SB 854: Missouri bill creates automated expungement process, adjusts criminal history…

What This Bill Would Do

This legislation establishes an automated process for certain low-level and drug-related offenses, raises maximum criminal history check fees to twenty dollars, and repeals the requirement that juries in first-degree murder trials be instructed that the court may assess the death penalty if they cannot agree on punishment.

Why it matters

Qualifying individuals with specific past misdemeanor or felony convictions will have their records automatically sealed over time without needing to file a private petition, while employers and landlords who hire or engage individuals with expunged records receive liability immunity.

Background

Missouri law governs criminal history record maintenance through the central repository maintained by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. context
Expungement procedures in Missouri historically required individuals to file formal petitions in court to seal qualifying criminal records. 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.

Directly affected

Individuals with qualifying convictions

Eligible individuals receive automatic record expungement and full restoration of civil rights without filing a private petition.

Directly affected

Employers and landlords

Employers, landlords, and volunteer organizations receive immunity from liability for claims arising from employee or tenant misconduct related to expunged records.

Directly affected

Credit bureaus

Credit reporting agencies are barred from reporting arrest and conviction records older than seven years and face statutory liabilities for willful or negligent noncompliance.

Directly affected

Missouri State Highway Patrol

The central repository must conduct rolling weekly automated screenings of criminal history records for eligible expungement offenses.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What offenses are eligible for automated state-initiated expungement under this bill?

Qualifying offenses include specific past convictions for possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, provided they meet waiting periods and other statutory criteria.

When does the automated expungement process take effect?

The provisions become effective as soon as technically feasible for both the Supreme Court of Missouri and the , but no later than January 1, 2028.

Are employers protected if they hire someone with an expunged record?

Yes, employers, landlords, and volunteer organizations who engage an individual with an expunged criminal record are granted immunity from liability for claims arising from misconduct related to the expunged portion of the history.

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Where This Stands

Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Procedural history

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Mar 25, 2026SenateCommittee
SCS Voted Do Pass (w/SCS SBs 854 & 1494) Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (5600S.03C)
Feb 18, 2026Senate
Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Jan 8, 2026SenateFloor
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroduced
S First Read
Dec 1, 2025Senate
Prefiled

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Comparing 5600S.01I - Introduced → Senate Committee Substitute - Committee Version

