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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.
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5	5	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
6	6	SENATE BILL NO. 284
7	7	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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9	9	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BROWN (26).
10	10	1020S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
11	11	AN ACT
12	12	To repeal sections 190.142, 210.1505, 211.326, 324.035, 337.618, 455.010, 455.035, 455.513,
13	13	491.075, 491.641, 492.304, 566.151, 567.030, 590.050, and 610.131, RSMo, and
14	14	section 56.265 as enacted by senate bill no. 672, ninety-seventh general assembly,
15	15	second regular session, and section 56.265 as enacted by senate bill no. 275, ninetieth
16	16	general assembly, first regular session, and to enact in lieu thereof twenty new sections
17	17	relating to the protection of vulnerable persons, with penalty provisions.
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20	20	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
21	21	Section A. Sections 190.142, 210.1505, 211.326, 324.035, 1
22	22	337.618, 455.010, 455.035, 455.513, 491.075, 491.641, 492.304, 2
23	23	566.151, 567.030, 590.050, and 610.131, RSMo, and section 3
24	24	56.265 as enacted by senate bill no. 672, ninety-seventh general 4
25	25	assembly, second regular session, and section 56.265 as enacted 5
26	26	by senate bill no. 275, ninetieth general assembly, first 6
27	27	regular session, are repealed and twenty new sections enacted 7
28	28	in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 27.170, 56.265, 8
29	29	190.142, 210.1505, 211.326, 324.035, 337.618, 455.010, 455.035, 9
30	30	455.513, 491.075, 491.641, 492.304, 556.039, 566.151, 566.207, 10
31	31	567.030, 589.700, 590.050, and 610.131, to read as follows:11
32	32	27.170. 1. There is hereby established the "Committee 1
33	33	on Sex and Human Trafficking Training". 2
34	34	2. The committee shall consist of the following 3
35	35	members: 4 SB 284 2
36	36	(1) A representative of the attorney general's office 5
37	37	who is involved in the office's anti-trafficking efforts 6
38	38	appointed by the attorney general; 7
39	39	(2) A representative of the department of public 8
40	40	safety with experience in human trafficking investigations 9
41	41	appointed by the director of the department of public safety; 10
42	42	(3) A representative from a child advocacy center 11
43	43	appointed by the director of a statewide nonprofit 12
44	44	organization that advocates for the protection of children; 13
45	45	(4) A juvenile officer appointed by the chief justice 14
46	46	of the supreme court of Missouri; 15
47	47	(5) A representative from an agency providing victim 16
48	48	services appointed by the director of the department of 17
49	49	social services; 18
50	50	(6) A representative from a child abuse medical 19
51	51	resource center, as defined in section 334.950, appointed by 20
52	52	the director of the department of health and senior 21
53	53	services; and 22
54	54	(7) The executive director of the Missouri office of 23
55	55	prosecution services or his or her designee. 24
56	56	3. The member who represents the attorney general's 25
57	57	office shall serve as chair of the committee. 26
58	58	4. Members of the committee shall serve without 27
59	59	compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses 28
60	60	necessary to the performance of their official duties for 29
61	61	the committee. 30
62	62	5. The committee shall annually evaluate, and 31
63	63	establish guidelines for, the sex and human trafficking 32
64	64	training required under sections 56.265, 190.142, 211.326, 33
65	65	337.618, and 590.050. The committee shall produce, and 34
66	66	distribute in a digital platform, training that meets its 35 SB 284 3
67	67	guidelines. The committee may approve training produced by 36
68	68	other entities as consistent with its guidelines. 37
69	69	6. Any board, department, or agency that regulates any 38
70	70	profession for which sex and human trafficking training is 39
71	71	required as described in subsection 5 of this section may 40
72	72	provide such training. Funding for the training shall be 41
73	73	subject to appropriations. 42
74	74	7. The provisions of this section shall become 43
75	75	effective on January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 44
76	76	31, 2030. 45
77	77	[56.265. 1. The county prosecuting 1
78	78	attorney in any county, other than in a 2
79	79	chartered county, shall receive an annual salary 3
80	80	computed using the following schedule, when 4
81	81	applicable. The assessed valuation factor shall 5
82	82	be the amount thereof as shown for the year 6
83	83	immediately preceding the year for which the 7
84	84	computation is done. 8
85	85	(1) For a full-time prosecutor the 9
86	86	prosecutor shall receive compensation equal to 10
87	87	the compensation of an associate circuit judge; 11
88	88	(2) For a part-time prosecutor: 12
89	89	13 Assessed Valuation Amount
90	90	14 $18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $37,000
91	91	15 41,000,000 to 53,999,999 38,000
92	92	16 54,000,000 to 65,999,999 39,000
93	93	17 66,000,000 to 85,999,999 41,000
94	94	18 86,000,000 to 99,999,999 43,000
95	95	19 100,000,000 to 130,999,999 45,000
96	96	20 131,000,000 to 159,999,999 47,000
97	97	21 160,000,000 to 189,999,999 49,000 SB 284 4
98	98	2. Two thousand dollars of the salary 25
99	99	authorized in this section shall be payable to 26
100	100	the prosecuting attorney only if the prosecuting 27
101	101	attorney has completed at least twenty hours of 28
102	102	classroom instruction each calendar year 29
103	103	relating to the operations of the prosecuting 30
104	104	attorney's office when approved by a 31
105	105	professional association of the county 32
106	106	prosecuting attorneys of Missouri unless 33
107	107	exempted from the training by the professional 34
108	108	association. The professional association 35
109	109	approving the program shall provide a 36
110	110	certificate of completion to each prosecuting 37
111	111	attorney who completes the training program and 38
112	112	shall send a list of certified prosecuting 39
113	113	attorneys to the treasurer of each county. 40
114	114	Expenses incurred for attending the training 41
115	115	session may be reimbursed to the county 42
116	116	prosecuting attorney in the same manner as other 43
117	117	expenses as may be appropriated for that purpose. 44
118	118	3. As used in this section, the term 45
119	119	"prosecuting attorney" includes the circuit 46
120	120	attorney of any city not within a county. 47
121	121	4. The prosecuting attorney of any county 48
122	122	which becomes a county of the first 49
123	123	classification during a four-year term of office 50
124	124	or a county which passed the proposition 51
125	125	authorized by subsection 1 of section 56.363 52
126	126	shall not be required to devote full time to 53
127	127	such office pursuant to section 56.067 until the 54
128	128	beginning of the prosecuting attorney's next 55
129	129	term of office or until the proposition 56
130	130	otherwise becomes effective. 57
131	131	5. The provisions of section 56.066 shall 58
132	132	not apply to full-time prosecutors who are 59
133	133	22 190,000,000 to 249,999,999 51,000
134	134	23 250,000,000 to 299,999,999 53,000
135	135	24 300,000,000 or more 55,000 SB 284 5
136	136	compensated pursuant to subdivision (1) of 60
137	137	subsection 1 of this section.] 61
138	138	56.265. 1. The county prosecuting attorney in any 1
139	139	county, other than in a chartered county, shall receive an 2
140	140	annual salary computed using the following schedule, when 3
141	141	applicable. The assessed valuation factor shall be the 4
142	142	amount thereof as shown for the year immediately preceding 5
143	143	the year for which the computation is done. 6
144	144	(1) For a full-time prosecutor the prosecutor shall 7
