CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2005)
Bills Indexed by Subject
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT

: Changes the laws regarding the punishment for unauthorized reproduction of recording crimes

: Increases the penalty for possession of pseudoephedrine with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine

: Changes the laws regarding the early release of offenders

: Changes the laws regarding the early release of offenders

: Creates the crime of operating a video camera within a motion picture theater without the consent of the theater owner

: Places a moratorium on the use of the death penalty and establishes a commission to study the use of the death penalty

: Creates the crime of displaying an adult entertainment film in a motor vehicle where children could view any part of the film

: Changes the laws regarding the consequences for minors purchasing, possessing, and consuming alcohol

: Creates the crime of allowing an open house party or having an open house party without taking steps to prevent minors from purchasing, possessing, or consuming nonintoxicating beer, liquor, or drugs

: Changes the laws regarding the regulation of abortions

: Imposes a minimum term of imprisonment for offenders who have plead guilty to or been found guilty of a crime of violence against a child or an elderly person

: Establishes the rights of persons who utilize service dogs

: Repeals the persistent offender sentencing enhancements in drug trafficking cases in the second degree

: Requires a child to be at least eight years old, four feet six inches in height, and 65 pounds in weight to ride as a passenger on a motorcycle

: Changes the laws regarding the unauthorized reproduction of films and recordings

: Establishes conditions under which certain entities that are in noncompliance with environmental regulations are protected from administrative, civil, and criminal penalties

: Establishes the Missouri Parental Notification Act which prohibits an abortion from being performed on a minor until written notice has been delivered to the parent of the minor

: Expands the crime of distribution of controlled substances near schools to include near child care facilities, long-term care facilities, and the residences of in-home child care providers

: Creates the crime of committing a terrorist act

: Increases the penalties for persons discharging water contaminants in violation of clean water laws

: Prohibits the cloning of a human being

: Allows the chief law enforcement officer of a county to maintain a web page on the Internet providing information about registered sexual offenders including their picture

: Revises the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel in the first, second, or third degree by adding prosecutors and circuit attorneys and their assistants

: Repeals the Board of Probation and Parole's authority to convert sentences to concurrent and clarifies that a convicted person is sentenced according to the law at the time of sentencing

: Expands the crime of arson and extends the statute of limitation on arson from three to five years

: Makes it a crime for an uninsured motorist involved in an accident to fail to pay restitution for the other person's insurance deductibles and requires their license suspension until payment is made

: Establishes the Large Carnivore Act which regulates the ownership, possession, and breeding of large carnivores

: Exempts parents from the wiretapping laws of this state for purposes of intercepting or listening in on their children's telephone conversations in certain circumstances

: Makes it a class C felony to break into a motor vehicle for the purpose of committing a theft

: Revises the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel in the first, second, or third degree by adding jailers

: Allows a law enforcement officer to remove any firearm found at the scene of an alleged act of domestic violence and brings Missouri into compliance with the federal Violence Against Women Act

: Prohibits the use of alcoholic beverage vaporizers to dispense alcohol

: Changes the laws regarding campaign finance disclosure report complaints

: Changes the laws regarding the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement relating to tobacco product manufacturers

: Revises the crime of making a terroristic threat and creates the crimes of threatening the use of a weapon of mass destruction and computer dissemination of information to promote a terrorist act

: Creates the crime of sexual contact with a student on public school property, a class D felony

: Establishes the Missouri Seed Availability and Competition Act

: Creates the crime of trespass on school property, a class C misdemeanor

: Changes the laws regarding persistent offender intoxication-related traffic convictions

: Creates the crime of being under the influence of intoxicating liquor for persons under the age of 21

: Creates the crime of being under the influence of a controlled substance

: Creates the crimes of distribution and possession of a prescription medication without a valid prescription by a juvenile on public school grounds

: Adds security officers to the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel in the first, second, or third degree

: Imposes an additional fine and license suspension for failing to yield the right-of-way when the violation results in injury or death

: Clarifies that possession of a weapon while intoxicated includes the possession of a projectile weapon

: Exempts misdemeanor convictions involving motor carrier regulation or motor vehicle licensing and registration from Crime Victims Compensation Fund judgments

: Revises the role of the court and jury in sentencing and eliminates the bifurcated jury sentencing process

: Creates the crime of failure to provide identification to a law enforcement officer

: Makes it a class C misdemeanor to interfere with an arrest by providing false information to a law enforcement officer

