| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.485 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEHAUSMAN. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 0179H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter595,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtoamissingand |
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| 8 | 8 | | murderedwomentaskforce. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter595,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection595.327,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 595.327.1.Thereisherebycreatedthe"MissingandMurderedWomenTask |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2Force"toconsistofthefollowingmembers: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3 (1)Thefollowingfourmembersofthegeneralassembly: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 (a)Twomembersofthesenate,withonemembertobeappointedbythe |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5presidentprotemporeofthesenateandonemembertobeappointedbytheminority |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6floorleader;and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7 (b)Twomembersofthehouseofrepresentatives,withonemembertobe |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8appointedbythespeakerofthehouseofrepresentativesandonemembertobe |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9appointedbytheminorityfloorleader; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10 (2)Thedirectorofthedepartmentofpublicsafetyorhisorherdesignee; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11 (3)Tworepresentativesappointedbythedirectorofthedepartmentofpublic |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12safetyfromamongthefollowing: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13 (a)AmemberfromtheMissouriPoliceChiefsAssociation; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 (b)AmemberfromtheMissouriSheriffs'Association;or |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15 (c)ThesuperintendentoftheMissourihighwaypatrolorhisorherdesignee; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16 (4)Oneormorerepresentativesappointedbythedirectorofpublicsafetyfrom |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17amongthefollowing: |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 (a)Theattorneygeneralorhisorherdesignee; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 (b)ThedirectoroftheMissouriofficeofprosecutionservices; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 (c)ThepresidentoftheMissouriassociationofprosecutingattorneys; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 (d)Ajudgeorattorneyworkinginajuvenilecourt;or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 (e)AnattorneyworkingintheUnitedStatesAttorney'sOffice; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 (5)Acountycoronerorarepresentativefromastatewidecoroner'sassociation; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25 (6)Threeormorerepresentativesappointedbythedirectorofpublicsafety |
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| 38 | 38 | | 26fromamongthefollowing: |
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| 39 | 39 | | 27 (a)Astatewideorlocalorganizationthatprovideslegalservicestowomenand |
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| 40 | 40 | | 28girls; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 29 (b)Astatewideorlocalorganizationthatprovidesadvocacyorcounselingfor |
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| 42 | 42 | | 30womenandgirlswhohavebeenvictimsofviolence; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 31 (c)Astatewideorlocalorganizationthatprovidesservicestowomenandgirls; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 32or |
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| 45 | 45 | | 33 (d)Awomanwhoisasurvivorofgenderviolence. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 34 2.Thetaskforceshallappointachairwhoiselectedbyamajorityvoteofthe |
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| 47 | 47 | | 35membersofthetaskforce.ThetaskforceshallhaveaninitialmeetingbeforeOctober |
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| 48 | 48 | | 361,2025.Themembersofthetaskforceshallservewithoutcompensationbutshallbe |
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| 49 | 49 | | 37entitledtonecessaryandactualexpensesincurredinattendingmeetingsofthetask |
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| 50 | 50 | | 38force. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 39 3.Thetaskforceshallexamineandreportonthefollowing: |
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| 52 | 52 | | 40 (1)Thesystemiccausesbehindviolencethatwomenandgirlsexperience, |
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| 53 | 53 | | 41includingpatternsandunderlyingfactorsthatexplainwhydisproportionatelyhigh |
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| 54 | 54 | | 42levelsofviolenceoccuragainstwomenandgirls,includingunderlyinghistorical,social, |
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| 55 | 55 | | 43economic,institutional,andculturalfactorsthatmaycontributetotheviolence; |
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| 56 | 56 | | 44 (2)Appropriatemethodsfortrackingandcollectingdataonviolenceagainst |
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| 57 | 57 | | 45womenandgirls,includingdataonmissingandmurderedwomenandgirls; |
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| 58 | 58 | | 46 (3)Policiesandinstitutionssuchaspolicing,childwelfare,coronerpractices, |
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| 59 | 59 | | 47andothergovernmentalpracticesthatimpactviolenceagainstwomenandgirls,andthe |
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| 60 | 60 | | 48investigationandprosecutionofcrimesofgenderviolenceagainstwomenandgirls; |
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| 61 | 61 | | 49 (4)Measuresnecessarytoaddressandreduceviolenceagainstwomenandgirls; |
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| 62 | 62 | | 50and |
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| 63 | 63 | | 51 (5)Measurestohelpvictims,victims'families,andvictims'communitiesprevent |
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| 64 | 64 | | 52andhealfromviolencethatoccursagainstwomenandgirls. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 53 4.Thedepartmentofpublicsafetyshallprovideadministrativesupporttothe |
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| 66 | 66 | | 54taskforce. |
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| 67 | 67 | | HB485 2 55 5.OnorbeforeDecemberthirty-firstofeachyear,thetaskforceshallsubmita |
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| 68 | 68 | | 56reportonitsfindingstothegovernorandthegeneralassembly. |
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| 69 | 69 | | 57 6.ThetaskforceshallexpireonDecember31,2027,unlessextendeduntil |
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| 70 | 70 | | 58December31,2029,asdeterminednecessarybythedepartmentofpublicsafety. |
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| 71 | 71 | | âś” |
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| 72 | 72 | | HB485 3 |
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