145	145	receive compensation equal to the compensation of an 8
146	146	associate circuit judge; 9
147	147	(2) For a part-time prosecutor: 10
148	148	11 Assessed Valuation Amount
149	149	12 $18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $37,000
150	150	13 41,000,000 to 53,999,999 38,000
151	151	14 54,000,000 to 65,999,999 39,000
152	152	15 66,000,000 to 85,999,999 41,000
153	153	16 86,000,000 to 99,999,999 43,000
154	154	17 100,000,000 to 130,999,999 45,000
155	155	18 131,000,000 to 159,999,999 47,000
156	156	19 160,000,000 to 189,999,999 49,000
157	157	20 190,000,000 to 249,999,999 51,000
158	158	21 250,000,000 to 299,999,999 53,000
159	159	22 300,000,000 or more 55,000 SB 284 6
160	160	2. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in 23
161	161	this section shall be payable to the prosecuting attorney 24
162	162	only if the prosecuting attorney has completed: 25
163	163	(1) At least twenty hours of classroom instruction 26
164	164	each calendar year relating to the operations of the 27
165	165	prosecuting attorney's office when approved by a 28
166	166	professional association of the county prosecuting attorneys 29
167	167	of Missouri unless exempted from the training by the 30
168	168	professional association. The professional association 31
169	169	approving the program shall provide a certificate of 32
170	170	completion to each prosecuting attorney who completes the 33
171	171	training program and shall send a list of certified 34
172	172	prosecuting attorneys to the treasurer of each county. 35
173	173	Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be 36
174	174	reimbursed to the county prosecuting attorney in the same 37
175	175	manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that 38
176	176	purpose; and 39
177	177	(2) One hour of sex and human trafficking training 40
178	178	each calendar year consistent with the guidelines 41
179	179	established in section 27.170. The provisions of this 42
180	180	subdivision shall become effective on January 1, 2026, and 43
181	181	shall expire on December 31, 2030. 44
182	182	3. As used in this section, the term "prosecuting 45
183	183	attorney" includes the circuit attorney of any city not 46
184	184	within a county. 47
185	185	4. The prosecuting attorney of any county which 48
186	186	becomes a county of the first classification during a four- 49
187	187	year term of office or a county which passed the proposition 50
188	188	authorized by section 56.363 shall not be required to devote 51
189	189	full time to such office pursuant to section 56.067 until 52
190	190	the beginning of the prosecuting attorney's next term of 53
191	191	office or until the proposition otherwise becomes effective. 54 SB 284 7
192	192	5. The provisions of section 56.066 shall not apply to 55
193	193	full-time prosecutors who are compensated pursuant to 56
194	194	subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section. 57
195	195	190.142. 1. (1) For applications submitted before 1
196	196	the recognition of EMS personnel licensure interstate 2
197	197	compact under sections 190.900 to 190.939 takes effect, the 3
198	198	department shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of 4
199	199	an application, cause such investigation as it deems 5
200	200	necessary to be made of the applicant for an emergency 6
201	201	medical technician's license. 7
202	202	(2) For applications submitted after the recognition 8
203	203	of EMS personnel licensure interstate compact under sections 9
204	204	190.900 to 190.939 takes effect, an applicant for initial 10
205	205	licensure as an emergency medical technician in this state 11
206	206	shall submit to a background check by the Missouri state 12
207	207	highway patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation 13
208	208	through a process approved by the department of health and 14
209	209	senior services. Such processes may include the use of 15
210	210	vendors or systems administered by the Missouri state 16
211	211	highway patrol. The department may share the results of 17
212	212	such a criminal background check with any emergency services 18
213	213	licensing agency in any member state, as that term is 19
214	214	defined under section 190.900, in recognition of the EMS 20
215	215	personnel licensure interstate compact. The department 21
216	216	shall not issue a license until the department receives the 22
217	217	results of an applicant's criminal background check from the 23
218	218	Missouri state highway patrol and the Federal Bureau of 24
219	219	Investigation, but, notwithstanding this subsection, the 25
220	220	department may issue a temporary license as provided under 26
221	221	section 190.143. Any fees due for a criminal background 27
222	222	check shall be paid by the applicant. 28 SB 284 8
223	223	(3) The director may authorize investigations into 29
224	224	criminal records in other states for any applicant. 30
225	225	2. The department shall issue a license to all levels 31
226	226	of emergency medical technicians, for a period of five 32
227	227	years, if the applicant meets the requirements established 33
228	228	pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245 and the rules 34
229	229	adopted by the department pursuant to sections 190.001 to 35
230	230	190.245. The department may promulgate rules relating to 36
231	231	the requirements for an emergency medical technician 37
232	232	including but not limited to: 38
233	233	(1) Age requirements; 39
234	234	(2) Emergency medical technician and paramedic 40
235	235	education and training requirements based on respective 41
236	236	National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards and 42
237	237	any modification to such curricula specified by the 43
238	238	department through rules adopted pursuant to sections 44
239	239	190.001 to 190.245; 45
240	240	(3) Paramedic accreditation requirements. Paramedic 46
241	241	training programs shall be accredited as required by the 47
242	242	National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians; 48
243	243	(4) Initial licensure testing requirements. Initial 49
244	244	paramedic licensure testing shall be through the national 50
245	245	registry of EMTs; 51
246	246	(5) (a) Continuing education and relicensure 52
247	247	requirements. 53
248	248	(b) a. The department shall require each emergency 54
249	249	medical technician and each advanced emergency medical 55
250	250	technician, including each paramedic, to receive the 56
251	251	following training as part of the continuing education 57
252	252	requirements for relicensure: 58
253	253	(i) Any licensee who submits an application for 59
254	254	relicensure before January 1, 2027, shall have completed one 60 SB 284 9
255	255	hour of sex and human trafficking training, consistent with 61
256	256	the guidelines established in section 27.170, before such 62
257	257	submission; 63
258	258	(ii) Any licensee who submits an application for 64
259	259	relicensure after December 31, 2026, and before January 1, 65
260	260	2028, shall have completed two hours of sex and human 66
261	261	trafficking training, consistent with the guidelines 67
262	262	established in section 27.170, before such submission; 68
263	263	(iii) Any licensee who submits an application for 69
264	264	relicensure after December 31, 2027, and before January 1, 70
265	265	2029, shall have completed three hours of sex and human 71
266	266	trafficking training, consistent with the guidelines 72
267	267	established in section 27.170, before such submission; and 73
268	268	(iv) Any licensee who submits an application for 74
269	269	relicensure after December 31, 2028, and before January 1, 75
270	270	2030, shall have completed four hours of sex and human 76
271	271	trafficking training, consistent with the guidelines 77
272	272	established in section 27.170, before such submission. 78
273	273	b. The provisions of this paragraph shall become 79
274	274	effective on January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 80
275	275	31, 2030; and 81
