SB 445 – Establishes the Joint Committee on the Missouri Criminal Code

• Sponsor: Goodman
• LR Number: 4526S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 1/5/2012 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Journal Page: S60
• Effective Date: August 28, 2012

Current Bill Summary

SB 445 - This act creates the "Joint Committee on the Missouri Criminal Code". The committee is to be composed of senators, house members and representatives from the Attorney General's office, the state Public Defender System, victims of crime, the Governor's office and the Missouri Supreme Court.

The committee's charge is to report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2012, its recommendations for ways to harmonize, organize and revise the criminal laws.

MEGHAN LUECKE