HCS #2 HB 495 (LR# 1623H.08C)
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Bill
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84.012,
84.020,
84.030,
84.100,
84.150,
84.160,
84.170,
84.225,
84.325,
105.726,
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HB 495 This bill establishes a Board of Police Commissioners, as of August 28, 2025, made up of four
citizen commissioners from the city of St. Louis and the mayor of St. Louis. The Board will
assume control of the St. Louis Police Department as well as the obligations and responsibilities
of the Department.
304.012,
304.145
This bill prohibits stunt driving on the roads and highways of the state. A violation of this
provision is a class B misdemeanor unless an accident is involved, in which case it is a class A
misdemeanor. The bill also prohibits stunt driving in connection with a street takeover as well as
performing or participating in a street takeover. A violation of this provision is a class A
misdemeanor for a first offense, a class E felony for a second offense, and a class D felony for a
third or subsequent offense. The bill also specifies minimum prison terms for defendants who are
proven to be prior, persistent, aggravated, chronic, or habitual offenders.
556.061,
568.045
This bill adds endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree to the definition for
“dangerous felony” and it amends the offense of endangering the welfare of a child to include
when a person, in the presence of a child or in a residence where a child resides, manufactures,
compounds, possesses, produces, prepares, sells, transports, tests, or analyzes fentanyl or
carfentanil or any analogue thereof.
574.050 Currently, the offense of rioting is committed when a person knowingly assembles and conspires
with six or more individuals to violate the criminal laws of this state or of the United States, and
the offense is a class A misdemeanor. This bill removes the requirement for a conspiracy and it
involves a person assembling with six or more persons and thereafter violating any of the
criminal laws of this state or of the United States. The penalty is increased to a class D felony for
a first offense and a class C felony for a second or subsequent offense. HCS #2 HB 495 (LR# 1623H.08C)
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575.150 For offenses of resisting arrest, detention, or stop that are subject to a penalty of a class E felony,
any vehicle used in violation of the section will be impounded and forfeited.
590.208 The bill establishes the “Committee on School Safety” within the Department of Public Safety
for the purpose of evaluating and establishing guidelines for school safety concerns, including
plans to prevent school firearm violence.
ADDED IN HCS HB 495 (LR# 1623H.07C)
44.087,
300.100,
304.022
HCS HB 495 This bill allows the chief law enforcement executive for a law enforcement agency to request
assistance form a law enforcement agency in another jurisdiction, including from outside the
state but within the United States. The bill creates provisions for how arrests are handled if
executed by an officer outside of his or her jurisdiction.
The bill also amends provisions related to emergency vehicles. The bill provides that an
authorized emergency vehicle operated as a police vehicle is not required to use an audible signal
or display a visual signal when the vehicle is being used to get evidence of a speeding violation,
respond to a suspected crime in progress where a signal could reasonably result in the destruction
of evidence or escape of a suspect, or to conduct surveillance of a vehicle or the passengers of a
vehicle who are suspected of involvement in a crime.
569.170,
569.175
This bill adds to the offense of burglary in the second degree when a person unlawfully enters a
motor vehicle or any part of a motor vehicle with the intent to commit a theft or any felony. The
bill defines "enters" as a person intruding with any part of the body or any physical object
connected with the body. If a person who commits a violation under this provision was in
possession of a firearm at the time or stole a firearm from the motor vehicle during the violation,
he or she is guilty of a class C felony.
The bill also creates the offense of unlawfully gaining entry into a motor vehicle, which a person
commits if he or she lifts the door handles or otherwise tries the doors and locks of successive
vehicles in an attempt to gain entry. A violation of this section is a class E felony. A person does
not commit the offense of unlawfully gaining entry into a motor vehicle if the person is the owner
of the vehicle or has the owner's permission to enter the vehicle.
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455.095
This modifies the date of expiry for electronic monitoring with victim notification. The
provisions expired on August 28, 2024, but this bill extends the expiration date to August 28,
2034.
ADDED IN HCS #2 HB 495 (LR #1623H.08C)
43.505 HCS #2 HB 495 This bill requires every law enforcement agency in the state to report to the Department of Public
Safety information pertaining to the immigration status of any criminal offender, indicating
whether the offender is a citizen of the U.S., is a lawfully present immigrant, or does not possess
the information to show that he or she is a citizen of the U.S. or a lawfully present immigrant.
