FIRSTREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.451
103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEMACKEY.
0366H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter211,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtocustodial
interrogationsofchildren.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter211,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection211.058,toreadasfollows:
211.058.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean:
2 (1)"Custodialinterrogation",anyinterrogationduringwhicha:
3 (a)Reasonablepersoninthechild'spositionwouldconsiderhimselforherselfto
4beincustody;and
5 (b)Questionisaskedthatisreasonablylikelytoelicitanincriminatingresponse;
6 (2)"Deception",theknowingcommunicationoffalsefactsaboutevidenceor
7unauthorizedstatementsregardingleniencybyapersoninvolvedinacustodial
8interrogationofachild.
9 2.Anyoral,written,orsignlanguageconfessionofachildwhoatthetimeofthe
10commissionofaviolationofthejuvenilecodeorthegenerallawwasundereighteen
11yearsofagemadeasaresultofacustodialinterrogationconductedataplaceof
12detentiononorafterAugust28,2025,shallbeinadmissibleasevidenceagainstthechild
13ifduringthecustodialinterrogationthepersoninvolvedinthecustodialinterrogation
14knowinglyengagedindeception.
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EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage.