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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. 755
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CARTER.
8	8	3004S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal sections 190.142, 210.1505, 211.326, 324.035, 337.618, 455.010, 455.035, 455.513,
11	11	491.075, 491.641, 492.304, 566.151, 567.030, 590.050, and 610.131, RSMo, and
12	12	section 56.265 as enacted by senate bill no. 672, ninety-seventh general assembly,
13	13	second regular session, and section 56.265 as enacted by senate bill no. 275, ninetieth
14	14	general assembly, first regular session, and to enact in lieu thereof nineteen new
15	15	sections relating to the protection of vulnerable persons, with penalty provisions.
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17	17	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
18	18	Section A. Sections 190.142, 210.1505, 211.3 26, 324.035, 1
19	19	337.618, 455.010, 455.035, 455.513, 491.075, 491.641, 492.304, 2
20	20	566.151, 567.030, 590.050, and 610.131, RSMo, and section 3
21	21	56.265 as enacted by senate bill no. 672, ninety -seventh general 4
22	22	assembly, second regular session, and section 56.265 as e nacted 5
23	23	by senate bill no. 275, ninetieth general assembly, first 6
24	24	regular session, are repealed and nineteen new sections enacted 7
25	25	in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 27.170, 56.265, 8
26	26	190.142, 210.1505, 211.326, 324.035, 337.618, 455.010, 455.035, 9
27	27	455.513, 491.075, 491.641, 492.304, 556.039, 566.151, 567.030, 10
28	28	589.700, 590.050, and 610.131, to read as follows:11
29	29	27.170. 1. There is hereby established the "Committee 1
30	30	on Sex and Human Trafficking Training". 2
31	31	2. The committee shall consist of the f ollowing 3
32	32	members: 4 SB 755 2
33	33	(1) A representative of the attorney general's office 5
34	34	who is involved in the office's anti -trafficking efforts 6
35	35	appointed by the attorney general; 7
36	36	(2) A representative of the department of public 8
37	37	safety with experience in h uman trafficking investigations 9
38	38	appointed by the director of the department of public safety; 10
39	39	(3) A representative from a child advocacy center 11
40	40	appointed by the director of a statewide nonprofit 12
41	41	organization that advocates for the protection of ch ildren; 13
42	42	(4) A juvenile officer appointed by the chief justice 14
43	43	of the supreme court of Missouri; 15
44	44	(5) A representative from an agency providing victim 16
45	45	services appointed by the director of the department of 17
46	46	social services; 18
47	47	(6) A representative from a child abuse medical 19
48	48	resource center, as defined in section 334.950, appointed by 20
49	49	the director of the department of health and senior 21
50	50	services; and 22
51	51	(7) The executive director of the Missouri office of 23
52	52	prosecution services or his or her designee. 24
53	53	3. The member who represents the attorney general's 25
54	54	office shall serve as chair of the committee. 26
55	55	4. Members of the committee shall serve without 27
56	56	compensation but may be reimbursed for actual expenses 28
57	57	necessary to the performan ce of their official duties for 29
58	58	the committee. 30
59	59	5. The committee shall annually evaluate, and 31
60	60	establish guidelines for, the sex and human trafficking 32
61	61	training required under sections 56.265, 190.142, 211.326, 33
62	62	337.618, and 590.050. The committee shall produce, and 34
63	63	distribute in a digital platform, training that meets its 35 SB 755 3
64	64	guidelines. The committee may approve training produced by 36
65	65	other entities as consistent with its guidelines. 37
66	66	6. Any board, department, or agency that regulates any 38
67	67	profession for which sex and human trafficking training is 39
68	68	required as described in subsection 5 of this section may 40
69	69	provide such training. Funding for the training shall be 41
70	70	subject to appropriations. 42
71	71	7. The provisions of this section shall become 43
72	72	effective on January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 44
73	73	31, 2030. 45
74	74	[56.265. 1. The county prosecuting 1
75	75	attorney in any county, other than in a 2
76	76	chartered county, shall receive an annual salary 3
77	77	computed using the following schedule, w hen 4
78	78	applicable. The assessed valuation factor shall 5
79	79	be the amount thereof as shown for the year 6
80	80	immediately preceding the year for which the 7
81	81	computation is done. 8
82	82	(1) For a full-time prosecutor the 9
83	83	prosecutor shall receive compensation equal to 10
84	84	the compensation of an associate circuit judge; 11
85	85	(2) For a part-time prosecutor: 12
