MO HB3541

Expands parole eligibility for offenders serving life sentences from those convicted before December 31, 1990 to those convicted before December 31, 2000

Broadens qualifying offenses from homicide of a spouse or domestic partner to any offense stemming from abuse by a spouse, domestic partner, intimate partner, household member, or sexual/labor trafficker

Reduces minimum time served before parole eligibility from 15 years to the lesser of 5 years or one-third of the sentence

Creates a presumption in favor of granting parole hearings, requiring the board to provide written findings if a hearing is denied

Removes provisions making it a class D felony to provide false witness statements to the parole board and eliminates consideration of plea bargain offers and claims of innocence from parole criteria