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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2171
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE TERR Y .
4592H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapters 217 and 557, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to
confinement in a motivational boot camp.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapters 217 and 557, RSMo, are amended by adding thereto two new
2 sections, to be known as sections 217.1250 and 557.530, to read as follows:
217.1250. 1. The department of correct ions shall establish a boot camp
2 incar ceration prog ram for persons sentenced under section 557.530, to be known as the
3 "Motivational Boot Camp Incar ceration Pr ogram".
4 2. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
5 (1) "Department", the department of correct ions;
6 (2) "Eligible inmate", a person seventeen years of age or older and younger than
7 twenty-two years of age who is sentenced to the progra m as pro vided under section
8 557.530;
9 (3) "Motivational boot camp", an incar ceration pr ogram in which eligible
10 inmates participate for a period of two years in a humane pr ogram that pr ovides for
11 rigor ous physical activity and intensive regiment ation and discipline;
12 (4) "Pr ogram", the motivational boot camp incar ceration prog ram established
13 under this section.
14 3. The pr ogram shall include:
15 (1) As a major component, a stron g emphasis on work, physical activity , physical
16 conditioning, and good health practices;
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.
17 (2) A stron g emphasis on intensive counseling and tr eatment pro gramming
18 designed to corr ect criminal and other maladaptive thought pro cesses and behavior
19 patterns and to instill self-discipline and self-motivation;
20 (3) A detailed, clearly written explanation of pr ogram goals, objectives, rules,
21 and criteria that shall be pr ovided to, r ead by , and signed by all enro llees; and
22 (4) An enr ollment period of two years.
23 4. Under section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act:
24 (1) The prov isions of the new pr ogram authorized under this section shall sunset
25 six years after the effective date of this section unless reauthori zed by an act of the
26 general assembly; and
27 (2) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year
28 immediately following the calendar year in which the prog ram authorized under this
29 section is sunset.
30 5. The department of correct ions shall promulg ate all necessary rules and
31 r egulations for the implementation and administration of the pr ogram. Any rule or
32 portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is creat ed under the
33 authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is
34 subject to all of the pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This
35 section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the
36 general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to revie w , to delay the effective date, or to
37 disappr ove and annul a rule ar e subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of
38 rulemaking authority and any rule pr oposed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be
39 invalid and void.
557.530. 1. Any person who is seventeen years of age or older and under twenty-
2 two years of age and who has had two prior convictions for nonviolent criminal offenses
3 may upon a third conviction involving a nonviolent criminal offense that is not a class A
4 or class B felony be sentenced to the motivational boot camp incar ceration pr ogram
5 established under section 217.1250 in lieu of a jail or prison sentence.
6 2. A person sentenced to the motivational boot camp incar ceration pr ogram
7 under subsection 1 of this section shall be enr olled in the motivational boot camp
8 incar ceration pr ogram for a period of two years. The time shall begin upon the initial
9 confinement in the pr ogram.
10 3. Befor e a court may place a person in the motivational boot camp
11 incar ceration pr ogram, an initial investigation shall be completed by an officer
12 indicating that the:
13 (1) Person is qualified for placement in the motivational boot camp
1 4 incar ceration pr ogram and the person does not appear to be physically or mentally
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15 disabled in a way that would preven t the person fr om performing stren uous physical
16 activity;
17 (2) Person is not under seventeen years of age and is not twenty-two years of age
18 or older at the time of sentencing; and
19 (3) Department of corr ections has granted provi sional appr oval of the placement
20 of the person in the motivational boot camp incar ceration pr ogram.
21 4. A person exhibiting obvious signs of a contagious disease shall not be placed in
22 a motivational boot camp incarc eration pr ogram until he or she has been cleare d by a
23 medical profession al for participation in a pro gram.
24 5. The court shall direct the department of corr ections to arrange with the
25 sheriff's department in the county of incar ceration to have the person deliver ed to the
26 boot camp on a specific date that is not mor e than fifteen days after the issuance of the
27 order for placement in the motivational boot camp incar ceration prog ram.
28 6. At any time during the person's confinement in the motivational boot camp
29 incar ceration prog ram, but at least five days prior to the person's expected date of
30 r elease, the department of corr ections shall certify to the court as to whether the person
31 has satisfactorily completed the motivational boot camp incar ceration prog ram.
32 7. Upon receip t of a satisfactory r eport of performance in the motivational boot
33 camp incar ceration prog ram fr om the department of corr ections, the court shall release
34 the person fr om confinement, and, notwithstanding any pro vision of law , the offense for
35 which the person was sentenced to the boot camp may be expunged fr om the person's
36 criminal record .
37 8. Receipt of an unsatisfactory r eport shall be gr ounds for the court to impose
38 the r emainder of the jail or prison sentence for the offense of which the person was
39 convicted.
40 9. If the person convicted indicates that he or she does not want to be sentenced
41 to the motivational boot camp incar ceration pro gram or the person is not eligible to be
42 sentenced to the motivational boot camp incarc eration prog ram, the court shall sentence
43 the person to jail or prison time as pr ovided by law .
44 10. As used in this section, "nonviolent criminal offense" means any offense that
45 is not murder in the first or second degre e, involuntary manslaughter , involuntary
46 manslaughter in the first or second degr ee, kidnapping, kidnapping in the first degr ee,
47 rape in the first degree, for cible rape, sodomy in the first degr ee, forc ible sodomy ,
48 r obbery in the first degr ee, or assault in the first degree.
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