SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 794

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RIBACK WILSON (25) (Sponsor), JONES, FRASER,

WALKER AND BURNETT (Co-sponsors).

         Pre-filed December 2, 2003, and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To repeal section 566.090, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to sexual misconduct in the first degree, with penalty provisions.





Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:


            Section A. Section 566.090, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 566.090, to read as follows:

            566.090. 1. A person commits the crime of sexual misconduct in the first degree if [he has deviate sexual intercourse with another person of the same sex or] he or she purposely subjects another person to sexual contact without that person's consent.

            2. Sexual misconduct in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor unless the actor has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter or unless in the course thereof the actor displays a deadly weapon in a threatening manner or the offense is committed as a part of a ritual or ceremony, in which case it is a class D felony.