Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB259 Compare Versions

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2	2	EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
3	3	and is intended to be omitted in the law.
4	4	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5	5	SENATE BILL NO. 259
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WASHINGTON.
8	8	0862S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal sections 565.002 and 565.240, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
11	11	relating to offenses against employees of election authorities, with penalty provisions.
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13	13	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
14	14	Section A. Sections 565.002 and 565.240, RSMo, are 1
15	15	repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to b e 2
16	16	known as sections 565.002 and 565.240, to read as follows:3
17	17	565.002. As used in this chapter, unless a different 1
18	18	meaning is otherwise plainly required the following terms 2
19	19	mean: 3
20	20	(1) "Adequate cause", cause that would reasonably 4
21	21	produce a degree of passion in a person of ordinary 5
22	22	temperament sufficient to substantially impair an ordinary 6
23	23	person's capacity for self -control; 7
24	24	(2) "Child", a person under seventeen years of age; 8
25	25	(3) "Conduct", includes any act or omission; 9
26	26	(4) "Course of conduct", a pattern of conduct composed 10
27	27	of two or more acts, which may include communication by any 11
28	28	means, over a period of time, however short, evidencing a 12
29	29	continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected activity 13
30	30	is not included within the meaning of course of conduct. 14
31	31	Such constitutionally protected activity includes picketing 15
32	32	or other organized protests; 16
33	33	(5) "Deliberation", cool reflection for any length of 17
34	34	time no matter how brief; 18 SB 259 2
35	35	(6) "Domestic victim", a household or family member as 19
36	36	the term "family" or "household member" is defined in 20
37	37	section 455.010, including any child who is a member of the 21
38	38	household or family; 22
39	39	(7) "Emotional distress", something markedly greater 23
40	40	than the level of uneasiness, nervousnes s, unhappiness, or 24
41	41	the like which are commonly experienced in day -to-day living; 25
42	42	(8) "Full or partial nudity", the showing of all or 26
43	43	any part of the human genitals, pubic area, buttock, or any 27
44	44	part of the nipple of the breast of any female person, with 28
45	45	less than a fully opaque covering; 29
46	46	(9) "Legal custody", the right to the care, custody 30
47	47	and control of a child; 31
48	48	(10) "Parent", either a biological parent or a parent 32
49	49	by adoption; 33
50	50	(11) "Person having a right of custody", a parent o r 34
51	51	legal guardian of the child; 35
52	52	(12) "Photographs" or "films", the making of any 36
53	53	photograph, motion picture film, videotape, or any other 37
54	54	recording or transmission of the image of a person; 38
55	55	(13) "Place where a person would have a reasonable 39
56	56	expectation of privacy", any place where a reasonable person 40
57	57	would believe that a person could disrobe in privacy, 41
58	58	without being concerned that the person's undressing was 42
59	59	being viewed, photographed or filmed by another; 43
60	60	(14) "Special victim", any of the following: 44
61	61	(a) A law enforcement officer assaulted in the 45
62	62	performance of his or her official duties or as a direct 46
63	63	result of such official duties; 47
64	64	(b) Emergency personnel, any paid or volunteer 48
65	65	firefighter, emergency room, hospital, or trauma center 49
66	66	personnel, or emergency medical technician, assaulted in the 50 SB 259 3
67	67	performance of his or her official duties or as a direct 51
68	68	result of such official duties; 52
69	69	(c) A probation and parole officer assaulted in the 53
70	70	performance of his or her o fficial duties or as a direct 54
71	71	result of such official duties; 55
72	72	(d) An elderly person; 56
73	73	(e) A person with a disability; 57
74	74	(f) A vulnerable person; 58
75	75	(g) Any jailer or corrections officer of the state or 59
76	76	one of its political subdivisions assaulted in the 60
77	77	performance of his or her official duties or as a direct 61
78	78	result of such official duties; 62
79	79	(h) A highway worker in a construction or work zone as 63
80	80	the terms "highway worker", "construction zone", and "work 64
81	81	zone" are defined under se ction 304.580; 65
82	82	(i) Any utility worker, meaning any employee of a 66
83	83	utility that provides gas, heat, electricity, water, steam, 67
84	84	telecommunications services, or sewer services, whether 68
85	85	privately, municipally, or cooperatively owned, while in the 69
86	86	performance of his or her job duties, including any person 70
87	87	employed under a contract; 71
88	88	(j) Any cable worker, meaning any employee of a cable 72
89	89	operator, as such term is defined in section 67.2677, 73
90	90	including any person employed under contract, while in th e 74
91	91	performance of his or her job duties; [and] 75
92	92	(k) Any employee of a mass transit system, including 76
93	93	any employee of public bus or light rail companies, while in 77
94	94	the performance of his or her job duties; and 78
95	95	(l) Any employee of an election aut hority as defined 79
96	96	in section 115.015; 80
97	97	(15) "Sudden passion", passion directly caused by and 81
98	98	arising out of provocation by the victim or another acting 82 SB 259 4
99	99	with the victim which passion arises at the time of the 83
100	100	offense and is not solely the result of former provocation; 84
101	101	(16) "Trier", the judge or jurors to whom issues of 85
102	102	fact, guilt or innocence, or the assessment and declaration 86
103	103	of punishment are submitted for decision; 87
104	104	(17) "Views", the looking upon of another person, with 88
105	105	the unaided eye or with any device designed or intended to 89
106	106	improve visual acuity, for the purpose of arousing or 90
107	107	gratifying the sexual desire of any person. 91
108	108	565.240. 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful 1
109	109	posting of certain information ov er the internet if he or 2
110	110	she knowingly posts the name, home address, Social Security 3
111	111	number, telephone number, or any other personally 4
112	112	identifiable information of any person on the internet 5
113	113	intending to cause great bodily harm or death, or 6
114	114	threatening to cause great bodily harm or death to such 7
115	115	person. 8
116	116	2. The offense of unlawful posting of certain 9
117	117	information over the internet is a class C misdemeanor, 10
118	118	unless the person knowingly posts on the internet the name, 11
119	119	home address, Social Security n umber, telephone number, or 12
120	120	any other personally identifiable information of any law 13
121	121	enforcement officer, corrections officer, parole officer, 14
122	122	judge, commissioner, [or] prosecuting attorney, or any 15
123	123	employee of an election authority as defined in sectio n 16
124	124	115.015, or of any immediate family member of such law 17
125	125	enforcement officer, corrections officer, parole officer, 18
126	126	judge, commissioner, [or] prosecuting attorney, or any 19
127	127	employee of an election authority as defined in section 20
128	128	115.015, intending to cause great bodily harm or death, or 21
129	129	threatening to cause great bodily harm or death, in which 22
130	130	case it is a class E felony, and if such intention or threat 23 SB 259 5
131	131	results in bodily harm or death to such person or immediate 24
132	132	family member, the offense of unlawful posting of certain 25
133	133	information over the internet is a class D felony. 26
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