SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1258
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SCOTT.
Read 1st time February 16, 2004, and ordered printed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
4640S.01I
AN ACT
To repeal section 565.110, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to kidnapping of a child, with penalty provisions.
Section A. Section 565.110, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 565.110, to read as follows:
565.110. 1. A person commits the crime of kidnapping if he or she unlawfully removes another without his or her consent from the place where he or she is found or unlawfully confines another without his or her consent for a substantial period, for the purpose of
(1) Holding that person for ransom or reward, or for any other act to be performed or not performed for the return or release of that person; or
(2) Using the person as a shield or as a hostage; or
(3) Interfering with the performance of any governmental or political function; or
(4) Facilitating the commission of any felony or flight thereafter; or
(5) Inflicting physical injury on or terrorizing the victim or another.
2. A person commits the crime of kidnapping if he or she unlawfully removes a child under the age of fourteen without the consent of his or her parent or guardian from the place where he or she is found or unlawfully confines a child under the age of fourteen without the consent of his or her parent or guardian for a substantial period of time.
3. Kidnapping is a class A felony unless committed under subdivision (4) or (5) of subsection 1 in which cases it is a class B felony.