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION 5600S.03C 1 SENATE BILL NO. COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILLS NOS. 854 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WILLIAMS. 5600S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary & 1494 AN ACT To amend chapter 610, repeal sections 43.500, 43.530, and 565.030, RSMo, by adding thereto four and to enact in lieu thereof seven new sections relating to expungement. proceedings resulting from criminal conduct. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section A. Chapter 610, Sections 43.500, 43.530, and 565.030, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto four are repealed and seven new sections, sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 43.500, 43.530, 476.411, 565.030, 610.141, 610.142, 610.143, and 610.144, to read as follows: 610.141. 1. 43.500. As used in sections 610.140 43.500 to 610.146, 43.651, the following terms mean: (1) "Automated expungement", technology-assisted, state-initiated bulk closing "Administration of records in criminal justice", performance of any of the manner established under section 610.120; following activities: detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders. The administration of criminal justice shall include the discretion to disclose closed mobile video recordings. Such discretion shall belong solely to the agency creating the video and shall not waive closure rights or requirements for subsequent requests. The administration of criminal justice shall include the screening of employees or applicants seeking employment with criminal justice agencies, criminal identification activities, and the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history information, including fingerprint searches, photographs, and other unique biometric identification; 2 (2) "Central repository", the division within the Missouri state highway patrol central repository responsible for compiling and disseminating complete and accurate criminal history records; records and statistics; (3) "Charges pending", charges for which an individual has not yet been sentenced; "Committee", criminal records and justice information advisory committee; (4) "Clean slate eligible offense", an infraction, misdemeanor, or felony not listed under subsection 2 "Comparable ordinance violation", a violation of section 610.140 for which an electronic record exists; (5) "Close" or "closed", to make records inaccessible to the general public and to ordinance having all individuals other than the defendant, except as provided under section 610.120 and chapter 43; (6) "Expunge" essential elements of a statutory felony or "expunged", to close a class A misdemeanor; (5) "Criminal history record in the manner established under section 610.120; (7) "Final disposition", the date the person has completed his or her incarceration or probation information", information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and has satisfied all obligations, including the payment notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations, or other formal criminal charges, and any restitution, but not including disposition arising therefrom, sentencing, correctional supervision, and release; (6) "Final disposition", the payment formal conclusion of outstanding fines or fees imposed by the court; (8) "Petitioner", includes a person who has petitioned the court to have his or her conviction or convictions expunged and a person whose conviction or convictions have been automatically expunged under this section; (9) "Traffic violation", a violation of the traffic regulations provided under chapters 301, 302, 303, 304, and 307. 2. (1) Beginning August 28, 2029, all records and files maintained in any administrative or court criminal proceeding in a municipal, associate, or circuit court pertaining to clean slate eligible offenses shall be closed at whatever stage it occurs in the manner established under section 610.120 without the filing of criminal justice system; (7) "Missouri charge code", a petition under section 610.140, subject to unique number assigned by the limitations contained in subdivisions (2), (3), and (4) office of this subsection and subject state courts administrator to an offense for tracking and grouping offenses. Beginning January 1, 2005, the following: (a) For cases in which complete charge code shall consist of digits assigned by the imposition office of sentence has been suspended, if an individual has successfully completed probation, state courts administrator, the record shall be closed so long as one year has passed since final disposition, two-digit national crime information center modifiers and the individual has not committed any felony or misdemeanor offense other than a traffic violation during that time; (b) For infractions, municipal offenses, and misdemeanors, single digit designating attempt, accessory, or conspiracy. The only exception to the record January 1, 2005, date shall be closed if one year has passed since final disposition and the individual has not committed any felony or misdemeanor offense other than a traffic violation during courts that time; (c) For felony offenses, are not using the record shall be closed if three years have passed since final disposition and statewide court automation case management pursuant to section 476.055; the individual has not committed any felony or misdemeanor offense other than a traffic violation during that time; (d) For effective date will be as soon thereafter as economically feasible for all of an individual's offenses if the individual has attained sixty-five years of age and has not been convicted of any misdemeanors or felonies other than courts; (8) "State offense cycle number", a traffic violation unique number, supplied by or a technical violation of approved by the terms of their probation or parole in Missouri state highway patrol, on the immediate ten preceding years; or (e) All offenses for which state criminal fingerprint card. The offense 3 cycle number, OCN, is used to link the governor identity of Missouri has granted a full pardon. (2) Records pertaining person, through unique biometric identification, to juvenile adjudications one or many offenses involving the operation of a motor vehicle are not eligible for automated expungement. (3) No offense, violation, which the person is arrested or infraction shall charged. The OCN will be eligible for automated expungement if a person has charges pending during used to track an offense incident from the period date of review for clean slate eligibility as described in subsection 3 arrest to the final disposition when the offender exits from the criminal justice system; (9) "Unique biometric identification", automated methods of this section. (4) (a) An recognizing and identifying an individual based on a physiological characteristic. Biometric identification methods may be granted more than one expungement under this section, provided that during his or her lifetime include but are not limited to facial recognition, fingerprints, palm prints, hand geometry, iris recognition, and retinal scan. 43.530. 