CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2007)
Bills Indexed by Subject
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT

: Removes the requirement that a person must have received at least a 10-day jail sentence on a prior offense before a third or subsequent misdemeanor stealing offense can be enhanced to a felony

: Requires the State Highway Patrol to create, maintain, and make available for public inquiry on the Internet a registry of persons convicted of methamphetamine offenses

: Creates a presumption in certain circumstances that a person using deadly force has a reasonable fear of death or harm and allows that person immunity in certain circumstances for use of defensive force

: Authorizes judges to order defendants who have pled guilty to or been found guilty of felony offenses to pay expenses related to the cost of the prosecution

: Prohibits the employment of an unauthorized alien in Missouri

: Creates the crime of endangering the welfare of an unborn child and allows for physician referral and documentation to be used in criminal prosecutions

: Creates the crime of leaving a child unattended in a motor vehicle in the third degree

: Increases the penalty for commercial drivers who are convicted of operating a commercial motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs from a class B to a class A misdemeanor

: Increases the penalty for the crime of institutional vandalism when a person vandalizes any cemetery

: Prohibits the use or possession of an alcohol beverage vaporizer

: 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 license suspension until payment is made

: Establishes additional protections to prevent workplace violence

: Changes the laws regarding the crime of animal neglect

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

: Creates the crime of displaying or possessing a fictitious or altered license plate, temporary license plate, tab, or renewal tab

: Allows police or sheriffs' departments to sell or trade certain confiscated firearms to a licensed firearms dealer and exempts federal flight deck officers from the crime of unlawful use of weapons

: Establishes the Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act to permit the execution of do-not-resuscitate orders for use by emergency medical providers for patients receiving treatment outside a hospital

: Allows school boards to commission certified law enforcement officers to stop, detain, and arrest persons for local violations and certain crimes committed on school premises, at school activities, or on buses

: Adds Nubain to the list of Schedule IV controlled substances

: Allows counties and sheriffs to establish restorative justice programs

: Creates the crime of setting fires or burning trash in areas declared by the Governor to be in danger from fire due to emergency drought conditions

: Prohibits a person from driving across a clearly marked solid yellow center stripe of a roadway except when executing a lawful turn

: Revises the laws regarding animal neglect

: Creates the crime of obstruction of justice

: Repeals the death penalty

: Creates the crimes of interferring with a grave marker, receiving a stolen grave marker, and failing to report the crime of receiving a stolen grave marker

: Requires law enforcement officers to give written notice of certain information to victims of alleged domestic violence

: Creates the crime of motorcycle stunt driving

: Prohibits a person from intentionally smelling or inhaling the fumes of or inducing or aiding another person in the use or sale of specified solvents

: Expands the crime of property damage in the first degree to include knowingly damaging another person's motor vehicle while making entry to steal the vehicle or something within the vehicle

: 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

: Prohibits certain sexual offenders from being present in or loitering within 500 feet of any public park or swimming pool and from serving as a coach, manager, or trainer for certain teams

: Creates the crime of driving while using a cellular telephone

: Allows the Missouri Gaming Commission to request that the patrol investigate certain matters and authorizes the patrol to investigate any suspected criminal activity relative to the commission

: Immunizes real estate licensees from liability for any act or omission related to the disclosure of information regarding individuals required to register with the sexual offender registry

: Increases the period of driver's license suspension from 90 days to 180 days for certain first-time, alcohol-related traffic offenses

: Changes the laws regarding crime victim's rights

: Establishes the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Act to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances

: Changes the laws regarding sexual offenders

: Lowers the blood-alcohol content to .08 of 1% for the crime of operating a vessel with excessive blood-alcohol content

: Creates the crime of driving with a controlled substance in a person's body

: Removes the requirement that a sexually violent predator be determined to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in order to have a mandated DNA sample collected for profiling analysis

: Changes the laws regarding wholesale distributors of prescription drugs

: Requires persons requesting more than 50 voter registration applications to provide certain information to the Secretary of State's office

: Changes the laws regarding fraud and abuse in the Missouri Medicaid Program

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

: Revises the crimes of statutory rape and sodomy in the second degree by requiring that the perpetrator be at least three years older than the victim

: Requires an employer to verify that an employee has a valid Social Security number

: Changes the laws regarding the release of personal information to unauthorized persons

: Establishes "Ashley's Law" which creates the crime of transporting a child without parental consent for the purpose of committing a crime with the child as the victim or participant

