SB 1807 - The act specifies that, starting January 1, 2031, the Office of State Courts Administrator (OSCA) and the Missouri State Highway Patrol must submit an annual report to the Joint Committee on the Justice System, the House Judiciary Committee, and the Senate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. This report must include specified statistical information, including the number of eligible offenses identified, the number of records objected to for automatic expungement, and the number of expungement orders issued.

Currently, in a criminal prosecution for murder in the first

degree, the court must instruct the jury that, in the event it

cannot reach a consensus on punishment, the court may assess

punishment, including death. This act repeals that provision

and provides a procedure for when a jury cannot reach a unanimous

decision on punishment.

This act also establishes an automatic record-clearing or

expungement process for closing records pertaining to a "clean

slate eligible offense", which is an offense not excluded from

the eligibility for expungement. This process will be phased in

and an individual can be granted more than one expungement under

this act, subject to certain requirements.

This act also provides that, on a quarterly basis, the Highway Patrol must identify records that have become eligible in the last quarter and make these records accessible to the central

repository and every prosecuting agency in the State within 100

days of the record becoming eligible for automated expungement.

If a court finds, after a motion, a conviction was improperly or

erroneously expunged under this provision, the court must

reinstate the conviction.

The act provides that a credit bureau can report records of

arrests, indictments pending trial, and convictions for no more

than seven years from the date of final disposition. A credit

bureau can no longer report these records if at any time after

conviction, indictment, or arrest it is learned that a full

pardon or expungement has been granted for the conviction.

This act creates in the State Treasury the "Missouri Expungement Fund", which is a fund dedicated to the creation, operation, and maintenance of the program. OSCA, the Department of Public Safety, and the Information Technology Services Division within the Office of Administration will expend money from the Fund, upon appropriation.

This act is identical to HB 2747 & 2047 (2026).

TRISTAN BENSON, JR.