1. For each request requiring the total number payment of offenses, violations, or infractions for which expungement can be granted to a fee received by the individual under this section or section 610.140 central repository, the requesting entity shall pay a fee of not exceed the following limits: a. No more than two felony offenses; and b. No more than four misdemeanor offenses or ordinance violations that have an authorized term of imprisonment. (b) An individual may be granted expungement under this section nine dollars per request for any number of infractions. (c) If an individual's criminal history record contains more felonies information not based on a fingerprint search. In each year beginning on or misdemeanors than can be expunged during after January 1, 2010, the individual's lifetime under paragraph (a) of this subdivision, superintendent may increase the individual shall fee paid by requesting entities by an amount not be eligible for automated expungement to exceed one dollar per year, however, under this section. (d) no circumstance shall the fee paid by requesting entities exceed [fifteen] twenty dollars per request. 2. For purposes each request requiring the payment of determining lifetime limits on expungement under this section and section 610.140: a. If a fee received by the offenses or violations were charged as counts in central repository, the same case, all such offenses and violations requesting entity shall count as only the highest level offense or violation in that case for purposes pay a fee of determining lifetime limits not more than twenty dollars per request for criminal history record information based on expungement a fingerprint search, unless the request is required under this the provisions of subdivision (6) of section and 210.481, section 610.140. However, if one 210.487, or more counts section 571.101, in which case the same indictment or information or conduct committed were a part fee shall be fourteen dollars. 3. Upon establishment of a fingerprinting system within the same course of criminal conduct as an offense listed in subsection 2 of section 610.140, central repository, the entire record superintendent shall not be expunged collect the current vendor fee for device usage by 4 requestors under this section. b. If When initially established, the offenses or violations were committed by an individual who has reached sixty-five years of age and has fee shall not been convicted of any misdemeanors or felonies other than traffic violations exceed the vendor fee then in place for legacy livescan devices under state contract. Thereafter the immediate ten preceding years, all clean slate eligible offenses shall be expunged. (e) superintendent may increase the fee by no more than fifty cents per year. The court fee shall maintain records be deposited to ensure that a person has not exceeded the limitations provided Criminal Record System Fund. 4. A request made under this subsection. Nothing in subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall be construed limited to limit check and search on one individual. Each request shall be accompanied by a check, warrant, voucher, money order, or impair electronic payment payable to the subsequent use state of any Missouri-criminal record maintained system or payment shall be made in a manner approved by the court highway patrol. The highway patrol may establish procedures for receiving requests for criminal history record information for classification and search for fingerprints, from courts and other entities, and for the purpose of any law enforcement or prosecutorial investigation or activity including any arrest or findings payment of guilt expunged under this section such requests. There is hereby established by a law enforcement agency, criminal justice agency, prosecuting attorney, circuit attorney, or municipal prosecuting attorney, including its use as a prior offense, violation, or infraction in a subsequent criminal or civil investigation or prosecution. 3. (1) Beginning August 28, 2029, on a monthly basis, the office treasurer of the state courts administrator shall identify and transmit of Missouri a fund to be entitled as the central repository and every prosecuting agency in "Criminal Record System Fund". Notwithstanding the state all clean slate eligible offense records within thirty days provisions of section 33.080 to the record becoming eligible for automated expungement. (2) Records that contrary, if the moneys collected and deposited into this fund are eligible not totally expended annually for automated expungement on or before August 28, 2026, shall be identified and expunged by August 28, 2031. (3) Delinquent court costs, fines, fees, or other sums ordered by a court, except restitution owed the purposes set forth in sections 43.500 to a victim of a crime, 43.651, the unexpended moneys in such fund shall not be expunged remain in the fund and the balance shall not be considered by kept in the fund to accumulate from year to year. 476.411. Beginning January 1, 2031, and each year thereafter, the office of state courts administrator when determining expungement of a record without and the filing of a petition under subsection 2 of this section. The office of Missouri state courts administrator highway patrol shall seek submit a setoff of report to the joint committee on the justice system, the house judiciary committee or any income tax refund successor committee, and lottery prize payouts the senate judiciary and civil and criminal jurisprudence committee or any successor committee providing statistical information 5 for the prior year, arranged by judicial circuit and county, of: (1) The number of clean slate eligible offenses as defined under section 488.5028 for all delinquent court costs, fines, fees, or other sums ordered 610.141 identified by a court relating to convictions expunged the Missouri state highway patrol under subsection 2 of this section. (4) Each prosecuting agency in this state has no later than sixty days from the day on which the notice described in subdivision (1) of this subsection is section 610.141 and transmitted to object the courts; (2) The number of identified clean slate eligible offenses to which a prosecuting attorney filed an automated objection under subsection 3 of section 610.141; and (3) The number of orders of expungement issued under section 610.141. The data shall be aggregated by race, sex, age, circuit, county, and transmit offense type and level if such objection data is available. 565.030. 1. Where murder in the first degree is charged but not submitted or where the state waives the death penalty, the submission to the trier and all parties. The prosecuting agency may object subsequent proceedings in the case shall proceed as in all other criminal cases. 2. Where murder in the first degree is submitted to the automatic expungement for any trier without a waiver of the following reasons: (a) After reviewing death penalty, the prosecuting agency's record, trial shall proceed in two stages before the agency believes same trier. At the record does not meet first stage the definition trier shall decide only whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty of a clean slate eligible case; (b) any submitted offense. The person has issue of punishment shall not paid court-ordered restitution be submitted to the victim; or (c) The person has charges pending against them in another case. (5) trier at the first stage. If an offense is charged other than murder in the first degree in a prosecuting agency objects for count together with a reason described in subdivision (4) of this subsection, within sixty days count of murder in the day first degree, the trial judge shall assess punishment on which any such offense according to law, after the notice described in subdivision (1) of this subsection defendant is transmitted, found guilty of such offense and after he finds the record shall not defendant to be expunged. (6) If sixty days have passed without an objection from a prosecuting agency or the central repository for one of prior offender pursuant to chapter 558. 