FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.1142
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEJONES(12).
2516H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsections566.210and566.211,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereoftwonewsections
relatingtooffensesinvolvingsexualtraffickingofchildren,withpenaltyprovisions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Sections566.210and566.211,RSMo,arerepealedandtwonewsections
2enactedinlieuthereof,tobeknownassections566.210and566.211,toreadasfollows:
566.210.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofsexualtraffickingofachildinthefirst
2degreeifheorsheknowingly:
3 (1)Recruits,entices,harbors,transports,provides,orobtainsbyanymeans,including
4butnotlimitedtothroughtheuseofforce,abduction,coercion,fraud,deception,blackmail,
5orcausingorthreateningtocausefinancialharm,apersonundertheageoftwelveto
6participateinacommercialsexact,asexualperformance,ortheproductionofexplicitsexual
7materialasdefinedinsection573.010,orbenefits,financiallyorbyreceivinganythingof
8value,fromparticipationinsuchactivities;
9 (2)Causesapersonundertheageoftwelvetoengageinacommercialsexact,a
10sexualperformance,ortheproductionofexplicitsexualmaterialasdefinedinsection
11573.010;or
12 (3)Advertisestheavailabilityofapersonundertheageoftwelvetoparticipateina
13commercialsexact,asexualperformance,ortheproductionofexplicitsexualmaterialas
14definedinsection573.010.
15 2.Itshallnotbeadefensethatthedefendantbelievedthatthepersonwastwelve
16yearsofageorolder.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 17 3.Theoffenseofsexualtraffickingofachildinthefirstdegreeisafelonyforwhich
18theauthorizedtermofimprisonmentislifeimprisonmentwithouteligibilityforprobationor
19paroleuntiltheoffenderhasservednotlessthan[twenty-five] thirtyyearsofsuchsentence.
20Subsection4ofsection558.019shallnotapplytothesentenceofapersonwhohasbeen
21foundguiltyofsexualtraffickingofachildlessthantwelveyearsofage,and"life
22imprisonment"shallmeanimprisonmentforthedurationofaperson'snaturallifeforthe
23purposesofthissection.
566.211.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofsexualtraffickingofachildinthe
2seconddegreeifheorsheknowingly:
3 (1)Recruits,entices,harbors,transports,provides,orobtainsbyanymeans,including
4butnotlimitedtothroughtheuseofforce,abduction,coercion,fraud,deception,blackmail,
5orcausingorthreateningtocausefinancialharm,apersonundertheageofeighteento
6participateinacommercialsexact,asexualperformance,ortheproductionofexplicitsexual
7materialasdefinedinsection573.010,orbenefits,financiallyorbyreceivinganythingof
8value,fromparticipationinsuchactivities;
9 (2)Causesapersonundertheageofeighteentoengageinacommercialsexact,a
10sexualperformance,ortheproductionofexplicitsexualmaterialasdefinedinsection
11573.010;or
12 (3)Advertisestheavailabilityofapersonundertheageofeighteentoparticipateina
13commercialsexact,asexualperformance,ortheproductionofexplicitsexualmaterialas
14definedinsection573.010.
15 2.Itshallnotbeadefensethatthedefendantbelievedthatthepersonwaseighteen
16yearsofageorolder.
17 3.Theoffensesexualtraffickingofachildintheseconddegreeisafelonypunishable
18byimprisonmentforatermofyearsnotlessthan[ten]twenty-fiveyearsorlifeandafinenot
19toexceedtwohundredfiftythousanddollarsifthechildisundertheageofeighteen.Ifa
20violationofthissectionwaseffectedbyforce,abduction,orcoercion,thecrimeofsexual
21traffickingofachildshallbeafelonyforwhichtheauthorizedtermofimprisonmentislife
22imprisonmentwithouteligibilityforprobationorparoleuntilthedefendanthasservednot
23lessthan[twenty-five] thirtyyearsofsuchsentence.
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