276	276	(6) Ability to speak, read and write the English 82
277	277	language. 83
278	278	3. Application for all levels of emergency medical 84
279	279	technician license shall be made upon such forms as 85
280	280	prescribed by the department in rules adopted pursuant to 86
281	281	sections 190.001 to 190.245. The application form shall 87
282	282	contain such information as the department deems necessary 88
283	283	to make a determination as to whether the emergency medical 89
284	284	technician meets all the requirements of sections 190.001 to 90
285	285	190.245 and rules promulgated pursuant to sections 190.001 91
286	286	to 190.245. 92 SB 284 10
287	287	4. All levels of emergency medical technicians may 93
288	288	perform only that patient care which is: 94
289	289	(1) Consistent with the training, education and 95
290	290	experience of the particular emergency medical technician; 96
291	291	and 97
292	292	(2) Ordered by a physician or set forth in protocols 98
293	293	approved by the medical director. 99
294	294	5. No person shall hold themselves out as an emergency 100
295	295	medical technician or provide the services of an emergency 101
296	296	medical technician unless such person is licensed by the 102
297	297	department. 103
298	298	6. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 104
299	299	defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 105
300	300	authority delegated in this section shall become effective 106
301	301	only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 107
302	302	provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 108
303	303	536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 109
304	304	if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 110
305	305	pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 111
306	306	date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 112
307	307	held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 113
308	308	authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 114
309	309	2002, shall be invalid and void. 115
310	310	210.1505. 1. There is hereby created the "Statewide 1
311	311	Council [on Sex] Against Adult Trafficking and the 2
312	312	Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children" [to] within the 3
313	313	office of the attorney general to make recommendations for a 4
314	314	coordinated statewide effort against the trafficking of 5
315	315	adults and children within the state of Missouri. The 6
316	316	council shall consist of the following members: 7
317	317	(1) [The following four members of the general 8
318	318	assembly: 9 SB 284 11
319	319	(a) Two members of the senate, with one member to be 10
320	320	appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one 11
321	321	member to be appointed by the minority floor leader of the 12
322	322	senate; and 13
323	323	(b) Two members of the house of representatives, with 14
324	324	one member to be appointed by the speaker of the house of 15
325	325	representatives and one member to be appointed by the 16
326	326	minority floor leader of the house of representatives] The 17
327	327	attorney general or his or her designee, who shall serve as 18
328	328	the chair of the council; 19
329	329	(2) The director of the children's division or his or 20
330	330	her designee; 21
331	331	(3) The director of the department of public safety or 22
332	332	his or her designee; 23
333	333	(4) The director of the department of mental health or 24
334	334	his or her designee; 25
335	335	(5) The director of the office of prosecution services 26
336	336	or his or her designee; 27
337	337	(6) The superintendent of the Missouri state highway 28
338	338	patrol or his or her designee; 29
339	339	(7) The executive director of the statewide network of 30
340	340	child advocacy organizations [specializing in the prevention 31
341	341	of child abuse or neglect] or his or her designee; 32
342	342	(8) The executive director of the statewide coalition 33
343	343	against domestic and sexual violence or his or her designee; 34
344	344	(9) The executive director of the Missouri Juvenile 35
345	345	Justice Association or his or her designee; 36
346	346	(10) The director of the attorney general's human 37
347	347	trafficking task force or his or her designee; 38
348	348	(11) Two representatives from agencies providing 39
349	349	services to victims of child sex trafficking and sexual 40
350	350	exploitation [who reflect the geographic diversity of the 41 SB 284 12
351	351	state and who shall be appointed by the director of the 42
352	352	department of social services]; and 43
353	353	(12) Two members of the senate to be appointed by the 44
354	354	president pro tempore of the senate; 45
355	355	(13) Two members of the house of representatives to be 46
356	356	appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; 47
357	357	(14) A member of the judiciary, who shall be appointed 48
358	358	by the Missouri supreme court; 49
359	359	(15) The commissioner of the department of elementary 50
360	360	and secondary education or his or her designee; 51
361	361	(16) A designee from the governor's office; 52
362	362	(17) Two human trafficking survivors identified by a 53
363	363	children's advocacy center who are willing to serve on the 54
364	364	council; and 55
365	365	(18) A representative from any other government or 56
366	366	nongovernment organization deemed necessary by the attorney 57
367	367	general. 58
368	368	2. A majority of the members of the council shall 59
369	369	constitute a quorum. The council shall be created within 60
370	370	thirty days of August 28, 2025, and shall hold its first 61
371	371	meeting within thirty days after the council's creation [and 62
372	372	organize by selecting a chair and a vice chair]. The 63
373	373	council shall meet at [the call of the chair] least 64
374	374	quarterly. The council may create a subgroup to offer 65
375	375	recommendations on specific issues as deemed necessary. 66
376	376	3. [The council shall: 67
377	377	(1) Collect and analyze data relating to sex 68
378	378	trafficking and sexual exploitation of children, including 69
379	379	the number of reports made to the children's division under 70
380	380	section 210.115, any information obtained from phone calls 71
381	381	to the national sex trafficking hotline, the number of 72
382	382	reports made to law enforcement, arrests, prosecution rates, 73 SB 284 13
383	383	and any other data important for any recommendations of the 74
384	384	council. State departments and council members shall 75
385	385	provide relevant data as requested by the council to fulfill 76
386	386	the council's duties; and 77
387	387	(2) Collect feedback from stakeholders, practitioners, 78
388	388	and leadership throughout the state in order to develop best 79
389	389	practices and procedures regarding the response to sex 80
390	390	trafficking and sexual exploitation of children, including 81
391	391	identification and assessment of victims; response and 82
392	392	treatment coordination and collaboration across systems; 83
393	393	trauma-informed, culturally competent victim-centered 84
394	394	services; training for professionals in all systems; and 85
395	395	investigating and prosecuting perpetrators. 86
396	396	4. The department of social services shall provide 87
397	397	administrative support to the council. 88
398	398	5. On or before December 31, 2023, the council shall 89
399	399	submit a report of the council's activities to the governor 90
400	400	and general assembly and the joint committee on child abuse 91
401	401	and neglect under section 21.771. The report shall include 92
402	402	recommendations for priority needs and actions, including 93
403	403	statutory or regulatory changes relating to the response to 94
404	404	sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of children and 95
405	405	services for child victims. 96
406	406	6. The council shall expire on December 31, 2023] 97
407	407	There shall be an executive director who shall be appointed 98
408	408	by the attorney general who shall fix his or her 99
409	409	compensation and provide for such other administrative 100
410	410	personnel as necessary within the limits of appropriations 101
411	411	provided in subsection 4 of this section. The executive 102
412	412	director shall serve under the supervision of the attorney 103
413	413	general who shall provide necessary office space. 104 SB 284 14
414	414	4. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury 105
415	415	the "Anti-Trafficking Fund", which shall consist of moneys 106
416	416	appropriated to it by the general assembly and any grants, 107
417	417	gifts, donations, and bequests. The state treasurer shall 108
418	418	be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 109
419	419	30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve 110
420	420	disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon 111
421	421	appropriation, moneys in this fund shall be used solely to 112
422	422	pay for the position of the executive director of the 113
423	423	statewide council against adult trafficking and the 114
424	424	commercial sexual exploitation of children, education and 115
425	425	awareness regarding human trafficking, and anti-trafficking 116
426	426	efforts throughout the state of Missouri. 117
427	427	(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 118
428	428	to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 119
429	429	of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 120
430	430	general revenue fund. 121
431	431	(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 122
432	432	fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 123
433	433	interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 124
434	434	credited to the fund. 125
435	435	211.326. 1. The state courts administrator shall: 1
436	436	(1) Evaluate existing services by establishing 2
437	437	performance standards including performance standards for 3
438	438	juvenile courts receiving diversion funds; 4
439	439	(2) Develop standards for orientation training for all 5
440	440	new juvenile court professional personnel, including 6
441	441	juvenile officers, deputy juvenile officers and other 7
442	442	personnel deemed necessary by the state courts administrator; 8
443	443	(3) Develop standards for continuing education for 9
444	444	existing juvenile court professional personnel, including 10 SB 284 15
445	445	juvenile officers, deputy juvenile officers and other 11
446	446	personnel deemed necessary by the state courts administrator; 12
447	447	(4) Develop a process to evaluate services and collect 13
448	448	relevant outcome data; 14
449	449	(5) Develop a standardized assessment form for 15
450	450	classifying juvenile offenders; and 16
451	451	(6) Develop guidelines for juvenile court judges to 17
452	452	use in determining the length of time a child may be 18
453	453	detained prior to informal adjustment or formal adjudication. 19
454	454	2. Standards, training and assessment forms developed 20
455	455	pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall be developed 21
456	456	considering racial disparities in the juvenile justice 22
457	457	system. 23
458	458	3. Continuing education standards established under 24
459	459	subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section shall 25
460	460	include a requirement that each juvenile officer annually 26
461	461	complete one hour of sex and human trafficking training 27
462	462	consistent with the guidelines established in section 28
463	463	27.170. The provisions of this subsection shall become 29
464	464	effective on January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 30
465	465	31, 2030. 31
466	466	324.035. 1. No board, commission, or committee within 1
467	467	the division of professional registration shall utilize 2
468	468	occupational fees, or any other fees associated with 3
469	469	licensing requirements, or contract or partner with any 4
470	470	outside vendor or agency for the purpose of offering 5
471	471	continuing education classes unless the continuing education 6
472	472	program is approved by the director of the division of 7
473	473	professional registration and is available to all licensees 8
474	474	of the board, commission, or committee. 9
475	475	2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 10
476	476	preclude a board, commission, or committee within the 11 SB 284 16
477	477	division of professional registration from utilizing 12
478	478	occupational licensure fees for the purpose of participating 13
479	479	in conferences, seminars, or other outreach for the purpose 14
480	480	of communicating information to licensees with respect to 15
481	481	changes in policy, law, or regulations. 16
482	482	337.618. 1. Each license issued pursuant to the 1
483	483	provisions of sections 337.600 to 337.689 shall expire on a 2
484	484	renewal date established by the director. The term of 3
485	485	licensure shall be twenty-four months. The committee shall 4
486	486	require a minimum number of thirty clock hours of continuing 5
487	487	education for renewal of a license issued pursuant to 6
488	488	sections 337.600 to 337.689, including two hours of suicide 7
489	489	assessment, referral, treatment, and management training. 8
490	490	The committee shall renew any license upon application for a 9
491	491	renewal, completion of the required continuing education 10
492	492	hours and upon payment of the fee established by the 11
493	493	committee pursuant to the provisions of section 337.612. As 12
494	494	provided by rule, the board may waive or extend the time 13
495	495	requirements for completion of continuing education for 14
496	496	reasons related to health, military service, foreign 15
497	497	residency, or for other good cause. All requests for 16
498	498	waivers or extensions of time shall be made in writing and 17
499	499	submitted to the board before the renewal date. 18
500	500	2. The hours of continuing education required for 19
501	501	renewal of a license under this section shall include two 20
502	502	hours of sex and human trafficking training consistent with 21
503	503	the guidelines established in section 27.170. The 22
504	504	provisions of this subsection shall become effective on 23
505	505	January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 31, 2030. 24
506	506	455.010. As used in this chapter, unless the context 1
507	507	clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean: 2 SB 284 17
508	508	(1) "Abuse", includes but is not limited to the 3
509	509	occurrence of any of the following acts, attempts or threats 4
510	510	against a person who may be protected pursuant to this 5
511	511	chapter, except abuse shall not include abuse inflicted on a 6
512	512	child by accidental means by an adult household member or 7
513	513	discipline of a child, including spanking, in a reasonable 8
514	514	manner: 9
515	515	(a) "Abusing a pet", purposely or knowingly causing, 10
516	516	attempting to cause, or threatening to cause physical injury 11
517	517	to a pet with the intent to control, punish, intimidate, or 12
518	518	distress the petitioner; 13
519	519	(b) "Assault", purposely or knowingly placing or 14
520	520	attempting to place another in fear of physical harm; 15
521	521	(c) "Battery", purposely or knowingly causing physical 16
522	522	harm to another with or without a deadly weapon; 17
523	523	(d) "Coercion", compelling another by force or threat 18
524	524	of force to engage in conduct from which the latter has a 19
525	525	right to abstain or to abstain from conduct in which the 20
526	526	person has a right to engage; 21
527	527	(e) "Harassment", engaging in a purposeful or knowing 22
528	528	course of conduct involving more than one incident that 23
529	529	alarms or causes distress to an adult or child and serves no 24
530	530	legitimate purpose. The course of conduct must be such as 25
531	531	would cause a reasonable adult or child to suffer 26
532	532	substantial emotional distress and must actually cause 27
533	533	substantial emotional distress to the petitioner or child. 28
534	534	Such conduct might include, but is not limited to: 29
535	535	a. Following another about in a public place or places; 30
536	536	b. Peering in the window or lingering outside the 31
537	537	residence of another; but does not include constitutionally 32
538	538	protected activity; 33 SB 284 18
539	539	(f) "Sexual assault", causing or attempting to cause 34
540	540	another to engage involuntarily in any sexual act by force, 35
541	541	threat of force, duress, or without that person's consent; 36
542	542	(g) "Unlawful imprisonment", holding, confining, 37
543	543	detaining or abducting another person against that person's 38
544	544	will; 39
545	545	(2) "Adult", any person [seventeen] eighteen years of 40
546	546	age or older or otherwise emancipated; 41
547	547	(3) "Child", any person under [seventeen] eighteen 42
548	548	years of age unless otherwise emancipated; 43
549	549	(4) "Court", the circuit or associate circuit judge or 44
550	550	a family court commissioner; 45
551	551	(5) "Domestic violence", abuse or stalking committed 46
552	552	by a family or household member, as such terms are defined 47
553	553	in this section; 48
554	554	(6) "Ex parte order of protection", an order of 49
555	555	protection issued by the court before the respondent has 50
556	556	received notice of the petition or an opportunity to be 51
557	557	heard on it; 52
558	558	(7) "Family" or "household member", spouses, former 53
559	559	spouses, any person related by blood or marriage, persons 54
560	560	who are presently residing together or have resided together 55
561	561	in the past, any person who is or has been in a continuing 56
562	562	social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with 57
563	563	the victim, and anyone who has a child in common regardless 58
564	564	of whether they have been married or have resided together 59
565	565	at any time; 60
566	566	(8) "Full order of protection", an order of protection 61
567	567	issued after a hearing on the record where the respondent 62
568	568	has received notice of the proceedings and has had an 63
569	569	opportunity to be heard; 64 SB 284 19
570	570	(9) "Order of protection", either an ex parte order of 65
571	571	protection or a full order of protection; 66
572	572	(10) "Pending", exists or for which a hearing date has 67
573	573	been set; 68
574	574	(11) "Pet", a living creature maintained by a 69
575	575	household member for companionship and not for commercial 70
576	576	purposes; 71
577	577	(12) "Petitioner", a family or household member who 72
578	578	has been a victim of domestic violence, or any person who 73
579	579	has been the victim of stalking or sexual assault, or a 74
580	580	person filing on behalf of a child pursuant to section 75
581	581	455.503 who has filed a verified petition pursuant to the 76
582	582	provisions of section 455.020 or section 455.505; 77
583	583	(13) "Respondent", the family or household member 78
584	584	alleged to have committed an act of domestic violence, or 79
585	585	person alleged to have committed an act of stalking or 80
586	586	sexual assault, against whom a verified petition has been 81
587	587	filed or a person served on behalf of a child pursuant to 82
588	588	section 455.503; 83
589	589	(14) "Sexual assault", as defined under subdivision 84
590	590	(1) of this section; 85
591	591	(15) "Stalking", is when any person purposely engages 86
592	592	in an unwanted course of conduct that causes alarm to 87
593	593	another person, or a person who resides together in the same 88
594	594	household with the person seeking the order of protection 89
595	595	when it is reasonable in that person's situation to have 90
596	596	been alarmed by the conduct. As used in this subdivision: 91
597	597	(a) "Alarm", to cause fear of danger of physical harm; 92
598	598	and 93
599	599	(b) "Course of conduct", two or more acts that serve 94
600	600	no legitimate purpose including, but not limited to, acts in 95
601	601	which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through a third 96 SB 284 20
602	602	party follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or 97
603	603	communicates to a person by any action, method, or device. 98
604	604	455.035. 1. Upon the filing of a verified petition 1
605	605	pursuant to sections 455.010 to 455.085 and for good cause 2
606	606	shown in the petition, the court may immediately issue an ex 3
607	607	parte order of protection. An immediate and present danger 4
608	608	of domestic violence to the petitioner or the child on whose 5
609	609	behalf the petition is filed shall constitute good cause for 6
610	610	purposes of this section. An ex parte order of protection 7
611	611	entered by the court shall take effect when entered and 8
612	612	shall remain in effect until there is valid service of 9
613	613	process and a hearing is held on the motion. The court 10
614	614	shall deny the ex parte order and dismiss the petition if 11
615	615	the petitioner is not authorized to seek relief pursuant to 12
616	616	section 455.020. 13
617	617	2. Failure to serve an ex parte order of protection on 14
618	618	the respondent shall not affect the validity or 15
619	619	enforceability of such order. If the respondent is less 16
620	620	than [seventeen] eighteen years of age, unless otherwise 17
621	621	emancipated, service of process shall be made upon a 18
622	622	custodial parent or guardian of the respondent, or upon a 19
623	623	guardian ad litem appointed by the court, requiring that the 20
624	624	person appear and bring the respondent before the court at 21
625	625	the time and place stated. 22
626	626	3. If an ex parte order is entered and the respondent 23
627	627	is less than [seventeen] eighteen years of age, the court 24
628	628	shall transfer the case to juvenile court for a hearing on a 25
629	629	full order of protection. The court shall appoint a 26
630	630	guardian ad litem for any such respondent not represented by 27
631	631	a parent or guardian. 28
632	632	455.513. 1. The court may immediately issue an ex 1
633	633	parte order of protection upon the filing of a verified 2 SB 284 21
634	634	petition under sections 455.500 to 455.538, for good cause 3
635	635	shown in the petition, and upon finding that: 4
636	636	(1) No prior order regarding custody involving the 5
637	637	respondent and the child is pending or has been made; or 6
638	638	(2) The respondent is less than [seventeen] eighteen 7
639	639	years of age. 8
640	640	An immediate and present danger of domestic violence, 9
641	641	including danger to the child's pet, stalking, or sexual 10
642	642	assault to a child shall constitute good cause for purposes 11
643	643	of this section. An ex parte order of protection entered by 12
644	644	the court shall be in effect until the time of the hearing. 13
645	645	The court shall deny the ex parte order and dismiss the 14
646	646	petition if the petitioner is not authorized to seek relief 15
647	647	pursuant to section 455.505. 16
648	648	2. Upon the entry of the ex parte order of protection, 17
649	649	the court shall enter its order appointing a guardian ad 18
650	650	litem or court-appointed special advocate to represent the 19
651	651	child victim. 20
652	652	3. If the allegations in the petition would give rise 21
653	653	to jurisdiction under section 211.031, the court may direct 22
654	654	the children's division to conduct an investigation and to 23
655	655	provide appropriate services. The division shall submit a 24
656	656	written investigative report to the court and to the 25
657	657	juvenile officer within thirty days of being ordered to do 26
658	658	so. The report shall be made available to the parties and 27
659	659	the guardian ad litem or court-appointed special advocate. 28
660	660	4. If the allegations in the petition would give rise 29
661	661	to jurisdiction under section 211.031 because the respondent 30
662	662	is less than [seventeen] eighteen years of age, the court 31
663	663	may issue an ex parte order and shall transfer the case to 32 SB 284 22
664	664	juvenile court for a hearing on a full order of protection. 33
665	665	Service of process shall be made pursuant to section 455.035. 34
666	666	491.075. 1. A statement made by a child under the age 1
667	667	of [fourteen] eighteen, or a vulnerable person, relating to 2
668	668	an offense under chapter 565, 566, 568 or 573, performed by 3
669	669	another, not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule, 4
670	670	is admissible in evidence in criminal proceedings in the 5
671	671	courts of this state as substantive evidence to prove the 6
672	672	truth of the matter asserted if: 7
673	673	(1) The court finds, in a hearing conducted outside 8
674	674	the presence of the jury that the time, content and 9
675	675	circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indicia of 10
676	676	reliability; and 11
677	677	(2) (a) The child or vulnerable person testifies at 12
678	678	the proceedings; or 13
679	679	(b) The child or vulnerable person is unavailable as a 14
680	680	witness; or 15
681	681	(c) The child or vulnerable person is otherwise 16
682	682	physically available as a witness but the court finds that 17
683	683	the significant emotional or psychological trauma which 18
684	684	would result from testifying in the personal presence of the 19
685	685	defendant makes the child or vulnerable person unavailable 20
686	686	as a witness at the time of the criminal proceeding. 21
687	687	2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section or any 22
688	688	provision of law or rule of evidence requiring corroboration 23
689	689	of statements, admissions or confessions of the defendant, 24
690	690	and notwithstanding any prohibition of hearsay evidence, a 25
691	691	statement by a child when under the age of [fourteen] 26
692	692	eighteen, or a vulnerable person, who is alleged to be 27
693	693	victim of an offense under chapter 565, 566, 568 or 573 is 28
694	694	sufficient corroboration of a statement, admission or 29
695	695	confession regardless of whether or not the child or 30 SB 284 23
696	696	vulnerable person is available to testify regarding the 31
697	697	offense. 32
698	698	3. A statement may not be admitted under this section 33
699	699	unless the prosecuting attorney makes known to the accused 34
700	700	or the accused's counsel his or her intention to offer the 35
701	701	statement and the particulars of the statement sufficiently 36
702	702	in advance of the proceedings to provide the accused or the 37
703	703	accused's counsel with a fair opportunity to prepare to meet 38
704	704	the statement. 39
705	705	4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 40
706	706	the admissibility of statements, admissions or confessions 41
707	707	otherwise admissible by law. 42
708	708	5. For the purposes of this section, "vulnerable 43
709	709	person" shall mean a person who, as a result of an 44
710	710	inadequately developed or impaired intelligence or a 45
711	711	psychiatric disorder that materially affects ability to 46
712	712	function, lacks the mental capacity to consent, or whose 47
713	713	developmental level does not exceed that of an ordinary 48
714	714	child of [fourteen] seventeen years of age. 49
715	715	491.641. 1. (1) There is hereby created in the state 1
716	716	treasury the "Pretrial Witness Protection Services Fund", 2
717	717	which shall consist of moneys collected under this section. 3
718	718	The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In 4
719	719	accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state 5
720	720	treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall be a 6
721	721	dedicated fund and money in the fund shall be used solely by 7
722	722	the department of public safety for the purposes of witness 8
723	723	protection services pursuant to this section. 9
724	724	(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 10
725	725	to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 11
726	726	of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 12
727	727	general revenue fund. 13 SB 284 24
728	728	(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 14
729	729	fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 15
730	730	interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 16
731	731	credited to the fund. 17
732	732	2. Any law enforcement agency and any prosecuting or 18
733	733	circuit attorney's office may provide for the security of 19
734	734	witnesses, potential witnesses, and their immediate families 20
735	735	in criminal proceedings instituted or investigations pending 21
736	736	against a person alleged to have engaged in a violation of 22
737	737	state law. Providing for witnesses may include provision of 23
738	738	housing facilities and for the health, safety, and welfare 24
739	739	of such witnesses and their immediate families, if testimony 25
740	740	by such a witness might subject the witness or a member of 26
741	741	his or her immediate family to danger of bodily injury, and 27
742	742	may continue so long as such danger exists. Subject to 28
743	743	appropriations from the general assembly for the purposes 29
744	744	provided for in this section, funds may be appropriated from 30
745	745	the pretrial witness protection services fund. 31
746	746	3. The department of public safety may authorize funds 32
747	747	to be disbursed to law enforcement agencies and prosecuting 33
748	748	or circuit attorneys' offices for the purchase, rental, or 34
749	749	modification of protected housing facilities for the purpose 35
750	750	of this section. The law enforcement agency or prosecuting 36
751	751	or circuit attorney's office may contract with any 37
752	752	department of federal or state government to obtain or to 38
753	753	provide the facilities or services to carry out this section. 39
754	754	4. The department of public safety may authorize 40
755	755	expenditures for law enforcement agencies and prosecuting or 41
756	756	circuit attorneys' offices to provide for the health, 42
757	757	safety, and welfare of witnesses and victims, and the 43
758	758	families of such witnesses and victims, whenever testimony 44
759	759	from, or a willingness to testify by, such a witness or 45 SB 284 25
760	760	victim would place the life of such person, or a member of 46
761	761	his or her family or household, in jeopardy. [A law 47
762	762	enforcement agency shall submit an application to the 48
763	763	department of public safety which shall include, but not 49
764	764	necessarily be limited to: 50
765	765	(1) Statement of conditions which qualify persons for 51
766	766	protection; 52
767	767	(2) Precise methods the originating agency will use to 53
768	768	provide protection, including relocation of persons and 54
769	769	reciprocal agreements with other law enforcement agencies; 55
770	770	(3) Statement of the projected costs over a specified 56
771	771	period of time; 57
772	772	(4) If the requesting agency expects the person to 58
773	773	provide evidence in any court of competent jurisdiction: 59
774	774	(a) Brief statement of the anticipated evidence; 60
775	775	(b) Certification of a reasonable belief in the 61
776	776	person's competency to give evidence; 62
777	777	(c) Statement of facts supporting the law enforcement 63
778	778	agency's belief in the accuracy of the evidence; and 64
779	779	(d) Any offer made in exchange for the person agreeing 65
780	780	to give evidence] Law enforcement agencies and prosecuting 66
781	781	or circuit attorneys' offices seeking reimbursement shall 67
782	782	submit an application to be approved by the department of 68
783	783	public safety. 69
784	784	5. The application and any associated documents 70
785	785	submitted in subsection 4 of this section shall be a closed 71
786	786	record and not subject to disclosure under the provisions of 72
787	787	chapter 610. Any information contained in the application[, 73
788	788	or] and any other documents, which reveals or could reveal 74
789	789	the location or address of the individual or individuals who 75
790	790	qualify for services under this section shall be 76