3. If murder in the reasons set forth under this subsection, first degree is submitted and the office of state courts administrator shall transmit within fifteen days all death penalty was not waived but the records to be expunged, sorted by circuit, to trier finds the presiding judges of every circuit court. (7) (a) Within thirty days 6 defendant guilty of receiving a notice to expunge, lesser homicide, a second stage of the circuit court trial shall issue orders for expungement of proceed as in all records maintained other criminal cases. The attorneys may then argue as in other criminal cases the circuit for which no notification issue of ineligibility was received by punishment, after which the office of state courts administrator from trier shall assess and declare the central repository or a prosecuting agency unless punishment as in all other criminal cases. 4. If the circuit court determines trier at the record is first stage of a trial where the death penalty was not eligible for automated expungement. (b) If waived finds the circuit court determines defendant guilty of murder in the first degree, a record is not eligible for automated expungement, second stage of the court trial shall notify proceed at which the office only issue shall be the punishment to be assessed and declared. Evidence in aggravation and mitigation of state courts administrator punishment, including but not limited to evidence supporting any of the aggravating or mitigating circumstances listed in writing subsection 2 or 3 of its determination section 565.032, may be presented subject to the rules of evidence at criminal trials. Such evidence may include, within thirty days the discretion of the court, evidence concerning the murder victim and shall specify the reasons impact of the court relied offense upon in making the determination. (8) On family of the victim and others. Rebuttal and surrebuttal evidence may be presented. The state shall be the first to proceed. If the trier is a monthly basis, each circuit court jury it shall be instructed on the law. The attorneys may then argue the issue orders for expungement of all records of arrest, charge, punishment to the jury, and conviction for ordinance violations the state shall have the right to open and nonfingerprintable offenses in close the circuit that argument. The trier shall assess and declare the court determines are eligible punishment at life imprisonment without eligibility for automated expungement. (9) On probation, parole, or release except by act of the governor: (1) If the trier finds by a monthly basis, each circuit court shall transmit copies preponderance of all orders for expungement the evidence that the court issues under this section to defendant is intellectually disabled; or (2) If the office trier does not find beyond a reasonable doubt at least one of state courts administrator. (10) Once the transmitted records are expunged, statutory aggravating circumstances set out in subsection 2 of section 565.032; or (3) If the office trier [concludes that there is evidence in mitigation of state courts administrator shall provide notice punishment, including but not limited to all state agencies maintaining official copies evidence supporting the statutory mitigating circumstances 7 listed in subsection 3 of section 565.032, which is sufficient to outweigh the records evidence in aggravation of punishment found by the trier] does not determine by unanimous vote that the aggravating circumstance or circumstances previously found outweigh the mitigating circumstance or circumstances including, but not limited to, the appropriate circuit court clerk, the prosecuting or circuit attorney, the arresting law enforcement agency those mitigating circumstances set out in subsection 3 of section 565.032; or agencies, (4) If the department trier decides under all of corrections, the central repository, circumstances not to assess and declare the department of revenue to expunge punishment at death. If the records within thirty days. (11) The Missouri state highway patrol shall retain trier is a nonpublic record of jury it shall be so instructed. If the order expunging a conviction or other notification regarding a conviction that was automatically expunged under this section trier assesses and of declares the record of punishment at death it shall, in its findings or verdict, set out in writing the arrest, fingerprints, conviction, and sentence aggravating circumstance or circumstances listed in subsection 2 of section 565.032 which it found beyond a reasonable doubt. If the person in trier is a jury it shall be instructed before the case is submitted that if it is unable to which decide or agree upon the order punishment the court shall assess and declare the punishment at life imprisonment without eligibility for probation, parole, or other notification applies. release except by act of the governor [or death. The nonpublic record court shall be made available only follow the same procedure as set out in this section whenever it is required to a court determine punishment for murder in the first degree]. 5. Upon written agreement of competent jurisdiction, the office parties and with leave of state courts administrator, the department court, the issue of corrections, a law enforcement agency, a prosecuting or circuit attorney, the attorney general, or defendant's intellectual disability may be taken up by the governor upon request court and only for decided prior to trial without prejudicing the following purposes: (a) To show that a person who has filed a petition defendant's right to expunge a conviction has previously had a conviction expunged under have the issue submitted to the trier of fact as provided in subsection 4 of this section; (b) The court's consideration section. 6. As used in determining this section, the sentence terms "intellectual disability" or "intellectually disabled" refer to be imposed upon conviction for a subsequent offense that is punishable as a felony or 8 condition involving substantial limitations in general functioning characterized by imprisonment for significantly subaverage intellectual functioning with continual extensive related deficits and limitations in two or more than one year; (c) Consideration by the governor if a person whose conviction has been expunged applies for a pardon for another offense; (d) Consideration by the department adaptive behaviors such as communication, self-care, home living, social skills, community use, self-direction, health and safety, functional academics, leisure and work, which conditions are manifested and documented before eighteen years of corrections age. 7. The provisions of this section shall only govern offenses committed on or a law enforcement agency if a person whose conviction has been expunged applies for employment with after August 28, 2001. 610.141. 