Missouri 2023 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB1324 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version

                            FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1324
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEWINDHAM.
2349H.01I	DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter407,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtothepublishingof
bookingphotographs.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter407,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection407.1154,toreadasfollows:
407.1154.1.Nopersonshallpublishabookingphotographasdefinedunder
2section407.1150foranycommercialpurpose.Asusedinthissection,"commercial
3purpose"meansawayofadvancingaperson'scommercialoreconomicinterest.
4 2.Anyindividualwhosuffersalossorharmasaresultofaviolationofthis
5sectionmaybeawardedanamountequaltofivethousanddollarsoractualandpunitive
6damages,whicheverisgreater,andinadditionmaybeawardedreasonableattorney's
7fees,courtcosts,andanyotherremediesprovidedbylaw.Humiliationor
8embarrassmentshallbeadequatetoshowthattheindividualhasincurreddamages;
9however,nophysicalmanifestationofeitherhumiliationorembarrassmentisnecessary
10fordamagestobeshown.
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EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.