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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri House Bill 9 appropriates $1.05 billion for the Department of Corrections for fiscal year 2026
Last action · November 25, 2025: Message Received from the Governor, pursuant to Article IV, Section 27Sponsor: Dirk Deaton
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What This Bill Would Do
Missouri House Bill 9 appropriates $1,051,213,341 to fund the Department of Corrections, its divisions, programs, and facility operations for the beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026. The legislation allocates funding across adult institutions, offender rehabilitative services, probation and parole, and county jail reimbursements. It also establishes one-time funding rules and specific program pilots, such as AI-powered communication monitoring and reentry navigators.
Residents across Missouri are impacted by how state correctional facilities, offender rehabilitation, and community supervision are funded and operated. The measure commits over $1 billion in state, federal, and dedicated funds toward prison staffing, food services, medical care contracts, county prisoner housing reimbursements, and re-entry programs designed to lower recidivism rates.
- House Bill 9 is part of the annual appropriations process in the Missouri General Assembly to fund state government operations for the upcoming fiscal year. context
- The Department of Corrections manages state adult correctional centers, community supervision, probation, and parole across Missouri. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Corrections
Receives its annual state operating budget of over $1.05 billion and authorization for up to 10,344.73 F.T.E. positions.
Incarcerated individuals
Receive funding for food, health care, education, rehabilitation programs, wage and discharge costs, and canteen services.
County jails and local governments
Receive state reimbursements for criminal case costs, prisoner housing at $24.95 per day, prisoner transport, and feminine hygiene products.
State correctional employees
Covered by personal service appropriations, annual salary adjustments, employee health and safety funds, and overtime compensation.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently filed. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Nov 25, 2025Governor of MissouriMessage Received from the Governor, pursuant to Article IV, Section 27
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Substantial Healthcare and Contractual Allocations
Over $203 million is dedicated specifically to physical and mental health care contracts for incarcerated individuals, making it one of the largest single programmatic line items outside of standard institution payrolls.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance90How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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