HOUSE BILL NO. 9 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY 0009H.05T 2025
AN ACT To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections, and the several divisions and programs thereof, to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds for the period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
1 There is appropriated out of the State Treasury, to be expended only as provided in 2 Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, for the purpose of funding each 3 department, division, agency, fund transfer, and program described herein for the item or items 4 stated, and for no other purpose whatsoever, chargeable to the fund designated for the period 5 beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, as follows:
1 Section 9.000. An appropriation may be comprised in whole or in part of 2 a one-time amount, and such one-time amount shall be construed 3 to be a component part of, and not in addition to, the stated 4 appropriation amount. Any amount of an appropriation identified 5 as “one-time” in this act shall not be considered an addition to 6 any ongoing core appropriation(s) in future fiscal periods beyond 7 June 30, 2026. Any amount identified as one-time may, however, 8 be requested in any future fiscal period as a new decision item. CCS SS SCS HCS HB 9 2
1 Section 9.005. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Office of the Director, provided ten percent (10%) flexibility is 3 allowed between personal service and expense and equipment, 4 ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed between sections, and 5 three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this section to 6 Section 9.285 7 Personal Service .............................................................................................$6,348,988 8 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 9 RSMo ....................................................................................................................18,060 10 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 116,103 11 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ...........................................................................6,483,161
12 Personal Service ....................................................................................................87,021 13 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 1,800 14 From Inmate Fund (1540) .................................................................................................88,821
15 For Family Support Services 16 From General Revenue Fund (1101) (including $44,360 one-time) ..............................428,453 17 From Department of Corrections - Federal Fund (1130) 18 (including $44,360 one-time)................................................................... 115,384 19 Total (Not to exceed 99.5 F.T.E.) ..............................................................................$7,115,819
1 Section 9.009. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For implementation of up to three modules for a new offender 4 management system on the statewide engagement platform; 5 matching funding to support analytics relating to probations, 6 parole, and recidivism; and analytics support for employee 7 recruitment and retention, provided the Department shall procure 8 services in compliance with Chapter 34, RSMo 9 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .........................................................................$6,300,000
1 Section 9.010. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Office of Professional Standards, provided ten percent (10%) 3 flexibility is allowed between personal service and expense and 4 equipment, ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed between 5 sections, and three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this 6 section to Section 9.285 7 Personal Service .............................................................................................$3,040,513 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 9 3
8 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 250,252 9 From General Revenue Fund (1101) (Not to exceed 51.00 F.T.E.) ..........................$3,290,765
1 Section 9.015. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For the Offender Reentry Program, provided three percent (3%) 4 flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 9.285 5 Expense and Equipment 6 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .........................................................................$1,800,001
7 Expense and Equipment 8 From Inmate Fund (1540) ............................................................................................1,731,491
9 For a Kansas City Reentry Program 10 Expense and Equipment 11 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ..............................................................................178,000
12 For a pay for performance agreement with private programs to reduce 13 the rate of recidivism which would reimburse such programs 14 based on a percentage of an amount on which the state benefited 15 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ...........................................................................2,500,000
16 For a pilot program to engage a nonprofit agency equipped to provide 17 video job interviewing with vetted second-chance employers, 18 onboarding assistance, and job coaching to inmates releasing 19 from state correctional facilities 20 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ..............................................................................750,000
21 For a pilot program to fund a re-entry navigator in at least ten Missouri 22 counties for the purpose of connecting recently released detainees 23 with appropriate re-entry resources 24 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .................................................................... 1,300,000 25 Total ...........................................................................................................................$8,259,492
1 Section 9.016. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For funding a program for low-risk offender supervision that monitors 4 individuals subject to pre-conviction or post-conviction 5 supervision through a check-in system that the supervising 6 agency or circuit can access through a secure web-based CCS SS SCS HCS HB 9 4
7 platform; a secondary objective is to establish exclusion zones 8 and compliance levels through a platform capable of generating 9 relevant reports 10 Expense and Equipment 11 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .........................................................................$4,000,000
1 Section 9.020. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For receiving and expending grants, donations, contracts, and payments 4 from private, federal, and other governmental agencies which 5 may become available between sessions of the General 6 Assembly, provided the General Assembly shall be notified of 7 the source of any new funds and the purpose for which they 8 should be expended, in writing, prior to the use of said funds, and 9 provided sixty percent (60%) flexibility is allowed between 10 personal service and expense and equipment 11 Personal Service .............................................................................................$3,103,770 12 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 2,827,287 13 From Department of Corrections - Federal Fund (1130) (Not to exceed 14 43.00 F.T.E.) ....................................................................................................5,931,057
15 For contributions, gifts, and grants in support of a foster care dog 16 program to increase the adoptability of shelter animals and train 17 service dogs for the disabled 18 From State Institutions Gift Trust Fund (1925) ................................................... 75,000 19 Total ...........................................................................................................................$6,006,057
1 Section 9.025. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For Improving Community Treatment services, provided three percent 4 (3%) flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 9.285 5 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .........................................................................$6,000,000