: Exempts traffic violation cases from the $15 DNA surcharge

: Changes the laws regarding expungement by requiring that records and files maintained in expungement court proceedings be confidential and only available to the parties or by court order for good cause shown

: Changes the laws regarding prevailing wages on public work projects

: Creates the Anhydrous Ammonia Additive Fund to reimburse distributors of anhydrous ammonia for the cost of adding red dye to the chemical

: Expands the crime of endangering the welfare of a minor to include producing or selling methamphetamine within the residence of a minor

: Revises unlawful transactions with a child by making it a crime to sell or rent a video game to a child when the video game has been rated mature or adults only by the Entertainment Software Rating Board

: Establishes the Commission on the Death Penalty and places a moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2009

: Establishes additional protections to prevent workplace violence

: Establishes the Workplace Domestic Violence Safety and Education Program Act

: Creates the crimes of first, second, and third degree abuse of a person receiving mental health services by health care providers

: Revises the punishment for careless and imprudent driving by increasing it to a class D felony if a death occurs as the result of the accident

: Changes the laws regarding the sale of compounds containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine

: Prohibits human cloning and the use of public funds and facilities for the purpose of human cloning

: Allows the court to order a person's vehicle impounded for up to one year as part of a penalty for driving while intoxicated

: Requires the Office of Administration to reimburse counties for expenses related to the prosecution of crimes occurring within facilities of the Department of Corrections

: Creates exceptions to the prohibition on sexual offender counselors related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person who has a financial interest in the service provider

: Increases the penalty for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle from a class C misdemeanor to a class B misdemeanor

: Establishes the Missouri State Park Board which is responsible for the Historical Marker Program

: Changes the laws regarding lead abatement

: Changes the laws regarding the crimes of stealing, tampering, and receiving stolen property and requires specific restitution in certain cases

: Creates the crime of stealing leased property

: Creates the crime of being under the influence of a controlled substance

: Repeals the death penalty

: Changes the laws regarding highway construction and work zones, passing zones, highway lane usage, and child passenger restraints

: Creates the crime of criminally negligent storage of a firearm

: Changes the laws regarding involuntary manslaughter in the first degree

: Changes the laws regarding schedule V controlled substances by adding ephedrine and pseudoephedrine and prohibits a drug offender from entering certain treatment programs

: Creates the crime of distribution of a controlled substance near a park

: Establishes the rights of persons who utilize service animals

: Changes the laws regarding the protection of historic shipwreck sites

: Requires nonviolent offenders in a long-term substance abuse program to have their suspended sentence revoked and serve their entire sentence if they fail to complete the program

: Adds salvia divinorum and 12 other compounds to the list of controlled substances

: Creates the crime of aggravated fraudulent transmission of multiple commercial e-mail messages and changes the laws regarding unsolicited commercial e-mail

: Expands the crime of bribery of a public servant

: Prohibits persons from trespassing or obtaining certain images of a animal facility and adds a penalty for the release of a pathogen or disease in or near an animal facility

: Exempts traffic violation cases from the $15 DNA surcharge

: Changes the laws regarding endangerment of individuals at a correctional facility and authorizes the Board of Probation and Parole to charge offenders under their supervision a monthly fee

: Restricts the possession of firearms by persons convicted of domestic violence

: Revises the crime of assault on a law enforcement officer or emergency personnel to include probation and parole officers and requires records of a parolee to be transferred when assigned to a new officer

: Expands the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree by making it a crime to sell, manufacture, or attempt to manufacture methamphetamine in the home of a child under the age of 17

: Expands the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree by making it a crime to violate certain drunk driving laws while a child under the age of 17 is in the vehicle

: Changes the laws regarding prior, persistent, and predatory sexual offenders

: Revises the crime of escape from commitment or detention by adding persons committed under repealed Sections 202.700 to 202.770

: Authorizes an enhanced punishment of up to 10 more years for certain crimes committed against a child under the age of 14 by a person responsible for the child's welfare

: Changes the laws regarding the litigation of damages for failure to wear a safety belt

: Adds Khat to the list of schedule I controlled substances

: Changes the procedures used in the examination and treatment of victims of sexual offenses

: Establishes a Task Force on Alternative Sentencing within the Department of Corrections

: Changes the laws regarding hate crimes to include any person who is targeted because of identification with any specified group, perceived or otherwise

: Creates the crime of altering or falsifying drug or alcohol test results or selling or transporting a biological sample or adulterant to falsify test results

