Creates provisions relating to reporting requirements of prosecuting attorneys

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1721
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE WEST .
5002H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapters 27 and 56, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to reporting
requirements of prosecuting attorneys.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapters 27 and 56, RSMo, are amended by adding thereto two new
2 sections, to be known as sections 27.120 and 56.910, to read as follows:
27.120. The attorney general shall compile a statewide repo rt summarizing the
2 information prov ided by each pr osecuting and cir cuit attorney under section 56.910 in a
3 uniform fashion and sortable by offense and jurisdiction, make the repo rt available to
4 the public, and submit the repo rt to the governor; the speaker of the house of
5 r epresent atives, who shall distribute the r eport to the chair of the committee on crime
6 pr evention and public safety of the house of rep res entatives or any successor committee;
7 and the pr esident pr o tempor e of the senate, who shall distribute the repo rt to the chair
8 of the committee on judiciary and civil and criminal jurisprudence or any successor
9 committee. Each prosecuting and circu it attorney shall, to assist the attorney general in
10 compiling a uniform rep ort, comply with any req uests by the attorney general to
11 pr ovide additional, disaggr egated, or clarifying information.
56.910. Each pr osecuting and cir cuit attorney's office shall shar e an annual
2 r eport by the first of Mar ch of each year with the governor and the attorney general.
3 Such r eport shall be made available to the public upon req uest. Each r eport shall
4 contain, at a minimum, for the pr evious year , all aggr egate, nonpersonally identifying
5 data in each category of offense rega rding the handling of cases by the office including:
EXPLANA TION — 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.
6 (1) Intake proce sses, including the number of arr ests or re ferrals made for each
7 category of offense and:
8 (a) The number accepted for pr osecution;
9 (b) The number r eferr ed to a diversion prog ram before charging; and
10 (c) The number dismissed with a categorical description of why the case was so
11 dismissed;
12 (2) Disposals for each category of offense, including the number of cases:
13 (a) Disposed of by a diversion progra m;
14 (b) Adjudicated guilty by a plea agreement, or dismissed due to a guilty plea to a
15 differ ent charge;
16 (c) Dismissed for prosecution by another authority;
17 (d) Dismissed due to suppr ession of evidence;
18 (e) Dismissed due to other legal defect;
19 (f) Dismissed due to ref usal of one or mor e witnesses to cooperate;
20 (g) Dismissed for any other r eason;
21 (h) Adjudicated by trial to the court, with the number of people who were
22 convicted;
23 (i) Adjudicated by jury trial, with the number of people who wer e convicted; and
24 (3) Disposition for each category of offense, including the number of people:
25 (a) Sentenced to incar ceration;
26 (b) Sentenced to a county jail, with the average length of such sentence;
27 (c) Sentenced to a state corr ectional center , with the average length of such
28 sentence; and
29 (d) Sentenced to pr obation.
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