Missouri 2026 Regular Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 5 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 2751 — Modifies provisions relating to public safety

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This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 06, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

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    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Plain-language change summary

The amendments to Bill HB 2751 include the addition of a new section specifically addressing the voting rights of individuals discharged from imprisonment. This change ensures that inmates released after serving their sentences for felony offenses will automatically be able to register to vote if they plan to reside in Missouri. Previously, certain voting restrictions applied after a felony conviction, limiting participation in elections even upon release, which this amendment aims to rectify. This matters because it expands voting access and reinforces the idea that individuals who have served their time should be reintegrated into the democratic process.

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NOS.
2751 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE PERKINS.
2751, 2831 & 2695 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 6221H.07C JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal sections 115.133, 208.247, and 558.041, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof five new sections relating to public safety.
6221H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk AN ACT To repeal sections 208.247 and 558.041, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections relating to public safety.
Sections 208.247 and 558.041, RSMo, are repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 208.247, 558.041, and 589.710, to read as follows:
Sections 115.133, 208.247, and 558.041, RSMo, are repealed and five new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 115.133, 208.247, 217.443, 558.041, and 589.710, to read as follows:
115.133.
1.
Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, any citizen of the United States who is a resident of the state of Missouri and seventeen years and six months of age or older shall be entitled to register and to vote in any election which is held on or after his or her eighteenth birthday.
2.
No person who is adjudged incapacitated shall be entitled to register or vote.
No person shall be entitled to vote:
(1) While confined under a sentence of imprisonment;
or (2) [While on probation or parole after conviction of a felony, until finally discharged from such probation or parole;
or (3)] After conviction of a felony or misdemeanor connected with the right of suffrage.
3.
Except as provided in federal law or federal elections and in section 115.277, no person shall be entitled to vote if the person has not registered to vote in the jurisdiction of his or her residence prior to the deadline to register to vote.
Section 862a(d), an individual who has pled guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty under federal or state law of a felony involving possession or use of a controlled substance shall be exempt from the prohibition contained in 21 U.S.C.
Section 862a(d), an individual who has pled guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty under federal or state law of a felony involving possession or use of a controlled substance shall be exempt from the EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law.
Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
HCS HBs 2751, 2831 & 2695 2 prohibition contained in 21 U.S.C.
and EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law.
and (2) Is successfully complying with, or has already complied with, all obligations imposed by the court, the division of alcohol and drug abuse, and the division of probation and parole;
Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
HB 2751 2 (2) Is successfully complying with, or has already complied with, all obligations imposed by the court, the division of alcohol and drug abuse, and the division of probation and parole;
Section 862a(d)(1), an individual convicted under federal or state law of a felony offense involving possession, distribution, or use of a controlled substance shall be exempt from the prohibition contained in 21 U.S.C.
Section 862a(d)(1), an individual convicted under federal or state law of a felony offense involving possession, distribution, or use of a controlled substance shall be exempt from HCS HBs 2751, 2831 & 2695 3 the prohibition contained in 21 U.S.C.
558.041.
217.443.
Any offender committed to the department of corrections, except those persons committed pursuant to subsection 7 of section 558.016, or subsection 3 of section 566.125, [may] shall receive additional credit in terms of days spent in confinement upon [recommendation for such credit by the offender's institutional superintendent] calculation of such credit when the offender meets the requirements for such credit as provided in [subsections 3 and 4 of] this section.
When any inmate is discharged from a term of imprisonment for a felony offense and the intended residence designated by the inmate is within this state, the department of corrections shall provide the inmate with relevant documentation to assist the inmate in obtaining post-release employment and shall coordinate with the department of revenue to provide a state-issued identification card if the inmate does not have a current state-issued identification card or driver's license.
Good time credit or earned time credit may be rescinded by the director or his or her designee pursuant to the divisional policy issued pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection [3] 2 of this section.
(1) Any credit extended to an offender shall only apply to the sentence which the offender is currently serving.
Within nine months prior to the release of an inmate from custody, the department of corrections, in coordination with the department of revenue, shall identify whether the inmate has a current form of state-issued identification and, if not, begin the process of gathering the documentation required for the issuance of a state- issued identification card pursuant to the process provided by state law.