791	791	confidential and shall not be disclosed by any entity. 77 SB 284 26
792	792	492.304. 1. In addition to the admissibility of a 1
793	793	statement under the provisions of section 492.303, the 2
794	794	visual and aural recording of a verbal or nonverbal 3
795	795	statement of a child when under the age of [fourteen who is 4
796	796	alleged to be a victim of] eighteen, or a vulnerable person, 5
797	797	relating to an offense under the provisions of chapter 565, 6
798	798	566 [or], 568, or 573, if performed by another, is 7
799	799	admissible into evidence if: 8
800	800	(1) No attorney for either party was present when the 9
801	801	statement was made; except that, for any statement taken at 10
802	802	a state-funded child assessment center as provided for in 11
803	803	subsection 2 of section 210.001, an attorney representing 12
804	804	the state of Missouri in a criminal investigation may, as a 13
805	805	member of a multidisciplinary investigation team, observe 14
806	806	the taking of such statement, but such attorney shall not be 15
807	807	present in the room where the interview is being conducted; 16
808	808	(2) The recording is both visual and aural and is 17
809	809	recorded on film or videotape or by other electronic means; 18
810	810	(3) The recording equipment was capable of making an 19
811	811	accurate recording, the operator of the equipment was 20
812	812	competent, and the recording is accurate and has not been 21
813	813	altered; 22
814	814	(4) The statement was not made in response to 23
815	815	questioning calculated to lead the child or vulnerable 24
816	816	person to make a particular statement or to act in a 25
817	817	particular way; 26
818	818	(5) Every voice on the recording is identified; 27
819	819	(6) The person conducting the interview of the child 28
820	820	or vulnerable person in the recording, or a current employee 29
821	821	of a child assessment center if a child was recorded, is 30
822	822	present at the proceeding and available to testify or be 31
823	823	cross-examined by either party; and 32 SB 284 27
824	824	(7) The defendant or the attorney for the defendant is 33
825	825	afforded an opportunity to view the recording before it is 34
826	826	offered into evidence. 35
827	827	2. If the child or vulnerable person does not testify 36
828	828	at the proceeding, the visual and aural recording of a 37
829	829	verbal or nonverbal statement of the child or vulnerable 38
830	830	person shall not be admissible under this section unless the 39
831	831	recording qualifies for admission under section 491.075. 40
832	832	3. If the visual and aural recording of a verbal or 41
833	833	nonverbal statement of a child or vulnerable person is 42
834	834	admissible under this section and the child or vulnerable 43
835	835	person testifies at the proceeding, it shall be admissible 44
836	836	in addition to the testimony of the child or vulnerable 45
837	837	person at the proceeding whether or not it repeats or 46
838	838	duplicates the child's or vulnerable person's testimony. 47
839	839	4. As used in this section, a nonverbal statement 48
840	840	shall be defined as any demonstration of the child or 49
841	841	vulnerable person by his or her actions, facial expressions, 50
842	842	demonstrations with a doll or other visual aid whether or 51
843	843	not this demonstration is accompanied by words. 52
844	844	5. For the purposes of this section, "vulnerable 53
845	845	person" shall mean a person who, as a result of an 54
846	846	inadequately developed or impaired intelligence or a 55
847	847	psychiatric disorder that materially affects the ability to 56
848	848	function, lacks the mental capacity to consent, or whose 57
849	849	developmental level does not exceed that of an ordinary 58
850	850	child of seventeen years of age. 59
851	851	556.039. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1
852	852	556.036 to the contrary, prosecutions: 2
853	853	(1) Under sections 566.203 to 566.211 involving a 3
854	854	person nineteen years of age or older; or 4 SB 284 28
855	855	(2) Under section 566.203, 566.206, or 566.207 5
856	856	involving a person under nineteen years of age 6
857	857	shall be commenced no later than twenty years after the 7
858	858	commission of the offense. 8
859	859	566.151. 1. A person twenty-one years of age or older 1
860	860	commits the offense of enticement of a child if he or she 2
861	861	persuades, solicits, coaxes, entices, or lures whether by 3
862	862	words, actions or through communication via the internet or 4
863	863	any electronic communication, any person who is less than 5
864	864	[fifteen] seventeen years of age for the purpose of engaging 6
865	865	in sexual conduct. 7
866	866	2. It is not a defense to a prosecution for a 8
867	867	violation of this section that the other person was a peace 9
868	868	officer masquerading as a minor. 10
869	869	3. Enticement of a child or an attempt to commit 11
870	870	enticement of a child is a felony for which the authorized 12
871	871	term of imprisonment shall be not less than five years and 13
872	872	not more than thirty years. No person convicted under this 14
873	873	section shall be eligible for parole, probation, conditional 15
874	874	release, or suspended imposition or execution of sentence 16
875	875	for a period of five calendar years. 17
876	876	566.207. 1. A person commits the offense of 1
877	877	patronizing a victim of sexual servitude if the person 2
878	878	knowingly gives, agrees to give, or offers to give anything 3
879	879	of value so that an individual may engage in a commercial 4
880	880	sex act with another individual and the person knows that 5
881	881	the other individual is a victim of sexual servitude. 6
882	882	2. The offense of patronizing a victim of sexual 7
883	883	servitude if the victim is eighteen years of age or older is 8
884	884	a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term of not less 9 SB 284 29
885	885	than five years and not more than twenty years and a fine 10
886	886	not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars. 11
887	887	3. The offense of patronizing a victim of sexual 12
888	888	servitude if the victim is under eighteen years of age is a 13
889	889	felony for which the authorized term of imprisonment is life 14
890	890	imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole 15
891	891	until the offender has served not less than twenty-five 16
892	892	years of such sentence. 17
893	893	4. An individual shall be deemed a victim of sexual 18
894	894	servitude for purposes of this section only if the 19
895	895	individual is a victim of the crime of trafficking for the 20
896	896	purposes of sexual exploitation under section 566.209. 21
897	897	567.030. 1. A person commits the offense of 1
898	898	patronizing prostitution if he or she: 2
899	899	(1) Pursuant to a prior understanding, gives something 3
900	900	of value to another person as compensation for having 4
901	901	engaged in sexual conduct with any person; or 5
902	902	(2) Gives or agrees to give something of value to 6
903	903	another person with the understanding that such person or 7
904	904	another person will engage in sexual conduct with any 8
905	905	person; or 9
906	906	(3) Solicits or requests another person to engage in 10
907	907	sexual conduct with any person in return for something of 11
908	908	value. 12
909	909	2. It shall not be a defense that the person believed 13
910	910	that the individual he or she patronized for prostitution 14
911	911	was eighteen years of age or older. 15
912	912	3. The offense of patronizing prostitution is a class 16
913	913	[B misdemeanor] E felony, unless the individual who the 17
914	914	person patronizes is less than eighteen years of age but 18
915	915	older than [fourteen] fifteen years of age, in which case 19
916	916	patronizing prostitution is a class [E] D felony. 20 SB 284 30
917	917	4. The offense of patronizing prostitution is a class 21
918	918	[D] B felony if the individual who the person patronizes is 22