86	86	13 Assessed Valuation Amount
87	87	14 $18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $37,000
88	88	15 41,000,000 to 53,999,999 38,000
89	89	16 54,000,000 to 65,999,999 39,000
90	90	17 66,000,000 to 85,999,999 41,000
91	91	18 86,000,000 to 99,999,999 43,000
92	92	19 100,000,000 to 130,999,999 45,000
93	93	20 131,000,000 to 159,999,999 47,000
94	94	21 160,000,000 to 189,999,999 49,000
95	95	22 190,000,000 to 249,999,999 51,000
96	96	23 250,000,000 to 299,999,999 53,000 SB 755 4
97	97	2. Two thousand dollars of the salary 25
98	98	authorized in this section shall be payable to 26
99	99	the prosecuting attorn ey only if the prosecuting 27
100	100	attorney has completed at least twenty hours of 28
101	101	classroom instruction each calendar year 29
102	102	relating to the operations of the prosecuting 30
103	103	attorney's office when approved by a 31
104	104	professional association of the county 32
105	105	prosecuting attorneys of Missouri unless 33
106	106	exempted from the training by the professional 34
107	107	association. The professional association 35
108	108	approving the program shall provide a 36
109	109	certificate of completion to each prosecuting 37
110	110	attorney who completes the training program and 38
111	111	shall send a list of certified prosecuting 39
112	112	attorneys to the treasurer of each county. 40
113	113	Expenses incurred for attending the training 41
114	114	session may be reimbursed to the county 42
115	115	prosecuting attorney in the same manner as other 43
116	116	expenses as may be appropriat ed for that purpose. 44
117	117	3. As used in this section, the term 45
118	118	"prosecuting attorney" includes the circuit 46
119	119	attorney of any city not within a county. 47
120	120	4. The prosecuting attorney of any county 48
121	121	which becomes a county of the first 49
122	122	classification during a four-year term of office 50
123	123	or a county which passed the proposition 51
124	124	authorized by subsection 1 of section 56.363 52
125	125	shall not be required to devote full time to 53
126	126	such office pursuant to section 56.067 until the 54
127	127	beginning of the prosecuting attorney's next 55
128	128	term of office or until the proposition 56
129	129	otherwise becomes effective. 57
130	130	5. The provisions of section 56.066 shall 58
131	131	not apply to full-time prosecutors who are 59
132	132	compensated pursuant to subdivision (1) of 60
133	133	subsection 1 of this section. ] 61
134	134	56.265. 1. The county prosecuting attorney in any 1
135	135	county, other than in a chartered county, shall receive an 2
136	136	24 300,000,000 or more 55,000 SB 755 5
137	137	annual salary computed using the following schedule, when 3
138	138	applicable. The assessed valuation factor shall be the 4
139	139	amount thereof as shown for the year immediately preceding 5
140	140	the year for which the computation is done. 6
141	141	(1) For a full-time prosecutor the prosecutor shall 7
142	142	receive compensation equal to the compensation of an 8
143	143	associate circuit judge; 9
144	144	(2) For a part-time prosecutor: 10
145	145	2. Two thousand dollars of the salary authorized in 23
146	146	this section shall be payable to the prosecuting attorney 24
147	147	only if the prosecuting attorney has completed : 25
148	148	(1) At least twenty hours of c lassroom instruction 26
149	149	each calendar year relating to the operations of the 27
150	150	prosecuting attorney's office when approved by a 28
151	151	professional association of the county prosecuting attorneys 29
152	152	of Missouri unless exempted from the training by the 30
153	153	professional association. The professional association 31
154	154	11 Assessed Valuation Amount
155	155	12 $18,000,000 to 40,999,999 $37,000
156	156	13 41,000,000 to 53,999,999 38,000
157	157	14 54,000,000 to 65,999,999 39,000
158	158	15 66,000,000 to 85,999,999 41,000
159	159	16 86,000,000 to 99,999,999 43,000
160	160	17 100,000,000 to 130,999,999 45,000
161	161	18 131,000,000 to 159,999,999 47,000
162	162	19 160,000,000 to 189,999,999 49,000
163	163	20 190,000,000 to 249,999,999 51,000
164	164	21 250,000,000 to 299,999,999 53,000
165	165	22 300,000,000 or more 55,000 SB 755 6
166	166	approving the program shall provide a certificate of 32
167	167	completion to each prosecuting attorney who completes the 33
168	168	training program and shall send a list of certified 34
169	169	prosecuting attorneys to the treasurer of each county. 35
170	170	Expenses incurred for attending the training session may be 36
171	171	reimbursed to the county prosecuting attorney in the same 37
172	172	manner as other expenses as may be appropriated for that 38
173	173	purpose; and 39
174	174	(2) One hour of sex and human trafficking trainin g 40
175	175	each calendar year consistent with the guidelines 41
