# Missouri SB218: Modifies provisions relating to court operations Missouri SB218, Modifies provisions relating to court operations, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Rusty Black (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-07-09 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB218-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri SB218 - State: Missouri - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Modifies provisions relating to court operations - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-03-06 - Last action: 2025-07-09, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: Rusty Black (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (25 yes, 3 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 10 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Families can shield deceased relatives’ misdemeanor records: benefit, low. A parent, spouse, child, or personal representative can seek confidentiality for a deceased person’s misdemeanor conviction record. The request goes to the convicting court and covers the record in an automated case management system. The person must have been dead for at least six months, and the… - Legal aid funding continues for low-income residents: benefit, low. The law removes the Basic Civil Legal Services Fund’s December 31, 2025 expiration date. The fund keeps supporting legal help for people who meet federal Legal Services Corporation income guidelines. Money goes through Missouri legal services groups that qualify for federal Legal Services Corporati… - State pays interpreters for court participants: benefit, low. The state pays interpreter or translator fees when a party or witness needs those services in a proceeding. Payment comes from appropriated state funds. Necessary travel expenses are covered up to state rates, but travel time is not paid. - Busy court circuits can add judges: benefit, low. A circuit gains authorization for one additional judge when annual reports show sustained staffing needs. Reports must show a need for at least two full-time judicial positions for three consecutive calendar years. The new position requires an initial appropriation. Unless merit selection or anothe… - Three Missouri circuits receive judge staffing changes: benefit, low. The law sets the Sixth Judicial Circuit at three circuit judges. The Thirteenth Circuit, serving Boone and Callaway Counties, has five judges in divisions one, two, three, four, and thirteen. Voters elect the Division Thirteen judge in 2030 and every six years afterward. The Nineteenth Circuit, ser… - Two Missouri circuits add appointed judges: benefit, low. The Twenty-fourth Circuit has three judges and serves Madison, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, and Washington Counties. The governor appoints its Division Three judge through January 1, 2031; elections occur in 2030 and every six years afterward. The Thirty-second Circuit has three judges in three di… - Mental health courts expand treatment options: mixed, medium. Missouri circuits can create mental health treatment courts for criminal cases linked to mental health or co-occurring disorders. Successful completion can lead to dismissed, reduced, or changed charges or penalties. State- or federally funded referrals generally must use a state-certified program… - Court officers gain privacy with exceptions: mixed, low. Privacy protections cover current, former, and retired court officers, including clerks, administrators, municipal clerks, and juvenile officers. Agencies must remove covered personal information from public content within five business days of a valid written request. Restrictions also cover onlin… - Jurors get new mileage and pay options: mixed, low. Grand and petit jurors receive courthouse travel reimbursement at the state-employee mileage rate, replacing 7 cents per mile. The new mileage amount is not stated here. A county or city not within a county can adopt an alternative pay system by majority vote. That system pays $50 per day starting… - Veterans courts direct participants to treatment: mixed, low. Veterans treatment courts must refer participants for substance use or mental health treatment through specified providers. These include military health care, the Veterans Administration or its successor, and community-based substance use disorder treatment programs. Courts can choose another prov… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Rusty Black (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-05 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 7 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 5 | 3 | | | 2025-04-22 | House | HCS Reported Do Pass | pass | 13 | 0 | | ## Actions (27) - 2025-07-09: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - 2025-07-09: Approved by Governor (G) - 2025-05-30: Delivered to Governor - 2025-05-29: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2025-05-07: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - 2025-05-07: Taken Up - 2025-05-07: Reported to the Senate with... - HCS, as amended (House) - 2025-05-07: Third Read and Passed with Amendments - With HA 1. (House) - 2025-05-07: HCS Adopted (House) - 2025-05-07: Title of Bill - Agreed To - 2025-05-07: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2025-05-05: Placed on the Informal Third Reading Calendar (House) - 2025-05-05: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-05-05: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-05-05: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-04-30: Referred: Fiscal Review (House) - 2025-04-29: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 5 NOES: 3 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-04-29: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-04-29: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-04-28: Referred: Rules - Administrative (House) - 2025-04-22: HCS Reported Do Pass - AYES: 13 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0 (House) - 2025-04-16: HCS Voted Do Pass (House) - 2025-04-16: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2025-04-02: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2025-03-25: Referred: Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-10: Read Second Time (House) - 2025-03-06: Reported to the House and First Read (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed, 2025-05-07: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0780H.04T.pdf) - Committee Substitute: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0780H.04C.pdf) ## Related bills - HB3: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (signed) - HB8: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of National Guard (signed) - HB11: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Social Services (signed) - HB10: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Health and Senior Services, and t… (signed) - SB79: Modifies provisions relating to health care (signed) - SB271: Modifies provisions relating to emergency services (signed) ## Sources - [Truly Agreed (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0780H.04T.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills251/hlrbillspdf/0780H.04C.pdf) ## Related - [HB3: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB3-2025) - [HB8: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB8-2025) - [HB11: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB11-2025) - [HB10: Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB10-2025) - [SB79: Modifies provisions relating to health care](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB79-2025) - [SB271: Modifies provisions relating to emergency services](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB271-2025) - [Missouri bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri/bills) - [Missouri state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB218-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).