HB 2751 3 [3.] (2) The director of the department of corrections shall issue a policy for awarding good time credit and, separately, earned time credit.
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(3) The policy [may] shall reward an [inmate] offender who has served his or her sentence in an orderly and peaceable manner [and has] through good time credit as provided in subsection 3 of this section and award an offender who has successfully taken advantage of the rehabilitation programs and productive activities available to him or her through earned time credit as provided in subsection 4 of this section.
The department of corrections shall coordinate with the department of revenue to provide state-issued identification cards to all eligible inmates who do not have a current state-issued identification card or driver's license upon their release from custody.
(4) Any major conduct violation of institutional rules [or], violation of the laws of this state [may], parole revocation, or the accumulation of minor conduct violations exceeding six within a calendar year shall result in the loss of all [or a portion of any] prior credit earned by the [inmate] offender pursuant to this section.
The identification cards shall be issued, replaced, cancelled, and denied in the same manner as driver's licenses in this state.
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The department shall cause the policy to be published in the code of state regulations.
5.
No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.] 3.
(1) Subject to subsections 1 and 2 of this section, an offender who is serving a term of imprisonment of more than one year, other than a term of imprisonment for the duration of the offender's life, may receive good time credit toward the service of the offender's sentence of up to fifty-four days for each year of the offender's sentence imposed by the court, subject to yearly determination by the department of corrections that during that year the offender has displayed exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations.
(2)If the department of corrections determines that during the year the offender has not satisfactorily complied with such institutional regulations, the offender shall receive no good time credit toward service of sentence or shall receive such lesser credit as the department determines to be appropriate.
Credit that has not been earned shall not later be granted.
Credit for the last year of a term of imprisonment shall be credited on the first day of the last year of the term of imprisonment.
(1) Subject to subsections 1 and 2 of this section, an offender who is serving a term of imprisonment of more than one year, other than a term of imprisonment for the duration of the offender's life, and who successfully participates in rehabilitative programming or productive activities shall earn ten days of earned time credit for every thirty days of successful participation in rehabilitative programming or productive activities.
The department of revenue shall allow the use of a certified copy of a birth certificate coupled with a department of corrections-issued record card to serve as a valid form of identification documentation to obtain a state-issued identification card.
(2) An offender shall not receive earned time credits under this subsection for programs completed prior to the date that the offender's sentence commenced.
HB 2751 4 (3) The department of corrections shall specify in its policies under subsection 2 of this section the types of programs or activities for which credit may be earned under this section;
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the criteria for determining productive participation in, or completion of, the programs or activities;
and the criteria for annually awarding credit.
Such programs and activities shall include, but are not limited to, receiving a high school diploma or equivalent, college diploma or professional certificate, or vocational training certificates and participating in successful employment, parenting, and financial literacy courses, alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs, and restorative justice and faith- based programs.
The department of corrections shall include provisions for educational programming through correspondence courses.
(4) Beginning on January 1, 2027, but not later than December 31, 2027, eligible offenders may petition the department to receive earned time credit for any qualifying programs or activities completed after January 1, 2010, but before August 28, 2026.
(5) Beginning on August 28, 2026, earned time credit for programs completed on or after such date shall be awarded on an annual basis.
(6) The department of corrections shall notify the incarcerated population of the petition process through posted signage, electronic notification, and through staff in all facilities and shall provide a petition form to offenders.
(1) Offenders sentenced under subsections 2 and 3 of section 558.019 shall be eligible for good time credit and earned time credit and any credit earned shall be subtracted from the offender's entire sentence of imprisonment.
State-issued identification cards issued with a record card from the department of corrections for inmates shall be valid for a period of six years from the month of issuance for an allowable fee to be determined by the department of revenue and are nonrenewable and nontransferable.
(2) Offenders committed to the department who are sentenced to death or sentenced to life without probation or parole shall not be eligible for good time credit or earned time credit under this section;
however, the department shall record their program participation in the same manner as the eligible population.
(3) The incentives described in this section shall be in addition to any other rewards or credits for which an offender may be eligible.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to remove the parole board's discretion in awarding good time credit or earned time credit.
The department of corrections shall prepare and submit an annual report to the general assembly on good time credit and earned time credit, which shall include information on the number of offenders receiving credit under both programs.
The department of corrections may utilize any funds available to cover the costs associated with the implementation and administration of this section and the purchase of state-issued identification cards including, but not limited to, inmate trust funds, existing funds of the department of corrections, and donations.
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The provisions of this section shall apply only to inmates who may receive a state-issued identification card pursuant to the standards established by state law.
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For purposes of assisting an inmate in obtaining post-release employment, the department of corrections shall provide the inmate with the following documentation:
(1) A copy of the vocational training record of the inmate, if applicable;
(2) A copy of the work record of the inmate, if applicable;
(3) A certified copy of the birth certificate of the inmate, if obtainable;
HCS HBs 2751, 2831 & 2695 4 (4) A Social Security card or a replacement Social Security card of the inmate, if obtainable;
(5) A resume that includes any trade learned by the inmate and the proficiency at that trade by the inmate;
and (6) Documentation that the inmate has completed a practice job interview.
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For purposes of assisting an inmate in obtaining post-release employment, the department of corrections shall notify the inmate if he or she is eligible to apply for a license from a state entity charged with oversight of an occupational license or certification.
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A delay in obtaining the documents listed under subsection 8 of this section shall not be cause for a delay in an inmate's release from custody.
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The following categories of inmates are not required to complete resumes or practice job interviews prior to their release from incarceration:
(1) Inmates sixty-five years of age or older;
(2) Inmates releasing to medical parole or discharging from a prison infirmary setting;
(3) Inmates releasing to the custody of another jurisdiction on a warrant or detainer;
and (4) Inmates that the department determines would be physically or mentally unable to enter the workforce upon release from incarceration.
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The department of revenue and the department of corrections may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of this section.
Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028.
This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void.
558.041.
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Any offender committed to the department of corrections, except those [persons committed pursuant to subsection 7 of section 558.016, or subsection 3 of section 566.125, may] described in subsection 5 of this section, shall receive additional credit in terms of days spent in confinement upon [recommendation for such credit by the offender's institutional superintendent] calculation of such credit when the offender meets the requirements for such credit as provided in subsections 3 and 4 of this section.
Good time HCS HBs 2751, 2831 & 2695 5 credit may be rescinded by the director or his or her designee pursuant to the divisional policy issued pursuant to subsection 3 of this section.
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Any credit extended to an offender shall only apply to the sentence which the offender is currently serving.
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(1) The director of the department of corrections shall issue a policy for awarding credit.
(2) The policy [may] shall reward an [inmate] offender who has served his or her sentence in an orderly and peaceable manner and has taken advantage of the rehabilitation programs available to him or her.
(3) Any major conduct violation of institutional rules [or], violation of the laws of this state [may], parole revocation, or the accumulation of minor conduct violations exceeding six within a calendar year shall result in the loss of all [or a portion of any] prior credit earned by the [inmate] offender pursuant to this section.
(4) The policy shall specify the programs or activities for which credit shall be earned under this section;
the criteria for determining productive participation in, or completion of, the programs or activities;
and the criteria for awarding credit.
(5) The department shall award credit between five and three hundred sixty days, as determined by the department based on the length of the program, to any qualifying offender who successfully:
(a) Receives a high school diploma or equivalent, college diploma, or a vocational training certificate as provided under the department's policy;
(b) Completes an alcohol or drug abuse treatment program as provided under the department's policy, except that alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs ordered by the court or parole board shall not qualify;
(c) Completes one thousand hours of restorative justice;
or (d) Completes other programs as provided under the department's policy.
(6) An offender may earn a maximum of ninety days of credit in any twelve- month period.
(7) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that the offender be released as a result of good time credit.
The parole board in its discretion shall determine the date of release.
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[The department shall cause the policy to be published in the code of state regulations] Eligible offenders may petition the department to receive credit for programs or activities completed prior to August 28, 2026, as specified below:
(1) Eligible offenders can submit a petition from January 1, 2027, to December 31, 2027;
and HCS HBs 2751, 2831 & 2695 6 (2) Offenders shall have completed the qualifying program or activity between January 1, 2010, and August 28, 2026.
All other provisions outlined in this section shall apply retroactively to offenses committed after December 31, 2009.
5.
[No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024] The following persons shall not be eligible to receive good time credit under this section:
(1) Persons committed to the department who are sentenced to death or sentenced to life without probation or parole;
(2) Persons committed to the department under subsection 7 of section 558.016 or under subsection 3 of section 566.125;
and (3) Persons committed to the department for the commission or attempt of any of the following offenses:
(a) Arson in the first degree under section 569.040;
(b) Assault in the first degree under section 565.050;
(c) Assault in the second degree under section 565.052 if the victim is a special victim as defined under section 565.002;
(d) Kidnapping in the first degree under section 565.110;
(e) Kidnapping in the second degree under section 565.120;
(f) Murder in the second degree under section 565.021;
(g) Domestic assault in the first degree under section 565.072;
(h) Abuse of an elderly person, a person with a disability, or a vulnerable person under section 565.184;
(i) Robbery in the first degree under section 570.023;
(j) Armed criminal action under section 571.015;
(k) Conspiracy to commit an offense under 562.014 when the offense is a dangerous felony;
(l) Vehicle hijacking under section 570.027 when punished as a class A felony;
(m) Abuse of a child under section 568.060 when the child dies as a result of injuries sustained from conduct chargeable;
(n) Child kidnapping under section 565.115;
(o) Parental kidnapping under section 565.153 when punished as a class B felony;
(p) Bus hijacking under section 577.703 when punished as a class A felony;
HCS HBs 2751, 2831 & 2695 7 (q) Planting a bomb or explosive device in or near a bus or terminal under section 577.706;
(r) Any intoxication-related traffic offense or intoxication-related boating offense as defined under section 577.001 if the person is found to be a habitual offender or a habitual boating offender;
(s) Rape in the first degree under section 566.030;
(t) Sodomy in the first degree under section 566.060;
(u) Statutory rape in the first degree under section 566.032;
(v) Statutory sodomy in the first degree under section 566.062;
(w) Child molestation in the first degree under section 566.067;
(x) Child molestation in the second degree under section 566.068;
(y) Child molestation in the third degree under section 566.069;
(z) Child molestation in the fourth degree under section 566.071;
(aa) Sexual misconduct involving a child under section 566.083;
(bb) Sexual abuse in the first degree under section 566.100;
(cc) Trafficking for the purpose of slavery under section 566.206;
(dd) Trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation under section 566.209;
(ee) Sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree under section 566.210;
and (ff) Sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree under section 566.211.
(a) Agrees that any personally identifiable information provided shall be used only for research and statistical activities and shall not be transferred, revealed, or used HB 2751 5 for purposes other than research or statistical activities and that reports or publications derived from this information shall not identify specific individuals;
(a) Agrees that any personally identifiable information provided shall be used only for research and statistical activities and shall not be transferred, revealed, or used for purposes other than research or statistical activities and that reports or publications derived from this information shall not identify specific individuals;
the apprehension, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, correctional supervision, rehabilitation, evaluation, or treatment of accused persons or criminal offenders;
the apprehension, pretrial release, post-trial release, prosecution, correctional supervision, rehabilitation, evaluation, or treatment of HCS HBs 2751, 2831 & 2695 8 accused persons or criminal offenders;
HB 2751 6 (e) Pretrial or post-trial release from custody, or any terms or conditions of release;
(e) Pretrial or post-trial release from custody, or any terms or conditions of release;
(3) A criminal justice agency may share with a bona fide researcher any other criminal justice data, records, or information, including relevant personally identifying information and demographic information, held by that agency that is responsive to a bona fide researcher's request.
(3) A criminal justice agency may share with a bona fide researcher any other criminal justice data, records, or information, including relevant personally identifying HCS HBs 2751, 2831 & 2695 9 information and demographic information, held by that agency that is responsive to a bona fide researcher's request.
(5) The provisions of this subsection requiring the sharing of data, records, and information shall not apply to the department of mental health.
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Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any right of any member of the public, including representatives of the media, to access public records under chapter 610.
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Action History

  1. Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (H)

  2. Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)

  3. Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (H)

  4. Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)

  5. Placed Back on Formal Perfection Calendar (H)

  6. Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)

  7. Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0

  8. Voted Do Pass (H)

  9. Executive Session Completed (H)

  10. Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)

  11. HCS Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 14 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0

  12. HCS Voted Do Pass (H)

  13. Executive Session Completed (H)

  14. Public Hearing Completed (H)

  15. Referred: Corrections and Public Institutions(H)

  16. Read Second Time (H)

  17. Read First Time (H)

  18. Prefiled (H)

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HB 2751 is sponsored by Michael Burton (Democratic), LaKeySha Bosley (Democratic), Marlene Terry (Democratic), Anthony Ealy (Democratic), Kimberly-Ann Collins (Democratic), and Chad Perkins (Republican).
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