SCS/HCS/HB 90 - This act modifies provisions relating to court operations, including court automation, compensation for court reporters, exclusion of certain personal information of minors in court documents, and the repeal of the Missouri Postconviction Drug Treatment Program.COURT AUTOMATION (SECTION 476.055)
Currently, there are twenty-three members of the Court Automation Committee. This act increases the number of members to twenty-five by adding two employees who work full-time in a municipal division of a circuit court.
Additionally, this act repeals the provision that any unexpended balance remaining in the Statewide Court Automation Fund shall be transferred to general revenue on September 1, 2023, and the provision that the court fee collected for the Statewide Court Automation Fund shall expire on September 1, 2023. Finally, this act repeals the provision requiring the Court Automation Committee to complete its duties by September 1, 2025, and repeals the expiration date for the provision establishing the Statewide Court Automation Fund and the Court Automation Committee.
This provision is identical to a provision in CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 72 (2023), in the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SCS/SB 103 (2023), in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 301 (2023), in SCS/HCS/HBs 994, 52 & 984 (2023), and is similar to SB 223 (2023), SB 1122 (2022), and HB 2702 (2022).
COMPENSATION OF COURT REPORTERS (SECTION 485.060)
This act modifies the annual salary of court reporters for a circuit judge by providing that the percentage based on each court reporter's cumulative years of service with the circuit courts shall include the percentage increases for the previous range of years of service. Additionally, this act repeals the provision stating that a court reporter may receive multiple adjustments as his or her years of service increase, but that only one percentage increase shall apply to the annual salary at a time.
This provision is identical to a provision in CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 72 (2023), in the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SCS/SB 103 (2023), SB 154 (2023), HB 537 (2023), and in SCS/HCS/HBs 994, 52 & 984 (2023).
EXCLUSION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF MINORS IN COURT DOCUMENTS (SECTION 509.520)
This act also provides that beginning August 28, 2023, pleadings, attachments, or exhibits filed with the court in any case, as well as judgments issued by the court, shall not include any personal information of a minor and, if applicable, any next friend. However, such information shall be provided in a confidential filing sheet, which shall not be subject to public inspection or availability.
This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/SS#2/SB 823 (2022) and in SCS/HCS/HB 2151 (2022) and is similar to a provision in CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 72 (2023), in the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SCS/SB 103 (2023), in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/SBs 189, 36 & 37 (2023), in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 301 (2023), SB 302 (2023), HB 444 (2023), in SCS/HCS/HBs 994, 52 & 984 (2023), in HCS/SS#2/SB 761 (2022), and in SB 872 (2022).
REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI POSTCONVICTION DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM (SECTION 217.785)
This act repeals the Missouri Postconviction Drug Treatment Program.
This provision is identical to a provision in CCS/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 72 (2023), in the truly agreed to and finally passed HCS/SCS/SB 103 (2023), in HCS/HBs 119, 372, 382, 420, 550 & 693 (2023), in HB 196 (2023), in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 301 (2023), and in SCS/SBs 384 & 276 (2023).
KATIE O'BRIEN