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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2831
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE COLLINS.
5836H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 558.041, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
good time credit.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 558.041, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 558.041, to read as follows:
558.041. 1. Any of fender committed to the department of corrections, except those
2 persons committed pursuant to subsection 7 of section 558.016, or subsection 3 of section
3 566.125, [ may ] shall receive additional credit in terms of days spent in confinement upon
4 [ recommendation for such credit by the of fender's institutional superintendent ] calculation of
5 such cr edit when the of fender meets the requirements for such credit as provided in
6 subsections 3 and 4 of this section. Good time credit may be rescinded by the director or his
7 or her designee pursuant to the divisional policy issued pursuant to subsection 3 of this
8 section.
9 2. Any credit extended to an offender shall only apply to the sentence which the
10 of fender is currently serving.
11 3. (1) The director of the department of corrections shall issue a policy for awarding
12 credit.
13 (2) The policy [ may ] shall reward an [ inmate ] offender who has served his or her
14 sentence in an orderly and peaceable manner and has taken advantage of the rehabilitation
15 programs available to him or her .
16 (3) Any major conduct violation of institutional rules [ or ] , violation of the laws of
17 this state [ may ] , par ole r evocation, or the accumulation of minor conduct violations
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.
18 exceeding six within a calendar year shall result in the loss of all [ or a portion of any ] prior
19 credit earned by the [ inmate ] offender pursuant to this section.
20 (4) The policy shall specify the pr ograms or activities for which cred it shall be
21 earned under this section; the criteria for determining pr oductive participation in, or
22 completion of, the pr ograms or activities; and the criteria for awarding credit.
23 (5) The department shall award cred it between five and thr ee hundr ed sixty
24 days, as determined by the department based on the length of the pr ogram, to any
25 qualifying offender who successfully:
26 (a) Receives a high school diploma or equivalent, college diploma, or a
27 vocational training certificate as pr ovided under the department's policy;
28 (b) Completes an alcohol or drug abuse tr eatment pr ogram as pr ovided under
29 the department's policy , except that alcohol and drug abuse tr eatment prog rams
30 order ed by the court or parol e board shall not qualify;
31 (c) Completes one thousand hours of res torative justice; or
32 (d) Completes other pr ograms as provi ded under the department's policy .
33 (6) An offender may earn a maximum of ninety days of cred it in any twelve-
34 month period.
35 (7) Offenders sentenced under subsections 2 and 3 of section 558.019 shall be
36 eligible for good time credit. Any good time cr edit earned shall be subtracted fr om the
37 offender's entire sentence of imprisonment.
38 (8) Nothing in this section shall be construed to req uire that the offender be
39 r eleased as a r esult of good time cred it. The par ole board in its discr etion shall
40 determine the date of rel ease.
41 4. [ The department shall cause the policy to be published in the code of state
42 regulations ] Eligible offenders may petition the department to receiv e credi t for
43 pr ograms or activities completed prior to August 28, 2026, as specified below:
44 (1) Eligible offenders can submit a petition fr om January 1, 2027, to December
45 31, 2027; and
46 (2) Offenders shall have completed the qualifying pro gram or activity between
47 January 1, 2010, and August 28, 2026.
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49 All other pr ovisions outlined in this section shall apply retr oactively to offenses
50 committed after December 31, 2009 .
51 5. [ No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall
52 become ef fective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section
53 536.024 ] No offender committed to the department who is sentenced to death or
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54 sentenced to life without prob ation or par ole shall be eligible for good time credit under
55 this section .
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