FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 669
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR GREGORY (15).
2058S.04I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 574, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the offense of
interference with a first responder, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 574, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 574.207, to read as 2
follows:3
574.207. 1. A person commits the offense of 1
interference with a first responder if: 2
(1) The person has received a verbal w arning not to 3
approach from a person that he or she knows or reasonably 4
should know to be a first responder; 5
(2) The first responder is engaged in the lawful 6
performance of a legal duty; and 7
(3) The person knowingly and willfully violates th e 8
verbal warning and approaches within twenty -five feet of the 9
first responder with the intent to: 10
(a) Impede or interfere with the first responder's 11
ability to perform his or her legal duty; 12
(b) Threaten the first responder with physical ha rm; or 13
(c) Engage in a course of conduct directed at a first 14
responder which intentionally causes emotional distress in 15
that first responder and serves no legitimate purpose. 16
2. The offense of interference with a first responder 17
is a class A misdemeanor. 18 SB 669 2
3. As used in this section, the following terms mean: 19
(1) "Advanced emergency medical technician", the same 20
meaning as such term is defined in section 190.100; 21
(2) "Emergency medical technician", the same meaning 22
as such term is defined in section 190.100; 23
(3) "Firefighter", any officer or employee of a fire 24
department or fire protection district who is employed for 25
the purpose of fighting fires, but does not include anyone 26
employed in a clerical or other capacity not involving fire- 27
fighting duties; 28
(4) "First responder", any law enforcement officer, 29
firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, or 30
advanced emergency medical technician; 31
(5) "Paramedic", the same meaning as such term is 32
defined in section 190.100. 33