: Changes the laws regarding crime prevention and boating while intoxicated

: Establishes the Uninsured Motorist Stipulation of Benefits Act of 2007 which limits the recovery for non-economic losses by uninsured motorists

: Prohibits any person who commits the crime of nonsupport of a spouse or child from being admitted on an excursion gambling boat or casino until the arrearage is satisfied

: Expands the crime of unlawful use of weapons to include possessing or discharging a firearem or projectile weapon if the person has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than a year

: Establishes the Health Care Rights of Conscience Act which allows a health care professional not to participate in a health care service that violates his or her conscience

: Creates the crime of abuse of a vulnerable person in the first, second, and third degrees

: 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 Commission on the Death Penalty and places a moratorium on all executions until January 1, 2011

: Changes the laws regarding concealable firearms and firearms training permits

: Increases the penalty for the unauthorized practice of law to a class A misdemeanor

: Changes the punishment for counterfeiting and requires the forfeiture of counterfeit goods, the materials and implements used to produce them, and the property used in the commission of the crime

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

: Makes the punishment for careless and imprudent driving a class D felony if a death occurs as the result of the accident

: Expands the crime of murder in the first degree to include when a person knowingly causes the death of a child and a heinous element is involved, to be known as Erica and Zayquon's Law

: Revises the Household Child Protect Act which includes household witnesses of child abuse and neglect in the list of persons required to report child abuse

: Establishes the Identity Theft Prevention Act which specifies the procedures for a person to place a security freeze on his or her consumer report

: Changes the laws regarding criminal securities fraud and sets a minimum penalty when committed against the elderly or disabled

: Requires the registration of copper and aluminum scrap metal sales

: Increases the length of a driver's license suspension for failing to stop for a school bus

: Prohibits any person from owning or operating a sexual offender treatment facility for more than one person who is required to register unless operated by or contracted with a government body

: Changes the laws regarding the rights of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault

: Changes the laws regarding post-conviction DNA testing by limiting who may apply for post-conviction testing and requiring the DNA evidence to be retained and preserved for a certain period of time

: Specifies that no law or ordinance can prohibit persons from reselling or offering to resell admission tickets over the Internet if the web site's operator guarantees a full refund under certain circumstances

: Requires vehicles to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians crossing a city or neighborhood street in Jackson County and increases the penalty for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident

: Establishes the Address Confidentiality Program to protect victims of domestic violence by establishing a designated address for victims and their minor children

: Allows police or sheriffs' departments to sell or trade certain confiscated firearms to a licensed firearms dealer and exempts federal flight deck officers from the crime of unlawful use of weapons

: Allows the Board of Probation and Parole to grant parole to certain female inmates who have served 15 years of their sentence if they meet certain criteria

: Exempts the property of a veterans' organization from real and personal property taxes, increases the amount of matching grants for veterans' programs, and establishes the Stolen Valor Act of 2007

: Specifies that a person who commits a red-light violation through the use of an automated photo red-light enforcement system will be guilty of an infraction

: Allows municipalities to use automated traffic control systems to enforce traffic laws under certain conditions

: Prohibits cellular telephone use while operating a motor vehicle, with certain exceptions

: Expands the DNA profiling analysis testing to include an individual arrested for a felony or sexual offense or a juvenile adjudicated to have committed an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult

: Makes eligibility for a driver's license for persons between the ages of 15 and 18 contingent upon documentation that the applicant has complied with school district standards for eligibility

: Authorizes the expungement of certain arrest records and convictions for municipal ordinance violations and certain misdemeanors

: Creates the crimes of possession of a restricted natural substance and unlawful distribution of a restricted natural substance

: Adds corrections officers to the list of persons included in the crime of assault on a law enforcement officer

: Requires a driver's license applicant under 18 years of age to show documentation that he or she is enrolled in school, has at least a 90% attendance rate, and a minimum grade point average of at least 1.75

: Changes the laws regarding crime prevention and boating while intoxicated

: Authorizes the sealing of certain criminal records

: Changes the laws regarding the penalties for certain motor vehicle-related offenses

: Allows retailers to advertise that the sales tax will be paid by the retailer as long as the amount is separately stated and added to the selling price of the property or services rendered

: Changes the laws regarding distribution of a controlled substance near a park, protection of historic shipwreck sites, and the retrieval of wildlife from private lands without permission

: Increases the penalty for littering by requiring at least 40 hours of community service and a $600 restitution payment

: Adds n-acetylpseudoephedrine acetate to the list of Schedule V controlled substances

: Increases the penalty for knowingly signing another person's name on an initiative petition