176	176	established in section 27.170. The provisions of this 42
177	177	subdivision shall become effective on January 1, 2026, and 43
178	178	shall expire on December 31, 2030 . 44
179	179	3. As used in this section, the term "prosecu ting 45
180	180	attorney" includes the circuit attorney of any city not 46
181	181	within a county. 47
182	182	4. The prosecuting attorney of any county which 48
183	183	becomes a county of the first classification during a four - 49
184	184	year term of office or a county which passed the proposition 50
185	185	authorized by section 56.363 shall not be required to devote 51
186	186	full time to such office pursuant to section 56.067 until 52
187	187	the beginning of the prosecuting attorney's next term of 53
188	188	office or until the proposition otherwise becomes effective. 54
189	189	5. The provisions of section 56.066 shall not apply to 55
190	190	full-time prosecutors who are compensated pursuant to 56
191	191	subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section. 57
192	192	190.142. 1. (1) For applications submitted before 1
193	193	the recognition of EMS personn el licensure interstate 2
194	194	compact under sections 190.900 to 190.939 takes effect, the 3
195	195	department shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of 4
196	196	an application, cause such investigation as it deems 5 SB 755 7
197	197	necessary to be made of the applicant for an emergency 6
198	198	medical technician's license. 7
199	199	(2) For applications submitted after the recognition 8
200	200	of EMS personnel licensure interstate compact under sections 9
201	201	190.900 to 190.939 takes effect, an applicant for initial 10
202	202	licensure as an emergency medical technician in this state 11
203	203	shall submit to a background check by the Missouri state 12
204	204	highway patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation 13
205	205	through a process approved by the department of health and 14
206	206	senior services. Such processes may include the use of 15
207	207	vendors or systems administered by the Missouri state 16
208	208	highway patrol. The department may share the results of 17
209	209	such a criminal background check with any emergency services 18
210	210	licensing agency in any member state, as that term is 19
211	211	defined under section 190.900, in r ecognition of the EMS 20
212	212	personnel licensure interstate compact. The department 21
213	213	shall not issue a license until the department receives the 22
214	214	results of an applicant's criminal background check from the 23
215	215	Missouri state highway patrol and the Federal Bureau of 24
216	216	Investigation, but, notwithstanding this subsection, the 25
217	217	department may issue a temporary license as provided under 26
218	218	section 190.143. Any fees due for a criminal background 27
219	219	check shall be paid by the applicant. 28
220	220	(3) The director may authorize i nvestigations into 29
221	221	criminal records in other states for any applicant. 30
222	222	2. The department shall issue a license to all levels 31
223	223	of emergency medical technicians, for a period of five 32
224	224	years, if the applicant meets the requirements established 33
225	225	pursuant to sections 190.001 to 190.245 and the rules 34
226	226	adopted by the department pursuant to sections 190.001 to 35
227	227	190.245. The department may promulgate rules relating to 36 SB 755 8
228	228	the requirements for an emergency medical technician 37
229	229	including but not limited to: 38
230	230	(1) Age requirements; 39
231	231	(2) Emergency medical technician and paramedic 40
232	232	education and training requirements based on respective 41
233	233	National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards and 42
234	234	any modification to such curricula specified by the 43
235	235	department through rules adopted pursuant to sections 44
236	236	190.001 to 190.245; 45
237	237	(3) Paramedic accreditation requirements. Paramedic 46
238	238	training programs shall be accredited as required by the 47
239	239	National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians; 48
240	240	(4) Initial licensure testing requirements. Initial 49
241	241	paramedic licensure testing shall be through the national 50
242	242	registry of EMTs; 51
243	243	(5) (a) Continuing education and relicensure 52
244	244	requirements. 53
245	245	(b) a. The department shall require each emergency 54
246	246	medical technician and each advanced emergency medical 55
247	247	technician, including each paramedic, to receive the 56
248	248	following training as part of the continuing education 57
249	249	requirements for relicensure: 58
250	250	(i) Any licensee who submits an application for 59
251	251	relicensure before January 1, 2027, shall have completed one 60
