HB 2442 -- House Arrest for Certain Offenders

Sponsor:  Brandom

This bill changes the laws regarding house arrest with electronic
monitoring or shackling.  In its main provisions, the bill:

(1)  Allows a sheriff to place any offender ordered to be
confined in the county jail for a nonviolent offense, whether
before, during, or after trial, on house arrest as an alternative
to jail confinement unless the court specifically orders house
arrest to not be used in that particular case or for offenders
charged with that type of offense (Section 221.025, RSMo);

(2)  Requires the governing body of any county and the City of
St. Louis to establish the amount to be expended for the cost of
house arrest; requires the sheriff or the facility superintendent
to certify to the circuit clerk or the chief executive officer
the number of days a prisoner of a nonviolent offense remained on
house arrest; and requires the county commission or the facility
superintendent to supply the cost per diem for house arrest.  If
a court, judge, or sheriff places a person accused of a
nonviolent offense on house arrest in any case where the state is
determined to be liable for the costs, the state must provide
reimbursement for the total cost of the house arrest program
(Section 221.105);

(3)  Specifies that any person charged with a bailable nonviolent
offense who does not post bail prior to his or her appearance
before a judge may be placed on house arrest (Section 544.455);
and

(4)  Allows a court to order a defendant who pleads guilty to or
is found guilty of a nonviolent offense and sentenced to
imprisonment or a period of detention in a county jail as a
condition of probation to be placed on house arrest in lieu of
any or all of the ordered period of confinement.  The court may
also order that in a particular case or with certain types of
offenses a defendant cannot be placed on house arrest by the
sheriff (Section 557.011).

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:14 pm