: Changes the laws regarding underage drinking

: Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to select a death penalty execution team

: Changes the laws regarding the investigation of Internet sexual crimes against children

: Prohibits any person from requiring an individual to be implanted with a microchip

: Establishes the Citizens' Right to Know Act of 2007 which requires the registry of certain information regarding defendants recommended for an unsecured release

: Changes the laws regarding victims of sexual crimes, rape and abuse crisis centers, and victims' identifying information

: Changes the laws regarding protections against rabies

: Prohibits initiative petition circulators from receiving payment for collecting signatures

: Authorizes advance voting procedures and additional penalty provisions regarding elections

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

: Changes the laws regarding solid waste

: Prohibits persons from hunting, fishing, or trapping game on private land without the permission of the landowner and establishes restrictions for persons retrieving small game on private land

: Requires vehicles of persons found guilty of any intoxication-related traffic offense to be equipped with a certified ignition interlock device

: Imposes an excise tax on controlled substances and illicit alcoholic beverages

: Prohibits registered sexual offenders from being on the property of certain schools or attending certain school functions without the consent of the principal or head administrator for the school

: Creates the crime of murder of a criminal justice official and expands the crime of assault of law enforcement officers, emergency personnel, or probation officers in the first degree to add corrections officers

: Establishes the Work for Restitution Program in the Department of Corrections which requires persons convicted of nonviolent offenses where restitution is required for probation to complete the program

: Changes the laws regarding the investigation of Internet sexual crimes against children

: Changes the laws regarding child pornography

: Expands the crime of bribery of a public servant

: Prohibits a person younger than 21 years of age who is not an underage entertainer from being allowed inside a drinking establishment

: Expands the crime of enticement of a child to include victims who are younger than 17 years of age or any individual the person believes is younger than 17 years of age

: Imposes additional penalties for intoxication-related traffic offenses when a person's blood-alcohol content is at least .16 of 1%

: Increases the penalty for endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree when shaking a child younger than five years of age to a minimum of 15 years in prison

: 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 certain victims of crime to be notified if the perpetrator of the crime is committed to a mental health facility according to the provisions of Chapter 552, RSMo

: Prohibits abortions in this state, other than to save the life of the mother

: Allows owners to cap or otherwise mark fence posts with purple as a way to post property against trespassing

: Requires the Department of Corrections to establish a web site listing all victims' rights and allows vicitims to request a partition during probation or parole hearings to shield the view of the offender

: Changes the laws regarding identity theft

: Establishes a priority for the payment of judgments and court costs and fees by defendants in criminal prosecutions

: Revises unlawful transactions with a child by making it a crime to sell or rent video games to a child if the video game has been rated mature or adults only

: Changes the laws regarding the crime of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree

: Allows for the compensation of a person wrongfully convicted and imprisoned

: Creates the crime of trafficking for the purpose of illegal immigration

: Prohibits members of the General Assembly from being employed by any organization engaged in lobbying and from voting in certain cases of conflict of interest

: Requires the issuance of a special license plate to persons who have been found guilty of or pled guilty to driving while intoxicated

: Increases the penalty for the crime of assault on a police animal

: Increases the penalty for the crime of resisting or interfering with arrest and resisting an arrest, detention, or stop by fleeing in a manner that creates a substantial risk of serious injury or death

: Prohibits certain sexual offenders from being physically present within 500 feet of a child care facility

: Requires sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as baking soda, to be kept behind a pharmacy or check-out counter and requires any person selling it to keep a log of each transaction

: Requires the State Highway Patrol to provide a form on its sexual offender information web site to allow persons to receive updates by e-mail on certain changes involving registered sexual offenders

: Requires public institutions of higher education to check the sexual offender registry prior to making student housing assignments and prohibits housing to anyone required to register as a sexual offender

: Allows qualified retired peace officers to carry concealed firearms if they meet the criteria and possess the appropriate identification

: Requires any person adjudicated as a juvenile for certain sexual offenses to register as a sexual offender

: Establishes the Missouri Global Warming Solutions Act of 2007 to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

: Establishes requirements regarding stem cell research

: Changes the laws regarding controlled substances

SB 1 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
: Requires criminal background checks for certain employees in positions with substantial direct contact with children

SB 2 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
: Creates the crime of knowingly receiving, selling, or obtaining personal health information

SB 3 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
: Enacts provisions on mental health reform

SB 5 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Modifies the laws on child pornography

SB 41 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Modifies the laws on the use of force

SB 44 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies provisions relating to county law enforcement restitution funds