1. For the department purposes of corrections or a law enforcement agency; (e) Consideration by a court, law enforcement agency, prosecuting or circuit attorney, or this section, the attorney general following terms shall mean: (1) "Court record information", any information stored in determining whether a person required to register under sections 589.400 statewide court automation system relating to 589.425 has committed an a specific criminal offense that requires registration under sections 589.400 in this state; (2) "Criminal history record information", data relating to 589.425, or the arrest, prosecution, court action, detention, and other related information collected, stored, and disseminated by the central repository for use each criminal offense in a prosecution this state; (3) "Eligible Offense", for committing an offense requiring registration under sections 589.400 to 589.425; or (f) Consideration by be eligible, it must: (a) Be a court, law enforcement agency, prosecuting or circuit attorney, or the attorney general for use in making determinations regarding charges, plea offers, and sentencing, qualifying offense, as applicable. (12) The office of state courts administrator shall create defined in this section; (b) Be a digital access portal final conviction; (c) Be the only charge of all orders conviction in a case or part of expungement issued under this section. The portal shall allow users to determine if an order a case that contains only convictions for automated expungement has qualifying offenses; (d) Have been granted in an individual's name. The portal shall employ measures to prevent disclosure one year since final disposition of any order to anyone other than the individual eligible offense for whom the order was issued. 4. Any court sentencing a misdemeanor and three years for a felony; (e) Be an individual offender with no conviction for a clean slate eligible offense shall notify the individual at the time of sentencing misdemeanor or felony within one calendar year of the date when final 9 disposition of the individual's conviction may become eligible for automated expungement provided expungable offense if the individual offense is not convicted of any a misdemeanor or and three years if the expungable offense is a felony, not including a violation violations of a traffic regulation, during the time period specified for the underlying offense or offenses. 5. Any probation or parole office releasing traffic regulations provided under chapters 301, 302, 303, 304, and 307; (f) Be an individual from supervision offender with no outstanding arrest or pending charges for a clean slate eligible offense shall notify the individual misdemeanor or felony at the time supervision is discharged of the date when the individual's record or records may become eligible analysis for automated expungement provided the individual is not convicted of any misdemeanor or felony, expungement, not including a violation violations of a traffic regulation, during the time period specified for the underlying offense or offenses. 6. The provisions of this section shall apply retroactively to any arrest, charge, trial, traffic regulations provided under chapters 301, 302, 303, 304, and conviction 307; and (g) Not be for which there is a digital record regardless an class A felony; (4) "Expungement", closure of the date that the arrest was made, the charge or charges were brought, the trial occurred, or the conviction was entered. 7. Nothing in this record pursuant to section precludes an individual from filing 610.120; (5) "Qualifying offense", a petition for expungement conviction for: (a) Possession of records under section 610.140 if an individual is eligible for an automated expungement a controlled substance under this section if such an automated expungement has not yet occurred or cannot occur pursuant 195.202, as it existed prior to the provisions of this section. 8. Upon the occurrence of one January 1, 2017; (b) Unlawful use of the circumstances provided drug paraphernalia under subdivision (1) section 195.233, as it existed prior to January 1, 2017; (c) Possession or (2) control of this subsection, a conviction that was expunged controlled substance under this section shall be reinstated by the court as provided in this subsection. (1) If it is determined that a conviction was improperly 579.015; or erroneously expunged because the conviction was not eligible to be expunged (d) Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia under this section, the court shall, on its own motion, reinstate the conviction. (2) Upon a motion by section 579.074. (6) "Restoration of rights", a full restoration of the civil rights of such person owed restitution or on its own motion, to the court shall reinstate a conviction that was expunged under this section for which status occupied prior to the person whose conviction was expunged was ordered to pay restitution as if such events had never taken place. This includes the court determines that right to vote, the right to hold public office, and to serve as a juror. No person has not made with a good- faith effort state initiated expungement shall be held thereafter under any provision of law to pay the ordered restitution. 9. Upon the entry be guilty of an order under section 610.140, perjury or upon the automated expungement of otherwise giving a conviction under this section, the petitioner, for purposes false statement by reason of the law, his or her failure to recite or acknowledge such convictions or expungement in response to an inquiry and no such inquiry shall be considered not made for information relating to have been previously convicted, an expungement, except for purposes of the following: (1) The petitioner shall not be entitled to disclose the remission of expunged crime to any fine, costs, or other moneys paid as entity 10 with authorization to access closed records under section 610.120. The expunged crime may be considered a consequence of prior offense in determining a conviction sentence to be imposed for any subsequent offense that the person is expunged; (2) This section found guilty of committing. "Restoration of rights" shall not affect the right of the petitioner include rights related to rely upon the conviction to bar subsequent proceedings uses for the same offense; (3) This conviction detailed in section 610.120. 2. All eligible offenses shall not affect the right of automatically be expunged as a victim matter of an offense to bring or defend a civil action for damages; (4) This section law upon eligibility. The result of the expungement shall not create be a right to commence an action for damages for incarceration under the sentence that closure of the petitioner served before record and restoration of rights, as defined in this section. 3. The central repository shall, on a rolling basis, but not less than once per week, automatically screen criminal history record information contained in the conviction is statewide criminal history database for eligible offenses. All eligible offenses shall be automatically expunged under pursuant to this section; (5) This section section. The central repository shall not relieve any obligation to pay restitution owed to base automated expungement record designations only on the victim of data available in its system. Once expunged, an offense nor record status shall such sections affect reflect the jurisdiction expungement in the criminal history system by way of the convicting court or Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System. If additional information is learned by the authority central repository relating to eligibility, the analysis may be rerun as necessary and the record status updated. 