1 Section 9.030. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For costs associated with supervising the offender population 4 department-wide, including, but not limited to, funding for 5 personal service, expense and equipment, contractual services, 6 repairs, renovations, capital improvements, and compensatory CCS SS SCS HCS HB 9 5
7 time, provided ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed between 8 sections and three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this 9 section to Section 9.285 10 Expense and Equipment 11 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .........................................................................$1,486,557
1 Section 9.035. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Office of the Director 3 For restitution payments for those wrongly convicted, provided three 4 percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 5 9.285 6 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ..............................................................................$73,000
1 Section 9.040. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Human Services 3 For telecommunications department-wide, provided ten percent (10%) 4 flexibility is allowed between sections and three percent (3%) 5 flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 9.285 6 Expense and Equipment 7 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .........................................................................$1,860,529
1 Section 9.045. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Human Services, provided ten percent (10%) 3 flexibility is allowed between personal service and expense and 4 equipment, ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed between 5 sections, and three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this 6 section to Section 9.285 7 Personal Service ...........................................................................................$14,857,480 8 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 540,990 9 From General Revenue Fund (1101) (Not to exceed 266.02 F.T.E.) ......................$15,398,470
1 Section 9.050. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Human Services 3 For general services, provided ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed 4 between sections and three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed 5 from this section to Section 9.285 6 Expense and Equipment 7 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ............................................................................$744,318 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 9 6
1 Section 9.055. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Human Services 3 For the operation of institutional facilities, utilities, systems furniture, 4 and structural modifications, provided ten percent (10%) 5 flexibility is allowed between sections and three percent (3%) 6 flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 9.285 7 Expense and Equipment 8 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .......................................................................$26,881,365 9 From Working Capital Revolving Fund (1510)................................................... 1,425,607 10 Total .........................................................................................................................$28,306,972
1 Section 9.060. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Human Services 3 For the purchase, transportation, and storage of food and food service 4 items, and operational expenses of food preparation facilities at 5 all correctional institutions, provided one hundred percent 6 (100%) flexibility is allowed from personal service to expense 7 and equipment, ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed between 8 sections, and three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this 9 section to Section 9.285 10 Personal Service .............................................................................................$3,525,150 11 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 44,410,473 12 From General Revenue Fund (1101) (Not to exceed 77.00 F.T.E.) ........................$47,935,623
1 Section 9.065. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Human Services 3 For training costs department-wide, provided ten percent (10%) 4 flexibility is allowed between sections and three percent (3%) 5 flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 9.285 6 Expense and Equipment 7 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .........................................................................$1,898,340
1 Section 9.070. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Human Services 3 For employee health and safety, provided ten percent (10%) flexibility is 4 allowed between sections and three percent (3%) flexibility is 5 allowed from this section to Section 9.285 6 Expense and Equipment 7 From General Revenue Fund (1101) ............................................................................$584,964 CCS SS SCS HCS HB 9 7
1 Section 9.075. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Human Services 3 For overtime to state employees. Nonexempt state employees identified 4 by Section 105.935, RSMo, will be paid first with any remaining 5 funds being used to pay overtime to any other state employees, 6 provided ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed between 7 sections and three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this 8 section to Section 9.285. 9 Personal Service 10 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .......................................................................$13,556,871 11 From Inmate Canteen Fund (1405) ...................................................................................60,962 12 From Working Capital Revolving Fund (1510)................................................... 60,962 13 Total .........................................................................................................................$13,678,795
1 Section 9.080. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Adult Institutions 3 For expenses and small equipment purchased at any of the adult 4 institutions department-wide, provided ten percent (10%) 5 flexibility is allowed between sections and three percent (3%) 6 flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 9.285 7 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .......................................................................$29,396,695 8 From Inmate Incarceration Reimbursement Act Revolving Fund (1828) ......................750,000
9 For expenses related to offender education, recreation, and/or religious 10 services 11 From Inmate Canteen Fund (1405) ...................................................................... 1,200,000 12 Total .........................................................................................................................$31,346,695
1 Section 9.085. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Adult Institutions, provided ten percent (10%) 3 flexibility is allowed between personal service and expense and 4 equipment, ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed between 5 sections, and three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this 6 section to Section 9.285 7 Personal Service .............................................................................................$4,282,462 8 Expense and Equipment........................................................................... 132,896 9 From General Revenue Fund (1101) (Not to exceed 67.91 F.T.E.) ..........................$4,415,358
1 Section 9.090. To the Department of Corrections CCS SS SCS HCS HB 9 8
2 For the Division of Adult Institutions 3 For inmate wage and discharge costs at all correctional facilities, 4 provided ten percent (10%) flexibility is allowed between 5 sections and three percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this 6 section to Section 9.285 7 Expense and Equipment 8 From General Revenue Fund (1101) .........................................................................$3,500,830 9 From Inmate Canteen Fund (1405) ...................................................................... 979,585 10 Total ...........................................................................................................................$4,480,415
1 Section 9.095. To the Department of Corrections 2 For the Division of Adult Institutions 3 For the Jefferson City Correctional Center, provided ten percent (10%) 4 flexibility is allowed between institutions and three