| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter490,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtotheadmissibility |
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| 8 | 8 | | ofevidenceofadefendant'screativeorartisticexpression. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter490,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection490.750,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 490.750.1.Thissectionshallbeknownandmaybecitedasthe"Restoring |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2ArtisticProtectionActof2025". |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 2.Asusedinthissection,theterm"creativeorartisticexpression"meansthe |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4expressionorapplicationofcreativityorimaginationintheproductionorarrangement |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5offorms,sounds,words,movements,orsymbols,includingmusic,dance,performance |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6art,visualart,poetry,literature,film,andothersuchobjectsormedia. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 3.Exceptasprovidedundersubsection4ofthissection,evidenceofa |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8defendant'screativeorartisticexpression,whetheroriginalorderivative,isnot |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9admissibleagainstsuchdefendantinacriminalcase. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 4.Acourtmayadmitevidencedescribedinsubsection3ofthissectionina |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11hearingconductedincameraifthestateprovesbyclearandconvincingevidence: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 (1)(a)Iftheexpressionisoriginal,thatthedefendantintendedaliteralmeaning |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13ratherthanafigurativeorfictionalmeaning;or |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 (b)Iftheexpressionisderivative,thatthedefendantintendedtoadopttheliteral |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15meaningoftheexpressionasthedefendant'sownthoughtorstatement; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (2)Thatthecreativeexpressionreferstothespecificfactsofthecrimealleged; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17 (3)Thattheexpressionisrelevanttoanissueoffactthatisdisputed;and |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (4)Thattheexpressionhasdistinctprobativevaluenotprovidedbyother |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19admissibleevidence. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 5.Inanyhearingundersubsection4ofthissection,thecourtshallmakeits |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21rulingontherecordandshallincludeitsfindingsoffactessentialtoitsruling. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 6.Ifthecourtadmitsanyevidencedescribedundersubsection3ofthissection |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23undertheexceptionundersubsection4ofthissection,thecourtshall: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 (1)Ensurethattheexpressionisredactedinamannertolimittheevidence |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25presentedtothejurytothatwhichisspecificallyexceptedundersubsection4ofthis |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26section;and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27 (2)Provideappropriatelimitinginstructionstothejury. |
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| 40 | 40 | | âś” |
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