919	919	[fourteen] fifteen years of age or younger. Nothing in this 23
920	920	section shall preclude the prosecution of an individual for 24
921	921	the offenses of: 25
922	922	(1) Statutory rape in the first degree pursuant to 26
923	923	section 566.032; 27
924	924	(2) Statutory rape in the second degree pursuant to 28
925	925	section 566.034; 29
926	926	(3) Statutory sodomy in the first degree pursuant to 30
927	927	section 566.062; or 31
928	928	(4) Statutory sodomy in the second degree pursuant to 32
929	929	section 566.064. 33
930	930	589.700. 1. In addition to any fine imposed for a 1
931	931	violation of section 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 566.210, 2
932	932	566.211, or 566.215, the court shall enter a judgment of 3
933	933	restitution in the amount specified in this subsection in 4
934	934	favor of the state of Missouri, payable to the human 5
935	935	trafficking and sexual exploitation fund established under 6
936	936	this section, upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt 7
937	937	for a violation of section 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 8
938	938	566.210, 566.211, or 566.215. The judgment of restitution 9
939	939	shall be in the amount of: 10
940	940	(1) Ten thousand dollars per each identified victim of 11
941	941	the offense or offenses for which restitution is required 12
942	942	under this subsection; and 13
943	943	(2) Two thousand five hundred dollars for each county 14
944	944	in which such offense or offenses occurred. 15
945	945	2. There is hereby created in the state treasury the 16
946	946	"Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Fund", which 17
947	947	shall consist of proceeds from the human trafficking 18
948	948	restitution collected for violations of sections 566.203, 19 SB 284 31
949	949	566.206, 566.209, 566.210, 566.211, and 566.215. The state 20
950	950	treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance 21
951	951	with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may 22
952	952	approve disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund 23
953	953	and, upon appropriation, moneys in this fund shall be 24
954	954	distributed to the county or counties where the human 25
955	955	trafficking offense or offenses occurred. Upon receipt of 26
956	956	moneys from the fund, a county shall allocate the 27
957	957	disbursement as follows: 28
958	958	(1) Ten thousand dollars per each identified victim of 29
959	959	the offense or offenses that occurred in the county toward 30
960	960	local rehabilitation services for victims of human 31
961	961	trafficking including, but not limited to, mental health and 32
962	962	substance abuse counseling; general education, including 33
963	963	parenting skills; housing relief; vocational training; and 34
964	964	employment counseling; and 35
965	965	(2) Two thousand five hundred dollars toward local 36
966	966	efforts to prevent human trafficking including, but not 37
967	967	limited to, education programs for persons convicted of 38
968	968	human trafficking offenses and increasing the number of 39
969	969	local law enforcement members charged with enforcing human 40
970	970	trafficking laws. 41
971	971	3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to 42
972	972	the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of 43
973	973	the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general 44
974	974	revenue fund. 45
975	975	4. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund 46
976	976	in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 47
977	977	interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 48
978	978	credited to the fund. 49 SB 284 32
979	979	590.050. 1. (1) The POST commission shall establish 1
980	980	requirements for the continuing education of all peace 2
981	981	officers. 3
982	982	(2) Each peace officer shall be required to receive 4
983	983	two hours of sex and human trafficking training consistent 5
984	984	with the guidelines established in section 27.170 within the 6
985	985	law enforcement continuing education one-year reporting 7
986	986	period. The provisions of this subdivision shall become 8
987	987	effective on January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 9
988	988	31, 2030. 10
989	989	(3) Peace officers who make traffic stops shall be 11
990	990	required to receive [three hours] one hour of training 12
991	991	within the law enforcement continuing education [three-year] 13
992	992	one-year reporting period concerning the prohibition against 14
993	993	racial profiling and such training shall promote 15
994	994	understanding and respect for racial and cultural 16
995	995	differences and the use of effective, noncombative methods 17
996	996	for carrying out law enforcement duties in a racially and 18
997	997	culturally diverse environment. 19
998	998	2. The director shall license continuing education 20
999	999	providers and may probate, suspend and revoke such licenses 21
1000	1000	upon written notice stating the reasons for such action. 22
1001	1001	Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director pursuant 23
1002	1002	to this subsection may appeal as provided in chapter 536. 24
1003	1003	3. The costs of continuing law enforcement education 25
1004	1004	shall be reimbursed in part by moneys from the peace officer 26
1005	1005	standards and training commission fund created in section 27
1006	1006	590.178, subject to availability of funds, except that no 28
1007	1007	such funds shall be used for the training of any person not 29
1008	1008	actively commissioned or employed by a county or municipal 30
1009	1009	law enforcement agency. 31 SB 284 33
1010	1010	4. The director may engage in any activity intended to 32
1011	1011	further the professionalism of peace officers through 33
1012	1012	training and education, including the provision of 34
1013	1013	specialized training through the department of public safety. 35
1014	1014	610.131. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1
1015	1015	610.140 to the contrary, a person who [at the time of the 2
1016	1016	offense was under the age of eighteen, and] has pleaded 3
1017	1017	guilty to or has been convicted [for] of the offense of 4
1018	1018	prostitution under section 567.020 may apply to the court in 5
1019	1019	which he or she pled guilty or was sentenced for an order to 6
1020	1020	expunge from all official records all recordations of his or 7
1021	1021	her arrest, plea, trial, or conviction. If the court 8
1022	1022	determines that such person [was under the age of eighteen 9
1023	1023	or] was acting under the coercion, as defined in section 10
1024	1024	566.200, of an agent when committing the offense that 11
1025	1025	resulted in a plea of guilty or conviction under section 12
1026	1026	567.020, the court shall enter an order of expungement. 13
1027	1027	2. Upon granting of the order of expungement, the 14
1028	1028	records and files maintained in any administrative or court 15
1029	1029	proceeding in an associate or circuit division of the 16
1030	1030	circuit court under this section shall be confidential and 17
1031	1031	only available to the parties or by order of the court for 18
1032	1032	good cause shown. The effect of such order shall be to 19
1033	1033	restore such person to the status he or she occupied prior 20
1034	1034	to such arrest, plea, or conviction and as if such event had 21
1035	1035	never taken place. No person as to whom such order has been 22
1036	1036	entered shall be held thereafter under any provision of any 23
1037	1037	law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false 24
1038	1038	statement by reason of his or her failure to recite or 25
1039	1039	acknowledge such arrest, plea, trial, conviction, or 26
1040	1040	expungement in response to any inquiry made of him or her 27
1041	1041	for any purpose whatsoever and no such inquiry shall be made 28 SB 284 34
1042	1042	for information relating to an expungement under this 29
1043	1043	section. 30
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