Senate Bill 100 Summary

• Repeals and reenacts 18 sections of Missouri law relating to judicial procedures, affecting motor vehicle record privacy, criminal records, credit agreements, mortgage licensing, family law, and court costs.

• Protects home addresses and vehicle information of judges, parole officers, peace officers, and their immediate families from public disclosure by the Department of Revenue, except as permitted under federal law.

• Modifies adoption consent procedures to make consents final upon execution unless the consenting party proves by clear and convincing evidence that consent was not freely and voluntarily given within six months before adoption petition filing.

• Updates court cost provisions including new fees for court reporter transcripts ($3.50 per legal page for appeals; $2.60 for indigent criminal appellants), adds seven-dollar surcharge for municipal ordinance violations in certain home rule cities, and establishes MODEX fund for Missouri data exchange system operations.

• Expands judicial personnel training fund, updates associate circuit judge positions based on weighted workload models, modifies DWI court procedures, and includes gender-neutral language updates throughout regarding judicial officer references.