FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 442

93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES PRATT (Sponsor), DUSENBERG, YATES,

BROWN (30) AND NIEVES (Co-sponsors).

         Read 1^st time February 3, 2005 and copies ordered printed.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

0470L.01I

AN ACT

To amend chapter 217, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to possession of video games in correctional centers.

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

            Section A. Chapter 217, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 217.367, to read as follows:                                                                                   217.367. 1. As used in this section "Video game", means an electronic or computerized game played by manipulating images on a video display or television screen.

            2. No offender while confined in any correctional center of the department shall be permitted to have on such offender's person, in such offender's cell, or in such offender's immediate possession, any type of video game. Such video games shall be considered contraband under the rules and regulations of the department and shall be confiscated.