Missouri legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Missouri SB1717: Provides for the family court commissioner of the 7th Judicial Circuit to be compensated by the state
Status: In committee, May 7, 2026
SB 1717 - Currently, the state is reimbursed for the salaries of family court commissioners appointed after August 28, 1993. There is an exception for the 11th (St. Charles County), 13th (Callaway and Boone Counties), and 31st (Greene County) Judicial Circuits, which allows one family court commissioner to be compensated by the state without requiring reimbursement. This act applies the exception to the 7th Judicial Circuit, consisting of Clay County. This act is identical to a provision in HCS/SB 945 (2026), HCS/HBs 2968, 2427 & 3086 (2026), HB 3387 (2026), and HB 3449 (2026). KATIE O'BRIEN
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION SENATE BILL NO. 1717 103RD GENERA L ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NURRENBERN. 7374S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary To repeal section 487.020, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the appointment of family court commissioners. Section A. Section 487.020, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 487.020, to read as follows: 487.020. 1. In each circuit or a county having a family court, a majority of the circuit and associate circuit judges en banc, in the circuit, may appoint commissioners, subject to appropriations, to hear family court cases and make findings as provided for in sections 487.010 to 487.190. Any person serving as a commissioner of the juvenile division of the circuit court on August 28, 1993, shall become a commissioner of the family court. In each circuit or a county therein having a family court, a majority of the circuit and associate circuit judges en banc may appoint, in addition to those commissioners serving as commissioners of the juvenile division and becoming commissioners of the family court pursuant to the provisions of sections 487.020 to 487.040, no more than three additional commissioners to hear family court cases and make findings and recommendations as provided in sections 487.010 to 487.190. The number of additional commissioners …