252	252	hour of sex and human trafficking training, consistent with 61
253	253	the guidelines established in section 27.170, before such 62
254	254	submission; 63
255	255	(ii) Any licensee who submits an application for 64
256	256	relicensure after Decemb er 31, 2026, and before January 1, 65
257	257	2028, shall have completed two hours of sex and human 66
258	258	trafficking training, consistent with the guidelines 67
259	259	established in section 27.170, before such submission; 68 SB 755 9
260	260	(iii) Any licensee who submits an application for 69
261	261	relicensure after December 31, 2027, and before January 1, 70
262	262	2029, shall have completed three hours of sex and human 71
263	263	trafficking training, consistent with the guidelines 72
264	264	established in section 27.170, before such submission; and 73
265	265	(iv) Any licensee who submits an application for 74
266	266	relicensure after December 31, 2028, and before January 1, 75
267	267	2030, shall have completed four hours of sex and human 76
268	268	trafficking training, consistent with the guidelines 77
269	269	established in section 27.170, before such submission. 78
270	270	b. The provisions of this paragraph shall become 79
271	271	effective on January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 80
272	272	31, 2030; and 81
273	273	(6) Ability to speak, read and write the English 82
274	274	language. 83
275	275	3. Application for all levels of emergency medical 84
276	276	technician license shall be made upon such forms as 85
277	277	prescribed by the department in rules adopted pursuant to 86
278	278	sections 190.001 to 190.245. The application form shall 87
279	279	contain such information as the department deems necessary 88
280	280	to make a determination as t o whether the emergency medical 89
281	281	technician meets all the requirements of sections 190.001 to 90
282	282	190.245 and rules promulgated pursuant to sections 190.001 91
283	283	to 190.245. 92
284	284	4. All levels of emergency medical technicians may 93
285	285	perform only that patient care which is: 94
286	286	(1) Consistent with the training, education and 95
287	287	experience of the particular emergency medical technician; 96
288	288	and 97
289	289	(2) Ordered by a physician or set forth in protocols 98
290	290	approved by the medical director. 99 SB 755 10
291	291	5. No person shall hold the mselves out as an emergency 100
292	292	medical technician or provide the services of an emergency 101
293	293	medical technician unless such person is licensed by the 102
294	294	department. 103
295	295	6. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 104
296	296	defined in section 536.010, that is crea ted under the 105
297	297	authority delegated in this section shall become effective 106
298	298	only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 107
299	299	provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 108
300	300	536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and 109
301	301	if any of the powers vested with the general assembly 110
302	302	pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 111
303	303	date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 112
304	304	held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 113
305	305	authority and any rule proposed or adopte d after August 28, 114
306	306	2002, shall be invalid and void. 115
307	307	210.1505. 1. There is hereby created the "Statewide 1
308	308	Council [on Sex] Against Adult Trafficking and the 2
309	309	Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children" [to] within the 3
310	310	office of the attorney general to make recommendations for a 4
311	311	coordinated statewide effort against the trafficking of 5
312	312	adults and children within the state of Missouri. The 6
313	313	council shall consist of the following members: 7
314	314	(1) [The following four members of the gene ral 8
315	315	assembly: 9
316	316	(a) Two members of the senate, with one member to be 10
317	317	appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one 11
318	318	member to be appointed by the minority floor leader of the 12
319	319	senate; and 13
320	320	(b) Two members of the house of represent atives, with 14
321	321	one member to be appointed by the speaker of the house of 15
322	322	representatives and one member to be appointed by the 16 SB 755 11
323	323	minority floor leader of the house of representatives ] The 17
324	324	attorney general or his or her designee, who shall serve as 18
325	325	the chair of the council; 19
326	326	(2) The director of the children's division or his or 20
327	327	her designee; 21
328	328	(3) The director of the department of public safety or 22
329	329	his or her designee; 23
330	330	(4) The director of the department of mental health or 24
331	331	his or her designee; 25
