SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1522

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 

 

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES NEWMAN (Sponsor), MORGAN AND KIRKTON (Co-sponsors).

5536L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk


 

AN ACT

To amend chapter 574, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to making a threat to the security of a building or public school, with a penalty provision.




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


            Section A. Chapter 574, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 574.117, to read as follows:

            574.117. 1. A person commits the offense of making a threat to the security of a building or a public school if such person communicates a knowingly false report which jeopardizes security procedures, or knowingly causes a false belief or fear which would cause the initiation of security procedures:

            (1) With the purpose of deliberately causing a lockdown, evacuation, quarantine, or closure of any portion of a public school, building, inhabitable structure, place of assembly, or facility of transportation;

            (2) With reckless disregard of the risk of causing a lockdown, evacuation, quarantine, or closure of any portion of a public school, building, inhabitable structure, place of assembly, or facility of transportation;

            (3) With criminal negligence with regard to the risk of causing a lockdown, evacuation, quarantine, or closure of any portion of a public school, building, inhabitable structure, place of assembly, or facility of transportation;

            (4) With reckless disregard to the pain and suffering of those involved in a knowingly false threat; or

            (5) With reckless disregard to exposing internal security procedures designed to protect the inhabitants of the public school, building, inhabitable structure, place of assembly, or facility of transportation.

            2. Making a threat to the security of a building or public school is a class C felony unless committed under subdivision (5) of subsection 1 of this section in which case it is a class D felony.

            3. As used in this section, "lockdown" means a security procedure limiting the movement of persons out of, into, or within a public school, building, inhabitable structure, place of assembly, or facility of transportation.

            4. For the purpose of this section, "threat" includes an express or implied threat, or withholding information that the threat is knowingly false.