This substitute makes changes to provisions concerning certain law enforcement officers. Agencies or municipalities already having similar procedures are exempted from the act. Both amounts are subject to appropriation.
Costs are subject to appropriations.
Supporters say that SS SB 813 provides fundamental fairness and due process rights to officers who have been disciplined, demoted, or dismissed. Those who oppose SS SB 813 say that it provides new, unanticipated rights to officers who will be eligible for judicial review. Testifying against the bill was Missouri Municipal League.