332	332	(5) The director of the office of prosecution services 26
333	333	or his or her designee; 27
334	334	(6) The superintendent of the Missouri state highway 28
335	335	patrol or his or her designee; 29
336	336	(7) The executive director of the statewide network of 30
337	337	child advocacy organizations [specializing in the prevention 31
338	338	of child abuse or neglect ] or his or her designee; 32
339	339	(8) The executive director of the statewide coalition 33
340	340	against domestic and sexual violence or his or her designee; 34
341	341	(9) The executive director o f the Missouri Juvenile 35
342	342	Justice Association or his or her designee; 36
343	343	(10) The director of the attorney general's human 37
344	344	trafficking task force or his or her designee; 38
345	345	(11) Two representatives from agencies providing 39
346	346	services to victims of chil d sex trafficking and sexual 40
347	347	exploitation [who reflect the geographic diversity of the 41
348	348	state and who shall be appointed by the director of the 42
349	349	department of social services; and ]; 43
350	350	(12) Two members of the senate to be appointed by the 44
351	351	president pro tempore of the senate; 45
352	352	(13) Two members of the house of representatives to be 46
353	353	appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; 47 SB 755 12
354	354	(14) A member of the judiciary, who shall be appointed 48
355	355	by the chief justice of the supreme court of Missouri; 49
356	356	(15) The commissioner of the department of elementary 50
357	357	and secondary education or his or her designee; 51
358	358	(16) A designee from the governor's office; 52
359	359	(17) Two human trafficking survivors identified by a 53
360	360	children's advocacy center who are willing to serve on the 54
361	361	council; and 55
362	362	(18) A representative from any other government or 56
363	363	nongovernment organization deemed necessary by the attorney 57
364	364	general. 58
365	365	2. A majority of the members of the council shall 59
366	366	constitute a quorum. The council shall be created within 60
367	367	thirty days of August 28, 2025, and shall hold its first 61
368	368	meeting within thirty days after the council's creation [and 62
369	369	organize by selecting a chair and a vice chair ]. The 63
370	370	council shall meet at [the call of the chair ] least 64
371	371	quarterly. The council may create a subgroup to offer 65
372	372	recommendations on specific issues as deemed necessary . 66
373	373	3. [The council shall: 67
374	374	(1) Collect and analyze data relating to sex 68
375	375	trafficking and sexual exploitation of children, including 69
376	376	the number of reports made to the children's division under 70
377	377	section 210.115, any information obtained from phone calls 71
378	378	to the national sex trafficking hotline, the number of 72
379	379	reports made to law enforcement, arrests, prosecution rates, 73
380	380	and any other data important for any recommendations of the 74
381	381	council. State departments and council members shall 75
382	382	provide relevant data as requested by the council to fulfill 76
383	383	the council's duties; and 77
384	384	(2) Collect feedback from stakeholders, practitioners, 78
385	385	and leadership throughout the state in order to develop best 79 SB 755 13
386	386	practices and procedures regarding the response to sex 80
387	387	trafficking and sexual exploitation of children, including 81
388	388	identification and assessment of victims; response and 82
389	389	treatment coordination and col laboration across systems; 83
390	390	trauma-informed, culturally competent victim -centered 84
391	391	services; training for professionals in all systems; and 85
392	392	investigating and prosecuting perpetrators. 86
393	393	4. The department of social services shall provide 87
394	394	administrative support to the council. 88
395	395	5. On or before December 31, 2023, the council shall 89
396	396	submit a report of the council's activities to the governor 90
397	397	and general assembly and the joint committee on child abuse 91
398	398	and neglect under section 21.771. The report shall include 92
399	399	recommendations for priority needs and actions, including 93
400	400	statutory or regulatory changes relating to the response to 94
401	401	sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of children and 95
402	402	services for child victims. 96
403	403	6. The council shall expire on D ecember 31, 2023] 97
404	404	There shall be an executive director who shall be appointed 98
405	405	by the attorney general who shall fix his or her 99
406	406	compensation and provide for such other administrative 100
407	407	personnel as necessary within the limits of appropriations 101
408	408	provided in subsection 4 of this section. The executive 102
