FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 127
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WASHINGTON.
0858S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 571, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the offense of
unlawful possession of a handgun, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 571, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 571.075, to read as 2
follows:3
571.075. 1. As used in this section, the following 1
terms mean: 2
(1) "Handgun", a firearm that has a short stock and is 3
designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; 4
(2) "Juvenile detention facility", the same meaning as 5
defined under section 211.151; 6
(3) "Minor", a person who is under eighteen years of 7
age or, if a member of the United States Armed Forc es, under 8
eighteen years of age. 9
2. A person commits the offense of unlawful possession 10
of a handgun if the person is a minor and knowingly 11
possesses a handgun. 12
3. The offense of unlawful possession of a handgun is 13
punishable by imposition of a fine not to exceed two hundred 14
dollars, imprisonment in a juvenile detention facility for a 15
period not to exceed ten days, or both. 16