Missouri House of Representatives
Bills Indexed by Subject
PRISONS AND JAILS

HB 1076 --- Sponsor: Jolly, Cathy --- CoSponsor: Johnson, Rick

Increases the time persons arrested for felonies may be held without a charge to thirty-two hours.

HB 1078 --- Sponsor: Whorton, James --- CoSponsor: Copenhaver, Nancy

Authorizes sales tax for regional jail districts and associated court facilities.

HB 1250 --- Sponsor: Thompson, Betty L.

Allows suit for damages for wrongful imprisonment.

HB 1285 --- Sponsor: Burton, Gary L.

Adds necessary and reasonable medical expenses in addition to the per diem cost of incarceration for which the state must pay if the state is liable for costs in a criminal case.

HB 1290 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy

Requires autopsy record to be given to any member of General Assembly and posted on web site.

HB 1297 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy

Prohibits privately operated prisons.

HB 1299 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy

Requires that probationers who are detained be released immediately upon the end of their detention.

HB 1300 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy

Creates the crime of offender sexual abuse.

HB 1301 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy

Prohibits nonviolent offenders from being housed in the same cell as violent offenders.

HB 1305 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy

Creates board of corrections ombudsman and office of corrections ombudsman.

HB 1436 --- Sponsor: Crawford, Larry

Adds a class A misdemeanor (568.040) which board has to provide probation services for.

HB 1498 --- Sponsor: Johnson, Rick --- CoSponsor: Britt, Phillip M.

Makes it a crime to have sexual contact with a resident of a long-term care facility or an inmate.

HB 1565 --- Sponsor: Williams, Deleta --- CoSponsor: Relford, Randall H.

Provides guidelines for operation of private prisons.

HB 1593 --- Sponsor: Gratz, William (Bill) --- CoSponsor: Hampton, Mark

Sets minimum education and experience requirements for persons running for sheriff and requires jailers to get training under police officer standards and training law.

HB 1653 --- Sponsor: Hosmer, Craig --- CoSponsor: Marsh, B.J.

Prohibits use of tobacco products in all buildings and grounds of correctional centers by July 1, 2003.

HB 1691 --- Sponsor: Curls, Melba J. --- CoSponsor: Mays, Carol Jean

Requires that contracts for collect call service for correctional institutions be awarded to the lowest and best bidder and that allows renegotiation of any existing contracts to reduce costs.

HB 1715 --- Sponsor: Moore, Danielle --- CoSponsor: Graham, Chuck

Expands the use of state-funded interpreters for the deaf in judicial proceedings.

HB 1900 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert

Creates the state legal expense fund.

HB 1971 --- Sponsor: Seigfreid, James --- CoSponsor: Shoemyer, Wes

Qualifies certain individuals as special consultants for the public employee retirement systems.

HB 2016 --- Sponsor: Kelly, Glenda

Modifies the information required for delivery of prisoners to correctional centers.

HB 2057 --- Sponsor: Barry, Joan

Expands the medical testing performed on persons delivered to the Department of Corrections.

HB 2071 --- Sponsor: Troupe, Charles Quincy

Allows offenders in correctional centers to obtain alternative health care at their own expense.

SB 645 --- Sponsor: Mathewson, James L.

Authorizes Caldwell, DeKalb and Daviess counties to impose a voter-approved sales tax to fund jail districts.

SB 654 --- Sponsor: Rohrbach, Larry M.

Prohibits private prisons or jails.

SB 673 --- Sponsor: Westfall, Morris --- CoSponsor: Bentley, Roseann

Revises sex crimes laws.

SB 1066 --- Sponsor: Klindt, David

Allows certification programs for corrections officers.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:08 am