4. The supreme court of any Missouri shall, on a rolling basis, but not less than once per week, automatically screen court order with regard to enforcing an order record information for restitution; (6) A conviction, including any records eligible offenses. All case materials relating to the conviction eligible offenses shall be automatically expunged pursuant to this section. Expunged court record information shall be closed pursuant to section 610.120 and available to the parties. 5. For purposes of compliance with this section, any records concerning agency releasing investigative reports under chapter 610 11 shall treat said information as a collateral action, that has been closed record where it relates only to an expunged offense under this section section. It shall not be used as evidence in an action for negligent hiring, admission, or licensure against any person; or (7) A conviction affirmative defense that is expunged an agency conducted a Missouri Uniform Law Enforcement System query of the relevant criminal history record and adhered to the record status designation therein. 6. During the sentencing phase of any criminal case for a qualifying offense under this section section, the sentencing court, upon its own motion or section 610.140 motion of any party, may be considered designate a prior conviction ineligible for state initiated expungement under this section if the record shows, by a court, law enforcement agency, prosecuting attorney, or preponderance of the attorney general, as applicable, for purposes evidence, that: (1) The petitioner's habits and conduct demonstrate that the petitioner is a threat to the public safety of charging the state; (2) The state-initiated expungement is not consistent with the public welfare; or (3) The interests of justice do not warrant the expungement. Any party may request a crime as hearing on such a second or subsequent offense or motion and present evidence. Upon a finding to exclude a conviction from state initiated expungement, the court shall designate the conviction type as not eligible for state initiated expungement in the statewide court automation system and when transmitting the sentencing information to the central repository. 7. An offender shall be limited to three misdemeanor and two felony expungements under this section 550.016. 610.142. Beginning August 28, 2029, and section 610.140 combined. Where a criminal case contains more than one expungable offense, the office of state courts administrator offense with the greatest severity shall report to be the judiciary committees only offense that counts for the purposes of this subsection. 12 8. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the senate and house filing of representatives, or an expungement petition under any successor committees, the following on other provision of law for which such a yearly basis: (1) The number filing is permissible. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of records expunged law, the sole remedy for relief for failure to expunge under subsection 2 this section shall be the filing of an expungement petition under section 610.141, by judicial circuit, with data aggregated by race, sex, age, circuit, county, and offense type and level; and (2) 610.140. 10. The number provisions of records transmitted back to this section shall be effective when technically feasible for both the office supreme court of state courts administrator from the Missouri state highway patrol, any prosecuting agency, or any circuit court on objection that the record is not eligible for automated expungement or that the record does not match data held in and the central repository, by judicial circuit, with data aggregated by race, sex, age, county, and offense type and level. but no later than January 1, 2028. 610.143. 1. A credit bureau may report records of arrests, indictments pending trial, and convictions of crimes for no longer than seven years from […] determined by the court. 3. Any credit bureau or user of information that is negligent in failing to comply with any requirement of this 13 section with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to: (1) Any actual damages sustained by the consumer […] by a violation or a threatened violation of this section regardless of whether the consumer seeks any other remedy under this section. 5. An employer employer, volunteer organization, or landlord who employs employs, qualifies, or otherwise engages an individual whose criminal history record has been expunged shall be immune from liability for any claim arising out of the misconduct of the individual if the misconduct relates to the portion of the criminal history record that has been expunged. 6. A person granted an expungement shall disclose any expunged offense if the disclosure of such information is necessary to complete any application for employment with any: (1) Federally insured bank or savings institution or credit union or an affiliate of such institution or credit union for the purpose of compliance with 12 U.S.C. Section 1829 and 12 U.S.C. Section 1785; or (2) Entity engaged in the business of insurance or any insurer for the purpose of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1033, 18 U.S.C. Section 1034, or other similar law that requires an employer engaged in the business of insurance to exclude applicants with certain criminal convictions from employment. 14 610.144. 1. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Missouri Expungement Fund", which shall consist of moneys deposited into appropriated to it by the fund from any source including, but not limited to, general assembly and gifts, donations, grants, and bequests. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer […] be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, moneys in this fund shall be used solely as provided in subsection 2 of this section. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. (3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. 2. The office of state courts administrator, the department of public safety, and the information technology services division within the office of administration, and the office of state courts administrator administration shall expend moneys from the fund, upon appropriation, only on the statewide court automation case management system and the Missouri criminal history record information system established under sections 43.500 to 43.530 for one or more of the following purposes: (1) Implementation costs Expenses that may be incurred under sections 610.141 to 610.143; (2) System upgrades necessitated develop, establish, maintain, or operate any information technology equipment, software, systems, or services associated with the expungement or closing of records under sections 610.141 to 610.143; Missouri law, including the development and implementation of any technology-assisted, state-initiated bulk expungement or (3) Staffing needs necessitated sealing of records under sections 610.141 to 610.143.Missouri law; or (2) The cost of necessary personnel or contractors.