191.1005 This bill prohibits any individual or entity from knowingly opening, leasing, renting, using,
maintaining, managing, operating, or controlling a public or private facility, site, or building for
the purpose of allowing individuals to self-administer pre-obtained controlled substances the
possession of which is criminally punishable and is not otherwise allowed by law.
211.141 This bill requires a juvenile officer to use a cumulative total of points assessed for all alleged
offense committed to determine in a risk and needs assessment whether the court shall order a
child to be detained as provided in Section 211.151.
302.304,
302.440,
302.525,
302.574
This bill requires an individual to have an ignition interlock device installed on any vehicle the
individual will use if the individual is convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense in which
the individual’s BAC is found to be of a certain level specified in the bill.
455.095 This bill extends the expiration date of the electronic monitoring with victim notification system
to August 28, 2034.
513.605 This bill modifies the offenses included in the definition of “criminal activity” for purposes of the
Criminal Activity Forfeiture Act. Specifically, it includes felony violations of the traffic laws of
this state that involve the use of a motor vehicle and offenses under the Missouri Criminal Street
Gangs Prevention Act.
531.050 This bill permanently prohibits a person against whom a quo warranto judgment is entered or
who resigns during the pendency of a quo warranto action from holding, being appointed to, or
appearing on any ballot for the office for which the judgment was entered HCS #2 HB 495 (LR# 1623H.08C)
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566.210,
566.211
This bill increases the term of imprisonment for sex trafficking of a child in the first degree from
a minimum of 25 years before eligibility for probation or parole to a minimum of 30 years. It also
increases the minimum prison terms for sex trafficking of a child in the second degree from a
minimum of 10 years to a minimum of 25 years, and increases the minimum required to be
served before eligibility for probation or parole from 25 years to 30 years.
569.151,
570.030
This bill specifies that a person commits the offense of organized retail theft if he or she commits
a series of thefts of retail merchandise on the premises of a merchant or through the use of the
Internet with the intent to return the merchandise to the merchant for value or resell, trade, or
barter the merchandise for value in any manner.
The offense of organized retail theft is a class C felony if the aggregate value of the property or
services, as determined under the bill, involved in all thefts committed during a 120-day period is
between $1,500 and $10,000 and a class B felony if such aggregate value is over $10,000. In
addition to any other penalty, the person who violates the provisions of this bill will be ordered to
pay restitution.
The bill amends the offense of stealing, making it a class B felony if a person commits organized
retail theft and the value of the property taken combined with any damage is $10,000 or more and
a class C felony if the value is at least $750 but less than $10,000.
574.045 This bill creates the offense of unlawful traffic interference, which is an infraction unless it is a
second offense, in which case it is a class A misdemeanor. A third or subsequent violation is a
class E felony. A person commits the offense of unlawful traffic interference if he or she intends
to impede vehicular traffic and he or she walks, stands, sits, kneels, lies, or places an object in a
manner as to block passage by a vehicle on a public street, highway, or interstate highway.
575.133 This bill modifies the offense of filing a nonconsensual common law lien by specifying that it is a
class A misdemeanor for a second offense, and a class E felony for a third or subsequent offense.
A person convicted of a third or subsequent violation of this statute will be considered a
persistent offender.
576.030 This bill modifies the offense of obstructing government operations by increasing the penalty
from a class B misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor and limits the penalty to when a person
commits the offense by threatening violence, force, or other physical interference or obstacle. It
also adds that it is a E felony if the person actually uses violence, force, or other physical
interference or obstacle. HCS #2 HB 495 (LR# 1623H.08C)
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577.150 This bill modifies the offense of tampering with a water supply, which is currently a class A
misdemeanor. The bill increases the penalty to a class E felony if a person poisons, defiles, or in
any way corrupts the water of a well, spring, brook, or reservoir used for domestic or municipal
purposes. It is still a class A misdemeanor if a person diverts, dams up, and holds back from its
natural course and flow of any spring, brook, or other water supply for domestic or municipal
purposes.