Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB544 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. 544
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR LEWIS.
8	8	0267S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal sections 571.060 and 571.070, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
11	11	relating to firearms, 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 571.060 and 571.070, RSMo, are 1
15	15	repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2
16	16	known as sections 571.060 and 571.070, to rea d as follows:3
17	17	571.060. 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful 1
18	18	transfer of weapons if he or she: 2
19	19	(1) Knowingly sells, leases, loans, gives away or 3
20	20	delivers a firearm or ammunition for a firearm to any person 4
21	21	who, under the provisions o f section 571.070, is not 5
22	22	lawfully entitled to possess such; 6
23	23	(2) Knowingly sells, leases, loans, gives away or 7
24	24	delivers a blackjack to a person less than eighteen years 8
25	25	old without the consent of the child's custodial parent or 9
26	26	guardian, or recklessly, as defined in section 562.016, 10
27	27	sells, leases, loans, gives away or delivers any firearm to 11
28	28	a person less than eighteen years old without the consent of 12
29	29	the child's custodial parent or guardian; provided, that 13
30	30	this does not prohibit the delivery of such weapons to any 14
31	31	peace officer or member of the Armed Forces or National 15
32	32	Guard while performing his or her official duty; [or] 16 SB 544 2
33	33	(3) Recklessly, as defined in section 562.016, sells, 17
34	34	leases, loans, gives away or delivers a firearm or 18
35	35	ammunition for a firearm to a person who is intoxicated ; 19
36	36	(4) Knowingly sells, leases, loans, gives away, or 20
37	37	delivers a firearm to any person whose name appears on the 21
38	38	Terrorist Screening Center's No Fly List; or 22
39	39	(5) Knowingly sells, leases, loans, gi ves away, or 23
40	40	delivers a firearm to any person who is a member of a group 24
41	41	of two or more individuals, regardless if organized, that 25
42	42	engages in or has a subgroup that engages in international 26
43	43	or domestic terrorism . 27
44	44	2. Unlawful transfer of weapons u nder subdivision (1) 28
45	45	of subsection 1 of this section is a class E felony; 29
46	46	unlawful transfer of weapons under subdivisions (2) [and], 30
47	47	(3), (4), and (5) of subsection 1 of this section is a class 31
48	48	A misdemeanor. 32
49	49	3. For purposes of this section, "ter rorism" means 33
50	50	activities that: 34
51	51	(1) Involve a violent act or acts dangerous to human 35
52	52	life that violate the criminal laws of the United States or 36
53	53	a state thereof that would be a criminal violation if 37
54	54	committed within the jurisdiction of the United States or a 38
55	55	state thereof; and 39
56	56	(2) Appear to be intended to: 40
57	57	(a) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population; 41
58	58	(b) Influence the policy of a government by 42
59	59	intimidation or coercion; or 43
60	60	(c) Affect the conduct of a government by mass 44
61	61	destruction, assassination, or kidnapping. 45
62	62	571.070. 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful 1
63	63	possession of a firearm if such person knowingly has any 2
64	64	firearm in his or her possession and: 3 SB 544 3
65	65	(1) Such person has been convicted o f a felony under 4
66	66	the laws of this state, or of a crime under the laws of any 5
67	67	state or of the United States which, if committed within 6
68	68	this state, would be a felony; [or] 7
69	69	(2) Such person is a fugitive from justice, is 8
70	70	habitually in an intoxicated or drugged condition, or is 9
71	71	currently adjudged mentally incompetent ; 10
72	72	(3) Such person's name appears on the Terrorist 11
73	73	Screening Center's No Fly List; or 12
74	74	(4) Such person is a member of a group of two or more 13
75	75	individuals, regardless if organize d, that engages in or has 14
76	76	a subgroup that engages in international or domestic 15
77	77	terrorism. For purposes of this subdivision, "terrorism" 16
78	78	means activities that: 17
79	79	(a) Involve a violent act or acts dangerous to human 18
80	80	life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United 19
81	81	States or a state thereof or that would be a criminal 20
82	82	violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United 21
83	83	States or a state thereof; and 22
84	84	(b) Appear to be intended to: 23
85	85	a. Intimidate or coerce a civilian po pulation; 24
86	86	b. Influence the policy of a government by 25
87	87	intimidation or coercion; or 26
88	88	c. Affect the conduct of a government by mass 27
89	89	destruction, assassination, or kidnapping . 28
90	90	2. Unlawful possession of a firearm is a class C 29
91	91	felony, unless a person has been convicted of a dangerous 30
92	92	felony as defined in section 556.061, or the person has a 31
93	93	prior conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm in 32
94	94	which case it is a class B felony. 33 SB 544 4
95	95	3. The provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 34
96	96	of this section shall not apply to the possession of an 35
97	97	antique firearm. 36
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