409	409	director shall serve under the supervision of the attorney 103
410	410	general who shall provide necessary office space. 104
411	411	4. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury 105
412	412	the "Anti-Trafficking Fund", which sh all consist of moneys 106
413	413	appropriated to it by the general assembly and any grants, 107
414	414	gifts, donations, and bequests. The state treasurer shall 108
415	415	be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 109
416	416	30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve 110
417	417	disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon 111 SB 755 14
418	418	appropriation, moneys in this fund shall be used solely to 112
419	419	pay for the position of the executive director of the 113
420	420	statewide council against adult trafficking and the 114
421	421	commercial sexual exploitation of children, education and 115
422	422	awareness regarding human trafficking, and anti -trafficking 116
423	423	efforts throughout the state of Missouri. 117
424	424	(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 118
425	425	to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 119
426	426	of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 120
427	427	general revenue fund. 121
428	428	(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the 122
429	429	fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 123
430	430	interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 124
431	431	credited to the fund. 125
432	432	211.326. 1. The state courts administrator shall: 1
433	433	(1) Evaluate existing services by establishing 2
434	434	performance standards including performance standards for 3
435	435	juvenile courts receiving diversion funds; 4
436	436	(2) Develop standards for orientation training for all 5
437	437	new juvenile court professional personnel, including 6
438	438	juvenile officers, deputy juvenile officers and other 7
439	439	personnel deemed necessary by the state courts administrator; 8
440	440	(3) Develop standards for contin uing education for 9
441	441	existing juvenile court professional personnel, including 10
442	442	juvenile officers, deputy juvenile officers and other 11
443	443	personnel deemed necessary by the state courts administrator; 12
444	444	(4) Develop a process to evaluate services and collect 13
445	445	relevant outcome data; 14
446	446	(5) Develop a standardized assessment form for 15
447	447	classifying juvenile offenders; and 16 SB 755 15
448	448	(6) Develop guidelines for juvenile court judges to 17
449	449	use in determining the length of time a child may be 18
450	450	detained prior to informal a djustment or formal adjudication. 19
451	451	2. Standards, training and assessment forms developed 20
452	452	pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall be developed 21
453	453	considering racial disparities in the juvenile justice 22
454	454	system. 23
455	455	3. Continuing education standa rds established under 24
456	456	subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section shall 25
457	457	include a requirement that each juvenile officer annually 26
458	458	complete one hour of sex and human trafficking training 27
459	459	consistent with the guidelines established in section 28
460	460	27.170. The provisions of this subsection shall become 29
461	461	effective on January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 30
462	462	31, 2030. 31
463	463	324.035. 1. No board, commission, or committee within 1
464	464	the division of professional registration shall utilize 2
465	465	occupational fees, or any other fees associated with 3
466	466	licensing requirements, or contract or partner with any 4
467	467	outside vendor or agency for the purpose of offering 5
468	468	continuing education classes unless the continuing education 6
469	469	program is approved by the direc tor of the division of 7
470	470	professional registration and is available to all licensees 8
471	471	of the board, commission, or committee . 9
472	472	2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to 10
473	473	preclude a board, commission, or committee within the 11
474	474	division of professi onal registration from utilizing 12
475	475	occupational licensure fees for the purpose of participating 13
476	476	in conferences, seminars, or other outreach for the purpose 14
477	477	of communicating information to licensees with respect to 15
478	478	changes in policy, law, or regulations. 16 SB 755 16
479	479	337.618. 1. Each license issued pursuant to the 1
480	480	provisions of sections 337.600 to 337.689 shall expire on a 2
481	481	renewal date established by the director. The term of 3
482	482	licensure shall be twenty -four months. The committee shall 4
483	483	require a minimum number of thirty clock hours of continuing 5