SB 60 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Expands the crime of unlawful use of a weapon to include discharging a firearm for celebrating in an urban area

SB 61 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Requires a permit to acquire a stun gun or taser

SB 62 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Modifies the laws on the use of force

SB 67 --- Sponsor: Rupp, Scott T.
: Modifies certain provisions relating to missing and endangered persons

SB 73 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Modifies the crime of animal neglect

SB 101 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies numerous penalties for violations of motor vehicle licensing, registration, and equipment laws

SB 107 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Creates the crime of distribution of a controlled substance near a park

SB 144 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Creates the crime of negligent storage of a firearm

SB 167 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies various provisions relating to crime

SB 206 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Creates the "Large Carnivore Act" which regulates the possession and care of large carnivores

SB 210 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Modifies the state do-not-call list and requires political phone calls to include a "paid for by" statement

SB 216 --- Sponsor: Crowell, Jason
: Creates the crime of driving with any controlled substance in the body

SB 256 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Modifies provisions relating to the investigation of Internet sex crimes against children

SB 258 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies various provisions relating to crime

SB 261 --- Sponsor: Koster, Chris
: Modifies provisions limiting what qualifies as a previous prison commitment

SB 278 --- Sponsor: Koster, Chris
: Requires certain sex offenders to serve a mandatory minimum prison term of at least three years

SB 300 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
: Modifies the laws regulating sexually oriented businesses

SB 315 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Modifies liability for crop damage or destruction

SB 337 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Requires any business that sells firearms or ammunition to use video surveillance cameras

SB 347 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Defines "utility vehicle" for purposes of motor vehicle law and enacts various provisions regulating their use

SB 354 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Eliminates the death penalty

SB 372 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Creates an "Address Confidentiality Program" in the Secretary of State's Office for victims of certain crimes

SB 378 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies various provisions relating to crime

SB 415 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Expands the crime of tampering with a judicial officer to prohibit certain acts against prosecutors

SB 429 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
: Modifies various provisions relating to crime victims

SB 431 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Bars sex offenders from winning the lottery

SB 439 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Creates a commission to study the death penalty in Missouri and prohibits use of the death penalty for a time period

SB 457 --- Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
: Modifies provisions relating to the transfer of concealable weapons and removes the permitting requirements for such weapons

SB 465 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.
: Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigating of such fraud

SB 468 --- Sponsor: Coleman, Maida
: Eliminates mandatory minimum sentencing for certain felons

SB 473 --- Sponsor: Clemens, Dan
: Modifies the definition of livestock for which it is a crime to steal and modifies the penalties for such offenders

SB 529 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Allows certain homicide offenders to be eligible for early parole under certain circumstances

SB 553 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies various provisions relating to crime

SB 555 --- Sponsor: Gibbons, Michael R.
: Prohibits the use or possession of alcoholic beverage vaporizers and modifies provisions relating to underage drinking

SB 557 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies various provisions relating to crime

SB 558 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Increases the penalty for stealing a debit card from a class A misdemeanor to a class C felony

SB 575 --- Sponsor: Justus, Jolie L.
: Requires rape victims to be informed of their right to request a drug test for the presence of a date rape drug

SB 588 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Restricts firearm possession for individuals involved in domestic violence

SB 611 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Modifies provisions relating to the public defender system

SB 636 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Creates the crime of aggravated child kidnapping punishable by death or life imprisonment without probation, parole, or release

SB 640 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Requires the issuance of a "no contact" order under certain circumstances with sexual offense cases

SB 651 --- Sponsor: Loudon, John
: Criminalizes selecting a human embryo for implantation through in vitro fertilization based on the gender of such embryo and genetic engineering of humans

SB 660 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies various provisions relating to crime

SB 675 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Modifies the offense of misappropriations of funds of elderly nursing home residents

SB 676 --- Sponsor: Goodman, Jack
: Criminalizes prenatal drug or alcohol use

SB 685 --- Sponsor: Engler, Kevin
: Creates the crime of murder of a criminal justice official and expands the crime of assault of a law enforcement officer, emergency personnel, or probation or parole officer to include corrections pers

SB 686 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
: Expands the crime of resisting or interfering with arrest, detention, or stop

SB 691 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
: Requires taxpayers to list all tangible personal property subject to tax in the county of residence

SB 696 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Modifies the eligibility requirements for food stamp assistance

SB 703 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Modifies laws relating to ethics

SJR 20 --- Sponsor: Bartle, Matt
: Modifies constitutional provisions relating to health care research and human cloning

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