Bill > HB1157

This bill modifies the compensation structure for county prosecuting attorneys in Missouri, making several key changes to existing law. For full-time prosecutors, the bill maintains their compensation at the level of an associate circuit judge but adds a provision that if a county previously approved a lower percentage of that compensation through a voter proposition, that lower percentage will be used. For part-time prosecutors, the bill replaces the previous valuation-based salary schedule with a compensation rate of sixty-seven percent of an associate circuit judge's salary, again allowing for any previously approved lower percentage from a voter proposition. The bill also introduces a new requirement that part-time prosecutors must devote a minimum of twenty-five hours per week to their prosecutorial duties. The existing provision that offers an additional $2,000 in salary for completing twenty hours of professional training is retained, as is the provision that the term "prosecuting attorney" includes circuit attorneys in cities not within a county. The bill preserves existing language about transitional provisions for counties changing classification and maintains exemptions for full-time prosecutors from certain regulatory requirements.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB1157&year=2025&code=R