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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri Senate Bill 894 revises criminal offense classifications, sentencing guidelines, minimum prison terms, and jail credit calculations
Last action · March 2, 2026: Bill Combined w/SCS SBs 882, 894 & 1294Sponsor: Jill Carter
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What This Bill Would Do
Missouri SB 894 restructures criminal offense classifications and penalties across multiple state statutes, revises minimum prison service percentages based on felony classes, repeals prior mandatory minimum rules and provisions, and mandates specific jail time credit calculations in court judgments.
Changes how long convicted individuals must stay in prison before parole eligibility by replacing offense-specific minimum terms with tiered percentage ranges based on felony classes, while altering specific crime classifications and court sentencing recordkeeping.
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.
offenders convicted of state crimes
Offenders face restructured felony classifications, revised minimum prison service percentages, and modified rules for calculating parole eligibility and jail time credit.
State Courts
Courts must record pre-sentence days in custody as part judgments, retain jurisdiction over jail time credit motions, and apply new percentage formulas for consecutive and concurrent sentences.
Department of Corrections
The department receives commitment forms from the Office of the State Courts Administrator that include updated sentencing calculations and jail time credits.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What minimum percentage of a sentence must offenders serve under SB 894?
How are consecutive sentences calculated for parole eligibility under this act?
What changes are made regarding jail time credit?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
5 actions- Mar 2, 2026SenateBill Combined w/SCS SBs 882, 894 & 1294
- Feb 18, 2026SenateHearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Jan 8, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 1, 2025SenatePrefiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 5552S.01I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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