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Transition to Automated Record Sealing

The legislation shifts Missouri from a petition-based expungement model to an automated, state-initiated screening process handled by the courts and the highway patrol.

Office of State Courts Administrator Missouri State Highway Patrol

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Missouri Expungement Fund, Senate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, Joint Committee on the Justice System and 7 more

OrganizationMissouri Expungement Fund“Dedicated fund created in the state treasury for expungement technology and pers”Map →

OrganizationSenate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee“Legislative committee designated to receive annual expungement reports”Map →

OrganizationJoint Committee on the Justice System“Legislative committee designated to receive annual expungement reports”Map →

PersonBrian Williams“Democratic Senator representing District 14”Map →

OrganizationMissouri State Highway Patrol“State law enforcement agency operating the central repository for criminal histo”Map →

OrganizationDepartment of Public Safety“State department authorized to expend moneys from the Missouri Expungement Fund”Map →

OrganizationCriminal Record System Fund“State fund established by the state treasurer for criminal record fees”Map →

OrganizationInformation Technology Services Division“Division within the Office of Administration authorized to expend moneys from th”Map →

OrganizationOffice of State Courts Administrator“State agency responsible for court administration and tracking charge codes”Map →

OrganizationHouse Judiciary Committee“Legislative committee designated to receive annual expungement reports”Map →

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www.senate.mo.gov

Missouri bill creates automated expungement process, adjusts criminal history fees, and modifies first-degree murder sentencing rules

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