MO SB640

Adds new section 455.095 to Missouri law authorizing courts to order electronic monitoring with victim notification for persons charged with or convicted of violating protection orders under sections 455.085 or 455.538.

Electronic monitoring system must track the monitored person's movement and automatically alert the protected person and law enforcement whenever the monitored person comes within a court-specified distance of the protected person or protected premises.

Electronic monitoring with victim notification requires the protected person's informed consent, which must include information about their right to refuse, how the technology works, monitoring boundaries, potential sanctions, procedures for equipment failure or violations, and available support and community services.

Courts may impose electronic monitoring as a sentence, as a probation condition, or as a condition of pre-trial release, and must consider factors including the severity of harm inflicted, prior domestic violence history, criminal history, weapon access, threats of suicide or homicide, mental illness history, and substance abuse history.

Persons ordered to electronic monitoring must pay all related costs and expenses; suppliers of monitoring products or services are shielded from liability except for claims involving manufacturing defects; and the provision does not limit courts' ability to order electronic monitoring without victim notification.