FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 314

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE KELLY.

         Read 1^st time January 25, 2005 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

0965L.02I

AN ACT

To amend chapter 566, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to sexual contact with a student while on public school property, with penalty provisions.

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

            Section A. Chapter 566, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 566.086, to read as follows:

            566.086. 1. A person commits the crime of sexual contact with a student while on public school property if he or she is a teacher, as that term is defined in subdivisions (4), (5), and (7) of section 168.104, RSMo, and he or she has sexual contact with a student of the public school while on any public school property. 

            2. For the purposes of this section, public school property shall mean property of any public school in this state serving kindergarten through grade twelve.

            3. Sexual contact with a student while on public school property is a class D felony.