SB 240 – Requires the State Auditor to make a one-time report on the costs of administering the death penalty

• Sponsor: Keaveny
• LR Number: 0054S.01I
• Committee: Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight
• Last Action: 3/18/2015 - Hearing Conducted S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
• Effective Date: August 28, 2015

Current Bill Summary

SB 240 - This act requires the State Auditor to make a one-time report on the costs of administering the death penalty. As part of the report, the auditor must compare the costs estimated by the Auditor to be related to cases in which the death penalty is sought and is imposed to the costs for cases in which the death penalty is not sought and the defendant is sentenced to life without parole and cases in which the death penalty is sought, but not imposed.

The results must be reported to the Governor, General Assembly, and the Missouri Supreme Court by June 30, 2017.

This act is similar to a provision of the perfected version of SB 203 (2015), is identical to HB 837 (2015) and is nearly identical to SB 753 (2014), SB 61 (2013) and SS/SCS/SB 786 (2012).

MEGHAN LUECKE