| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1204 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEANDERSON. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2649H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Torepealsection571.070,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto |
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| 8 | 8 | | unlawfulpossessionofafirearm,withpenaltyprovisions. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Section571.070,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2thereof,tobeknownassection571.070,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 571.070.1.Apersoncommitstheoffenseofunlawfulpossessionofafirearmifsuch |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2personknowinglyhasanyfirearminhisorherpossessionand: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 (1)Suchpersonhasbeenconvictedofafelonyunderthelawsofthisstate,orofa |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4crimeunderthelawsofanystateoroftheUnitedStateswhich,ifcommittedwithinthisstate, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5wouldbeafelony. Theprovisionsofthissubdivisionshallnotapplyasfollows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (a)Ifsuchfelonyconvictionwasaconvictionofaviolentfelonyunderthelaws |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7ofthisstateorofacrimeunderthelawsofanystateoroftheUnitedStatesthatif |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8committedwithinthisstatewouldbeaviolentfelony,possessionunderthissubdivision |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9shallnotbeanoffenseafteraperiodoftenyearshaspassedfollowingthedateof |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10sentencecompletionforthefelonyconviction;and |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11 (b)Ifsuchfelonyconvictionwasaconvictionofanonviolentfelonyunderthe |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12lawsofthisstateorofacrimeunderthelawsofanystateoroftheUnitedStatesthatif |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13committedwithinthisstatewouldbeanonviolentfelony,possessionunderthis |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14subdivisionshallnotbeanoffenseafteraperiodofthreeyearshaspassedfollowingthe |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15dateofsentencecompletionforthefelonyconviction; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (2)Suchpersonisafugitivefromjustice,ishabituallyinanintoxicatedordrugged |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17condition,oriscurrentlyadjudgedmentallyincompetent. |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 2.UnlawfulpossessionofafirearmisaclassCfelony,unlessapersonhasbeen |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19convictedofadangerousfelonyasdefinedinsection556.061,orthepersonhasaprior |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20convictionforunlawfulpossessionofafirearminwhichcaseitisaclassBfelony. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 3.Theprovisionsofsubdivision(1)ofsubsection1ofthissectionshallnotapplyto |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22thepossessionofanantiquefirearm. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 4.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 (1)"Nonviolentfelony",anyfelonyoffensethatdoesnotinvolvetheuseofforce, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25orthreatofforce,againstanotherperson; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26 (2)"Sentencecompletion",thedateonwhichapersonhassatisfiedall |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27obligationsplacedonthepersonaspartofthesentence,includinganyperiodof |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28incarcerationandanyperiodofsupervisedprobationorparole; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29 (3)"Violentfelony",anyfelonyoffensethatinvolvestheuseofforce,orthreatof |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30force,againstanotherperson. |
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| 43 | 43 | | âś” |
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| 44 | 44 | | HB1204 2 |
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