HB 669 -- Corrections Personnel

Sponsor:  Black

This bill creates the crime of endangering corrections personnel
in the first, second, and third degree.  Endangering corrections
personnel in the third degree, a class D felony, occurs when an
inmate in a correctional facility causes or attempts to cause a
corrections officer to come into contact with an unidentified
substance.  The inmate commits the crime in the second degree, a
class C felony, if he or she causes or attempts to cause a
corrections officer to come in contact with any bodily fluid of
the inmate.  The inmate commits the crime in the first degree, a
class B felony, when he or she causes or attempts to cause a
corrections officer to become exposed to HIV or hepatitis by
exposing the officer to the inmate's bodily fluids.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:12 am