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HCS#2/HB 495 - This act modifies provisions relating to public safety. REPORTING OF IMMIGRATION STATUS OF CRIMINAL OFFENDERS (SECTION 43.505) This act requires every law enforcement agency in the state to submit to the Department of Public Safety information pertaining to the immigration status of any criminal offender, indicating whether the offender is a citizen of the United States, is a lawfully present immigrant, or does not possess the information to show that he or she is a citizen of the United States or a lawfully present immigrant. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025), SB 583 (2025), and HB 1147 (2025). LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS (SECTION 44.087) This act provides that the chief law enforcement executive for any law enforcement agency may request assistance from a law enforcement agency of another United States jurisdiction outside this state. An offender apprehended or arrested by a foreign law enforcement agency shall be delivered to the first available law enforcement officer who is commissioned in the jurisdiction of the arrest. The arresting officer shall assist in the preparation of any affidavits stating a crime has been committed. The law enforcement officers shall remain employees of their respective agencies for the purposes of immunity, workers' compensation, and other employment-related matters. However, certain governmental immunities shall apply as interpreted by the federal and state courts of the responding agency. This provision is identical to SB 92 (2025), a provision in HCS/SB 189 (2025), in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HB 225 (2025), in the perfected HB 1707 (2024), HB 1577 (2024), in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 119 & 120 (2023), and in SCS/HCS/HB 1015 (2023). SAINT LOUIS CITY POLICE FORCE (SECTIONS 84.012 TO 84.325 & SECTION 105.726 & THE REPEAL OF SECTIONS 84.175 TO 84.347) No later than July 1, 2026, the Board of Police Commissioners ("Board") shall assume control of the municipal police department of St. Louis and no later than September 28, 2025, four commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor to the Board, as provided in the act, who shall serve together with Mayor of the City of St. Louis. The Governor shall also appoint a transition director to oversee the transition during the implementation period of August 28, 2025, to July 1, 2026. The municipal police department shall transfer title and ownership of all indebtedness and assets and accept liability as successor-in-interest for contractual obligations of the police department. The Board shall initially employ, without reduction in rank, salary, or benefits, all commissioned and civilian personnel of the municipal police department. This act provides that the City of St. Louis may pass ordinances, including ordinances for preserving order and protecting the public; but no ordinances shall, in any manner, conflict or interfere with the powers or the exercise of the powers of the Board. Additionally, the mayor or any city officer shall not impede or hinder the Board. The mayor or any city officer shall be liable for a penalty of $1,000 for each and every offense to hinder the Board and shall forever be disqualified from holding or exercising any office of the city. The Board is required to appoint and employ a permanent police force consisting of not less than 1,313 members. The Board may continue to employ as many non-commissioned police civilians as it deems necessary in order to perform the duties imposed on them, which shall include city marshals and park rangers. The maximum number of officers of the police force in each rank shall be as follows: • 76 officers at the rank of lieutenant and above; • 200 officers at the rank of sergeant; and • 1,037 officers at the rank of patrolman. The salaries paid as of August 28, 2025, shall not be less than the annual salaries paid to each member before the enactment of this act. No additional compensation shall be given to any officer of the rank of lieutenant or above for overtime, court time, or stand-by court time. Probationary patrolmen, patrolmen, and sergeants shall receive compensation for all hours of service in excess of the established regular working period, for all authorized overtime, and for employees who complete academic work at an accredited college or university up to a certain amount as provided in the act. Additionally, the City shall appropriate a minimum 25% of its general revenue to fund the maintenance of the police force, excluding pension and retirement costs. This act provides that until the Board adopts other investigative and disciplinary procedures, the police force shall follow the disciplinary and investigative procedures established by the Police Manual of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department that are consistent with law. The Board shall not adopt any disciplinary procedures that do not include the summary hearing Board procedures provided for currently in the Police Manual. This act provides that reimbursements from the Legal Expense Fund to the Board for liability claims shall be on an equal share basis per claim up to a maximum of one million dollars per fiscal year. This act repeals all provisions relating to the municipal police force established by the City of St. Louis. These provisions are similar to provisions in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025), HB 495 (2025), SCS/SB 808 (2024), in SCS/HCS/HB 1481 (2024), SCS/SB 78 (2023), SB 280 (2023), HCS/HB 702 (2023), and HCS/HB 2432 (2022) and are similar to SB 1012 (2022) and to provisions in HB 2432 (2022), HB 2671 (2022), and HB 1476 (2021). PROHIBITION ON INJECTION SITES (SECTION 191.1005) This act provides that no individual or entity shall knowingly open, lease, rent, use, maintain, manage, operate, or control a public or private facility, site, or building for the purpose of allowing individuals to self-administer preobtained controlled substances, the possession of which is criminally punishable and is not otherwise authorized by state law. This provision is identical to SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). JUVENILE OFFICER RISK AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT (SECTION 211.141) This act provides that juvenile officers in the risk and needs assessment of a child shall use a cumulative total of points assessed for all alleged offenses committed for determinations of detention by the court. This provision is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025) and in SCS/SB 1115 (2024). EMERGENCY VEHICLES (SECTIONS 300.100 & 304.022) Currently, the driver of an emergency vehicle may disregard certain traffic rules and regulations if certain visual or auditory signals are performed. This act provides a police vehicle is not required to use an audible or visual signal to obtain evidence of a speeding violation, to respond to a suspected crime in progress when use of such signal could reasonably result in the destruction of evidence or escape of a suspect, or to conduct surveillance of a vehicle or the passengers of a vehicle who are suspected of involvement in a crime. This provision is identical to HB 225 (2025) and is similar to SCS/HB 1707 (2024), HB 942 (2023), and SCS/HCS/HB 1015 (2023). IGNITION INTERLOCK REQUIREMENTS FOR INTOXICATION-RELATED TRAFFIC OFFENSES (SECTIONS 302.304, 302.440, 302.525 & 302.574) In addition to existing requirements for the installation of ignition interlock devices on offenders' motor vehicles, this act specifies that installation of an ignition interlock device shall be required as a condition of license reinstatement or issuance of a restricted driving privilege when a person convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense is found to have had a blood alcohol content of .15% or more. These provisions are identical to provisions in HCS/HB 87 (2025), in HCS/HB 117 (2025), HB 645 (2025), HB 1476 (2024), substantially similar to provisions in HCS/SS/SCS/SBs 56 & 61 (2023) and HB 110 (2023) and is similar to HB 1680 (2022). STUNT DRIVING (SECTIONS 304.012 & 304.145) This act prohibits stunt driving and participation in street takeovers, as such terms are defined in the act. The act specifies criminal penalties and sentencing requirements, with enhanced penalties and sentencing requirements for repeat offenders. This provision is identical to SB 560 (2025) and in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). SUNSET ON ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF PERSONS IN VIOLATION OF PROTECTION ORDERS (SECTION 455.095) Currently, the provision of law providing that a person found guilty of violating the conditions of a protection order can be sentenced with electronic monitoring or placed on probation with the condition of electronic monitoring shall sunset on August 28, 2024. This act extends the sunset provision to August 28, 2034. This provision is identical to HB 1209 (2025) and is similar to a provision in SS#2/SCS/SB 10 (2025), in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025), and SB 603 (2025). CRIMINAL ACTIVITY FORFEITURE ACT (SECTION 513.605) This act modifies the offenses included in the definition of "criminal activity" for purposes of the Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act. Specifically, it includes felony violations of the traffic laws of this state that involve the use of motor vehicle and offenses under the Missouri Criminal Street Gangs Prevention Act. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). ELECTED OFFICIALS REMOVED BY QUO WARRANTO (SECTION 531.050) This act provides that a public official who is removed by a quo warranto judgment or who resigns following the filing of a quo warranto proceeding may not be elected or appointed to the office from which he or she was removed or the action was brought. This provision is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025) and is similar to HB 1314 (2025), a provision in HA to HCS/SS/SCS/SB 72 (2023), and in HA to HCS/SB 186 (2023). DANGEROUS FELONY (SECTION 556.061) This act adds the offenses of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, rioting when punished as a class A or B felony, bus hijacking when punished as a class A felony, and planting a bomb or explosive near a bus or terminal to the definition of "dangerous felony." This provision is identical to a provision in SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). OFFENSE OF SEXUAL TRAFFICKING OF A CHILD (SECTIONS 566.210 & 566.211) This act modifies the eligibility for probation or parole for the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the first degree to thirty, rather than twenty-five, years of the sentence served by the offender. Furthermore, this act modifies the offense of sexual trafficking of a child in the second degree to provide that such offense is a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term no less than twenty-five, rather than ten, years. Additionally, if offense was effected by force, abduction, or coercion, the defendant shall serve thirty, rather than twenty-five, years of the sentence before probation or parole. These provisions are identical to HB 1142 (2025) and is similar to provisions in SS/SCS/SB 52 & 44 (2025), in HCS/HB 219 (2025), and HB 1464 (2025). OFFENSE OF ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE (SECTION 568.045) Under current law, a person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree if he or she unlawfully manufactures or possesses amphetamine, methamphetamine, or any of their analogues. This act adds fentanyl and carfentanil. Additionally, this act provides that if a person is found guilty of the offense of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree involving fentanyl or carfentail then the person shall serve a term of imprisonment of not less than five years and not more than ten years. Such person shall not receive a suspended imposition or execution of sentence from the court and shall not pay a fine in lieu of a term of imprisonment. Finally, such person shall not be eligible for conditional release or parole until he or she has served at least five years of imprisonment. This provision is identical to SB 60 (2025), SB 143 (2025), a provision in SCS/SB 52 & 44 (2025), SB 1368 (2024), in SCS/SB 1451 (2024), and in SS/SCS/HCS/HB 1659 (2024). OFFENSE OF TRESPASS IN THE THIRD DEGREE (SECTION 569.151) This act creates the offense of trespass in the third degree if he or she, either individually or as part of an organized campaign, enters a retail establishment with the primary purpose of disrupting commerce or causing danger to people or property. This offense shall be a class B misdemeanor, unless committed as part of an organized campaign then such campaign shall pay a fine not to exceed $5,000. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SB 52 & 44 (2025) and SB 318 (2025) and is similar to a provision in SB 1467 (2024) and SCS/HCS/HB 2700 (2024). OFFENSE OF BURGLARY IN THE SECOND DEGREE (SECTIONS 569.170 & 569.175) Current law provides that the offense of burglary in the second degree occurs when a person knowingly enters or remains unlawfully in a building or inhabitable structure for the purpose of committing a crime. This act provides that a person also commits the offense for knowingly entering unlawfully in a motor vehicle with the intent to commit a felony or theft. Such offense is a class D felony, unless the offender was in possession of a firearm or stole a firearm from the vehicle in which case it is a class C felony. Additionally, this act creates the offense of unlawfully gaining entry into motor vehicles if a person lifts the door handles or otherwise tries the doors and locks of successive motor vehicles to gain entry without permission. This offense shall be a Class E felony. This provision is identical to a provision in HCS/HB 117 (2025), in HB 1510 (2024), SB 97 (2023), in HCS/SB 186 (2023), HCS/HBs 187 & 570 (2023), in HS/HCS/HBs 1108 & 1181 (2023), HB 1582 (2022), and HB 1637 (2022). OFFENSE OF STEALING (SECTION 570.030) This act provides that a person shall be guilty of the offense of stealing if he or she appropriates property as part of an organized retail theft and the value of the property is over $10,000. Such offense shall be a class B felony. Additionally, this act provides that a person shall be guilty of the offense of stealing if he or she appropriates property as part of an organized retail theft and the value of the property is between $750 and $10,000. Such offense shall be a class C felony. Upon written request of any prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney, the Attorney General shall have the authority to prosecute the offense of stealing involving retail theft and any other offenses that directly arise from or causally occur as a result of such offense. All costs and fees of a prosecution by the Attorney General shall be paid by the state. This provision is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025) and in SCS/SB 318 (2025). OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL TRAFFIC INTERFERENCE (SECTION 574.045) This act creates the offense of unlawful traffic interference, which a person commits if, with the intention to impede vehicular traffic, the person walks, stands, sits, kneels, lies, or places an object in such a manner as to block passage by a vehicle on any public roadway. The offense is an infraction for the first offense, a class A misdemeanor for a second, and a class E felony for any third or subsequent offense. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025) and is similar to a provision in HB 1914 (2022), CCS#1/HCS/SS/SCS/SB 26 (2021), SB 66 (2021), HB 1441 (2021), SB 9 (First Extraordinary Session 2020), HB 35 (First Extraordinary Session 2020), HB 288 (2019), HB 1259 (2018), HB 2145 (2018). OFFENSE OF RIOTING (SECTION 574.050) This act modifies the offense of rioting to provide that a person commits the offense if a person knowingly assembles with six or more people and violates any criminal laws. This offense shall be a class D felony, rather than a class A misdemeanor, for the first offense and a class C felony for subsequent offenses. This provision is similar to provisions in SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2024), in SB 1115 (2024), and SB 684 (2023). OFFENSE OF FILING A NONCONSENSUAL COMMON LAW LIEN (SECTION 575.133) This act provides that the second offense of filing a nonconsensual common law lien shall be a class A misdemeanor and any third or subsequent offense shall be a class E felony. Additionally, a person convicted of a third or subsequent offense shall be considered a persistent offender. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). OFFENSE OF RESISTING ARREST (SECTION 575.150) This act provides that any person guilty of a class E felony of resisting or interfering with arrest shall have his or her vehicle impounded and forfeited pursuant to law. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025) and SB 561 (2025). OFFENSE OF OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (SECTION 576.030) This act provides that the offense of obstructing government operations shall be a class A misdemeanor, rather than a class B misdemeanor, if the person threatens violence, force, or other physical interference or obstacle. The offense shall be a class E felony if the person uses violence, force, or other physical interference or obstacle. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). OFFENSE OF TAMPERING WITH A WATER SUPPLY (SECTION 577.150) This act provides that the offense of tampering with a water supply shall be a class E felony if the person poisons, defiles, or in any way corrupts a water supply used for domestic or municipal purposes. This provision is identical to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025). COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL SAFETY (SECTION 590.208) This act establishes the "Committee on School Safety" within the Department of Public Safety with membership as provided in the act. The Committee shall at least quarterly evaluate and establish guidelines for school safety concerns, including plans to prevent and improve responses to school firearm violence. The Committee shall submit an annual report in writing to the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This provision is substantially similar to a provision in SS/SCS/SBs 52 & 44 (2025), SB 508 (2025), and HB 1076 (2025). KATIE O'BRIEN
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