: Establishes certain employee rights

: Requires expenditures for political activities by labor organizations to be made exclusively from a fund established for that purpose

: Establishes the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act

: Specifies that the personal property of offenders who have escaped or absconded from the supervision of the Department of Corrections will be considered abandoned and be forfeited

: Prohibits the withholding or withdrawal of nutrition or hydration for a patient without a specific written power of attorney granting the authority

: Eliminates the requirement to obtain a concealable weapon permit before acquiring a handgun

: Imposes a fee on the purchase of a new electronic device and makes it a class C misdemeanor for a person to knowingly place an electronic device in a solid waste disposal area

: Requires the Department of Revenue to send written notice to certain licensees who are delinquent on any state taxes informing them of possible license suspension for nonpayment

: Requires the Department of Revenue to stamp the words "SEX OFFENDER" across the driver's license of any person required to register as a sex offender

: Allows crime victims to take time off from work to attend the criminal proceedings without retribution by their employer

: Prohibits the use or possession of an alcohol beverage vaporizer

: Allows prosecuting and circuit attorneys and their assistants to carry concealed weapons without a concealed carry endorsement

: Changes the laws regarding crime

: Amends the offense of distributing a controlled substance near schools to include long-term and child care facilities

: Requires pseudoephedrine products to be sold by a pharmacist or technician

: Eliminates mandatory minimum sentencing for certain felons

: Creates criminal use of property by operating audiovisual recording devices while in a movie

: Makes the installation of airbags that do not meet federal safety standards a class D felony

: Regulates sexually oriented businesses

: Modifies various provisions concerning alcohol related offenses

: Creates the crime of negligent storage of a firearm

: Creates criminal use of property by operating audiovisual recording devices while in a movie

: Allows courts to order convicted persons to pay costs associated with prostitution-related arrests

: Changes the definition of "prostitution-related offense"

: Allows county law enforcement agencies to have sexual offender registry websites

: Modifies various provisions concerning alcohol related offenses

: Creates the crime of endangering a corrections employee

: Modifies various provisions relating to lead abatement

: Expands first degree property damage to include damage to a motor vehicle while breaking in to steal

: Allows neighborhood organizations to bring an action for injunctive relief to stop a nuisance

: Prohibits human cloning

: Imposes a surcharge on certain felony court proceedings to fund certain school-related programs

: Requires depositions of crime laboratory employees to be in county where employed

: Reallocates a portion of the crime laboratory surcharge to counties and prosecutors

: Criminalizes distribution and possession of certain prescription medications on school property

: Eliminates the death penalty

: Creates a commission to study the death penalty and imposes a temporary moratorium on executions in Missouri

: Makes ownership, possession, and discharge of taser guns an unlawful use of a weapon

: Modifies various provisions concerning alcohol related offenses

: Restricts firearm possession for individuals involved in domestic violence

: Imposes a surcharge on certain felony court proceedings to fund certain school-related programs

: Prohibits distribution of controlled substances in parks

: Modifies various provisions concerning alcohol related offenses

: Enhances penalties for chronic and aggravated drunk offenders and creates crime of aggravated vehicular manslaughter

: Creates and modifies provisions relating to the use of personal information and identity theft

: Creates new election offenses for using wireless electronic recording devices in polling places

: Modifies various aspects of the criminal justice system

: Modifies laws relating to underage drinking

: Exempts misdemeanors for vehicle registration from required judgments paid to the "Crime Victims' Compensation Fund"

: Creates new provisions and makes modifications to certain statutes relating to the DNA profiling system

: Modifies various provisions concerning alcohol related offenses

: Enacts various reforms to combat fraudulent real estate practices.

: Regulates international matchmaking organizations.

: Makes production of meth in the home of a minor child endangerment in the first degree.

: Modifies the statute on endangerment of a child in the second degree.

: Modifies penalties and definitions for the crime of financial exploitation of the elderly and disabled.

: Increases the penalties for those who engage in fraudulent actions with respect to an insurance transaction.

: Modifies provisions about probation and parole officers.

: Requires littering offenders to perform community service and assesses two points against litterer's license.

: Creates requirements for those who sell animals for research purposes only.

: Notification given to a crime victim must utilize the statewide automated crime victim notification system.

: Provides when a prosecution for a misdemeanor, or infraction, or felony is commenced.

: Removes language stating that a person commits the crime of tampering with a witness "in an official proceeding".

: Requires a person arrested and confined without a warrant be discharged from custody within 48 hours unless charged.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:24 pm