MO SB1717

Adds the seventh judicial circuit to the list of Missouri circuit courts authorized to appoint a family court commissioner whose salary is paid directly by the state rather than requiring reimbursement

Caps the number of state-paid family court commissioners in the seventh judicial circuit to the number holding office as of January 1, 2027

The seventh judicial circuit joins the eleventh, thirteenth, and thirty-first judicial circuits that already have this state-paid commissioner authority

State-paid commissioner appointments remain subject to appropriations by the legislature