
62	62	supervise any convicted person receiving a reduction of 29 SB 582 3
63	63	sentence under subsection 1 of this section for the duration 30
64	64	of the convicted person's natural life. 31
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