SB 652 – Requires the State Auditor to make a one-time report on the costs of administering the death penalty

• Sponsor: Keaveny
• LR Number: 4402S.01I
• Committee: Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight
• Last Action: 1/7/2016 - Second Read and Referred S Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
• Journal Page: S86
• Effective Date: August 28, 2016

Current Bill Summary

SB 652 - 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, 2018.

This act is substantially similar to HB 1824 (2016), SB 240 (2015), SB 753 (2014), SB 61 (2013) and SS/SCS/SB 786 (2012).

MEGHAN LUECKE