FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 453
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR TRENT.
0095S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 575.095 and 575.260, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to offenses involving the judiciary, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 575.095 and 575.260, RSMo, are 1
repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2
known as sections 575.095 and 575.260, to read as follows:3
575.095. 1. A person commits the offense of tampering 1
with a judicial officer if , with the purpose to harass, 2
intimidate or influence a judicial officer in the 3
performance of such officer's official duties, such person: 4
(1) Threatens or causes harm to such judicial officer 5
or members of such judicial officer's family; 6
(2) Uses force, threats, or deception against or 7
toward such judicial officer or members of such judicial 8
officer's family; 9
(3) Offers, conveys or agrees to convey any benefit 10
direct or indirect upon such judicial officer or such 11
judicial officer's family; 12
(4) Engages in conduct reasonably calculated to harass 13
or alarm such judicial officer or such judicial officer's 14
family, including stalking pursuant to section 565.225 or 15
565.227; 16
(5) Disseminates through any means, including by 17
posting on the internet, the judicial officer's or the 18 SB 453 2
judicial officer's family's personal information. For 19
purposes of this section, "personal information" includes a 20
home address, home or mobile telephone number, personal 21
email address, Social Secur ity number, federal tax 22
identification number, checking or savings account number, 23
marital status, and identity of a child under eighteen years 24
of age. 25
2. A judicial officer for purposes of this section 26
shall be a judge or commissioner of a state or federal 27
court, arbitrator, special master, juvenile officer, deputy 28
juvenile officer, state prosecuting or circuit attorney, 29
state assistant prosecuting or circuit attorney, juvenile 30
court commissioner, state probation or parole officer, or 31
referee. 32
3. A judicial officer's family for purposes of this 33
section shall be: 34
(1) Such officer's spouse; or 35
(2) Such officer or such officer's spouse's ancestor 36
or descendant by blood or adoption; or 37
(3) Such officer's stepchild, while the marriage 38
creating that relationship exists. 39
4. The offense of tampering with a judicial officer is 40
a class D felony. 41
5. If a violation of this section results in death or 42
bodily injury to a judicial officer or a member of the 43
judicial officer's family, the offense is a class B felony. 44
6. No person convicted under this section shall be 45
eligible for parole, probation, or conditional release. 46
575.260. 1. A person commits the offense of tampering 1
with a judicial proceeding if, with the purpose to influence 2
the official action of a judge, juror, special master, 3
referee, arbitrator, state prosecuting or circuit attorney, 4 SB 453 3
state assistant prosecuting or circuit attorney, or attorney 5
general in a judicial proceedi ng, he or she: 6
(1) Threatens or causes harm to any person or 7
property; or 8
(2) Engages in conduct reasonably calculated to harass 9
or alarm such official or juror; or 10
(3) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit, 11
direct or indirect, upon such official or juror. 12
2. The offense of tampering with a judicial proceeding 13
is a class D felony. No person convicted under this section 14
shall be eligible for parole, probation, or conditional 15
release. 16