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: Allows spousal maintenance to be terminated based on cohabitation.

: Changes venue for small claims court.

: Adds an associate circuit judge to St. Francois County.

: Repeals provisions of law declared unconstitutional.

: Provides for the emergency temporary commitment of a person with active tuberculosis.

: Prohibits sentencing a mentally retarded person to death, sets standard for evidentiary, use of interrogation of a mentally retarded person, and establishes a Commission on the Death Penalty.

: Changes court costs for providing funding for domestic violence shelters.

: Requires sealing of certain traffic violation records.

: Changes the Attorney General's duties in regard to the tort victims' compensation fund.

: Recodifies sections on court costs (revision bill).

: Changes date by which ordinance must be enacted to establish court costs to fund domestic violence shelters.

: Changes sexual harassment law and law regarding other discrimination actions.

: Creates the Drug Court Coordinating Commission.

: Changes four judicial positions in Greene County.

: Changes method of sentencing.

: Makes posting a bond by the prosecutor in an extradition case discretionary.

: Creates the adoption of common law act.

: Includes juveniles charged as adults in the disclosure to superintendents of criminal proceedings against pupils.

: Lowers the minimum juror age to eighteen.

: Changes jury service requirements and compensation.

: Changes employment status of certain judicial personnel.

: Requires retention vote for family court judges.

: Allows courts to issue restraining orders against certain persons less than eighteen years of age.

: Prohibits the court from making public any social security number.

: Requires court to issue warrant for arrest of persons on probation.

: Increase the base salary of certain court clerks.

: Lowers the minimum age for jury service from twenty-one to eighteen.

: Increases surcharge for the courthouse restoration fund.

: Allows denials of licensure by long-term care facilities to be filed in circuit court.

: Creates a commission on the death penalty.

: Expands family access motions by allowing all persons granted child visitation to file such a motion.

: Requires the recording of testimony before a grand jury.

: Creates a parent/child privilege.

: Expedites termination of parental rights and adoption cases.

: Permits the St. Louis circuit clerk to hire outside attorneys.

: Requires family court judges and commissioners to be subject to a vote every four year to be retained in the family court.

: Requires small claims court to keep defendant's address and employment until judgment is satisfied.

: Changes method of bail bonding in certain counties.

: Adds one associate circuit court judge in St. Francois County.

: Revises criminal activity forfeiture act.

: Increases retirement compensation to judges retired prior to August 28, 1995.

: Authorizes the commission on judicial resources to reallocate judgeships.

: Permits non-attorneys to appear in certain administrative hearings.

: Lowers the age for jury service from 21 to 18 and excuses certain students.

: Makes several changes to court procedures.

: Transfers control of certain court employees in St. Louis from the clerk to the court.

: Changes the time limit for criminal trials to be brought.

: Modifies joint and several liability, collateral sources rule and punitive damages.

: Changes process for separting recorders and circuit clerks and process to make circuit clerk appointed.

: Modifies authority of Associate Circuit Judge.

: Modifies the authority of traffic court judges in St. Louis County.

: Relating to visitation rights.

: Makes several changes to court procedures.

: Creates procedure for Tort Victims' Compensation Fund claims.

: Authorizes a sales tax to fund jail districts.

: Lowers the age for jury service from 21 to 18.

: Allows Division of Youth Services to issue arrest warrants for certain offenders.

: Certain commissioner positions are eliminated and adds certain judgeships in their place.

: Allows certain convicted felons to obtain post-conviction DNA testing.

: Plaintiff shall obtain second opinion when filing an action against an architect, engineer and/or surveyor.

: Changes required format and fees for items handled by the Recorder of Deeds.

: Extends domestic violence and criminal reporting laws.

: Revises school operations.

: Creates the Child Support Assurance Program.

: Allows exemplary damages in probate cases where property has been improperly transferred from estate.

: Revision bill.

: Invalidates Missouri Supreme Court administrative rules that conflict with statutes; voids Rule 6.05.

: Revises child custody relocation notice provisions.

: Modifies civil actions that may be heard by associate circuit judges.

: Divides 17th judicial circuit into two circuits, 17th and 46th; adds judge to Cass County (17th).

: Recorder shall not issue marriage license to person less than 17 to anyone 21 or older.

: Eliminates portion of certain appeal bonds.

: Courts may fine public employee up to $5000 for failure to enforce rights of crime victims.

: Makes numerous changes in laws affecting the City of St. Louis.

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