484	484	education for renewal of a license issued pursuant to 6
485	485	sections 337.600 to 337.689, including two hours of suicide 7
486	486	assessment, referral, treatment, and management training. 8
487	487	The committee shall renew any license upon application for a 9
488	488	renewal, completion of the required continuing education 10
489	489	hours and upon payment of the fee established by the 11
490	490	committee pursuant to the provisions of section 337.612. As 12
491	491	provided by rule, the board may waive or exte nd the time 13
492	492	requirements for completion of continuing education for 14
493	493	reasons related to health, military service, foreign 15
494	494	residency, or for other good cause. All requests for 16
495	495	waivers or extensions of time shall be made in writing and 17
496	496	submitted to the board before the renewal date. 18
497	497	2. The hours of continuing education required for 19
498	498	renewal of a license under this section shall include two 20
499	499	hours of sex and human trafficking training consistent with 21
500	500	the guidelines established in section 27.170. The 22
501	501	provisions of this subsection shall become effective on 23
502	502	January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 31, 2030. 24
503	503	455.010. As used in this chapter, unless the context 1
504	504	clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall mean: 2
505	505	(1) "Abuse", includes but is not limited to the 3
506	506	occurrence of any of the following acts, attempts or threats 4
507	507	against a person who may be protected pursuant to this 5
508	508	chapter, except abuse shall not include abuse inflicted on a 6
509	509	child by accidental means by an adult household member or 7 SB 755 17
510	510	discipline of a child, including spanking, in a reasonable 8
511	511	manner: 9
512	512	(a) "Abusing a pet", purposely or knowingly causing, 10
513	513	attempting to cause, or threatening to cause physical injury 11
514	514	to a pet with the intent to cont rol, punish, intimidate, or 12
515	515	distress the petitioner; 13
516	516	(b) "Assault", purposely or knowingly placing or 14
517	517	attempting to place another in fear of physical harm; 15
518	518	(c) "Battery", purposely or knowingly causing physical 16
519	519	harm to another with or withou t a deadly weapon; 17
520	520	(d) "Coercion", compelling another by force or threat 18
521	521	of force to engage in conduct from which the latter has a 19
522	522	right to abstain or to abstain from conduct in which the 20
523	523	person has a right to engage; 21
524	524	(e) "Harassment", engaging in a purposeful or knowing 22
525	525	course of conduct involving more than one incident that 23
526	526	alarms or causes distress to an adult or child and serves no 24
527	527	legitimate purpose. The course of conduct must be such as 25
528	528	would cause a reasonable adult or child to su ffer 26
529	529	substantial emotional distress and must actually cause 27
530	530	substantial emotional distress to the petitioner or child. 28
531	531	Such conduct might include, but is not limited to: 29
532	532	a. Following another about in a public place or places; 30
533	533	b. Peering in the window or lingering outside the 31
534	534	residence of another; but does not include constitutionally 32
535	535	protected activity; 33
536	536	(f) "Sexual assault", causing or attempting to cause 34
537	537	another to engage involuntarily in any sexual act by force, 35
538	538	threat of force, duress, or without that person's consent; 36
539	539	(g) "Unlawful imprisonment", holding, confining, 37
540	540	detaining or abducting another person against that person's 38
541	541	will; 39 SB 755 18
542	542	(2) "Adult", any person [seventeen] eighteen years of 40
543	543	age or older or otherwise eman cipated; 41
544	544	(3) "Child", any person under [seventeen] eighteen 42
545	545	years of age unless otherwise emancipated; 43
546	546	(4) "Court", the circuit or associate circuit judge or 44
547	547	a family court commissioner; 45
548	548	(5) "Domestic violence", abuse or stalking commit ted 46
549	549	by a family or household member, as such terms are defined 47
550	550	in this section; 48
551	551	(6) "Ex parte order of protection", an order of 49
552	552	protection issued by the court before the respondent has 50
553	553	received notice of the petition or an opportunity to be 51
554	554	heard on it; 52
555	555	(7) "Family" or "household member", spouses, former 53
556	556	spouses, any person related by blood or marriage, persons 54
557	557	who are presently residing together or have resided together 55
558	558	in the past, any person who is or has been in a continuing 56
559	559	social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with 57
560	560	the victim, and anyone who has a child in common regardless 58
