FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSECOMMITTEESUBSTITUTEFOR
HOUSEBILLNOS.1389&1040
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
2959H.02C JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter490,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtotheadmissibility
ofevidenceofadefendant'screativeorartisticexpression.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter490,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection490.750,toreadasfollows:
490.750.1.Thissectionshallbeknownandmaybecitedasthe"Restoring
2ArtisticProtectionActof2025".
3 2.Asusedinthissection,theterm"creativeorartisticexpression"meansthe
4expressionorapplicationofcreativityorimaginationintheproductionorarrangement
5offorms,sounds,words,movements,orsymbols,includingmusic,dance,performance
6art,visualart,poetry,literature,film,andothersuchobjectsormedia.
7 3.Exceptasprovidedundersubsection4ofthissection,evidenceofa
8defendant'screativeorartisticexpression,whetheroriginalorderivative,isnot
9admissibleagainstsuchdefendantinacriminalcase.
10 4.Acourtmayadmitevidencedescribedinsubsection3ofthissectionina
11hearingconductedincameraifthestateprovesbyclearandconvincingevidence:
12 (1)(a)Iftheexpressionisoriginal,thatthedefendantintendedaliteralmeaning
13ratherthanafigurativeorfictionalmeaning;or
14 (b)Iftheexpressionisderivative,thatthedefendantintendedtoadopttheliteral
15meaningoftheexpressionasthedefendant'sownthoughtorstatement;
16 (2)Thatthecreativeexpressionreferstothespecificfactsofthecrimealleged;
17 (3)Thattheexpressionisrelevanttoanissueoffactthatisdisputed;and
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (4)Thattheexpressionhasdistinctprobativevaluenotprovidedbyother
19admissibleevidence.
20 5.Inanyhearingundersubsection4ofthissection,thecourtshallmakeits
21rulingontherecordandshallincludeitsfindingsoffactessentialtoitsruling.
22 6.Ifthecourtadmitsanyevidencedescribedundersubsection3ofthissection
23undertheexceptionundersubsection4ofthissection,thecourtshall:
24 (1)Ensurethattheexpressionisredactedinamannertolimittheevidence
25presentedtothejurytothatwhichisspecificallyexceptedundersubsection4ofthis
26section;and
27 (2)Provideappropriatelimitinginstructionstothejury.
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