561	561	of whether they have been married or have resided together 59
562	562	at any time; 60
563	563	(8) "Full order of protection", an order of protection 61
564	564	issued after a hearing on the record where the respondent 62
565	565	has received notice of the proceedings and has had an 63
566	566	opportunity to be heard; 64
567	567	(9) "Order of protection", either an ex parte order of 65
568	568	protection or a full order of protection; 66
569	569	(10) "Pending", exists or for which a hearing date has 67
570	570	been set; 68
571	571	(11) "Pet", a living creature maintained by a 69
572	572	household member for companionship and not for commercial 70
573	573	purposes; 71 SB 755 19
574	574	(12) "Petitioner", a family or household member who 72
575	575	has been a victim of dom estic violence, or any person who 73
576	576	has been the victim of stalking or sexual assault, or a 74
577	577	person filing on behalf of a child pursuant to section 75
578	578	455.503 who has filed a verified petition pursuant to the 76
579	579	provisions of section 455.020 or section 455.505; 77
580	580	(13) "Respondent", the family or household member 78
581	581	alleged to have committed an act of domestic violence, or 79
582	582	person alleged to have committed an act of stalking or 80
583	583	sexual assault, against whom a verified petition has been 81
584	584	filed or a person served on behalf of a child pursuant to 82
585	585	section 455.503; 83
586	586	(14) "Sexual assault", as defined under subdivision 84
587	587	(1) of this section; 85
588	588	(15) "Stalking", is when any person purposely engages 86
589	589	in an unwanted course of conduct that causes alarm to 87
590	590	another person, or a person who resides together in the same 88
591	591	household with the person seeking the order of protection 89
592	592	when it is reasonable in that person's situation to have 90
593	593	been alarmed by the conduct. As used in this subdivision: 91
594	594	(a) "Alarm", to cause fear of danger of physical harm; 92
595	595	and 93
596	596	(b) "Course of conduct", two or more acts that serve 94
597	597	no legitimate purpose including, but not limited to, acts in 95
598	598	which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through a third 96
599	599	party follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or 97
600	600	communicates to a person by any action, method, or device. 98
601	601	455.035. 1. Upon the filing of a verified petition 1
602	602	pursuant to sections 455.010 to 455.085 and for good cause 2
603	603	shown in the petition, the court may i mmediately issue an ex 3
604	604	parte order of protection. An immediate and present danger 4
605	605	of domestic violence to the petitioner or the child on whose 5 SB 755 20
606	606	behalf the petition is filed shall constitute good cause for 6
607	607	purposes of this section. An ex parte order of protection 7
608	608	entered by the court shall take effect when entered and 8
609	609	shall remain in effect until there is valid service of 9
610	610	process and a hearing is held on the motion. The court 10
611	611	shall deny the ex parte order and dismiss the petition if 11
612	612	the petitioner is not authorized to seek relief pursuant to 12
613	613	section 455.020. 13
614	614	2. Failure to serve an ex parte order of protection on 14
615	615	the respondent shall not affect the validity or 15
616	616	enforceability of such order. If the respondent is less 16
617	617	than [seventeen] eighteen years of age, unless otherwise 17
618	618	emancipated, service of process shall be made upon a 18
619	619	custodial parent or guardian of the respondent, or upon a 19
620	620	guardian ad litem appointed by the court, requiring that the 20
621	621	person appear and bring the respondent before the court at 21
622	622	the time and place stated. 22
623	623	3. If an ex parte order is entered and the respondent 23
624	624	is less than [seventeen] eighteen years of age, the court 24
625	625	shall transfer the case to juvenile court for a hearing on a 25
626	626	full order of protection. The court shall appoint a 26
627	627	guardian ad litem for any such respondent not represented by 27
628	628	a parent or guardian. 28
629	629	455.513. 1. The court may immediately issue an ex 1
630	630	parte order of protection upon the filing of a verified 2
631	631	petition under section s 455.500 to 455.538, for good cause 3
632	632	shown in the petition, and upon finding that: 4
633	633	(1) No prior order regarding custody involving the 5
634	634	respondent and the child is pending or has been made; or 6
635	635	(2) The respondent is less than [seventeen] eighteen 7
636	636	years of age. 8 SB 755 21
637	637	An immediate and present danger of domestic violence, 9
638	638	including danger to the child's pet, stalking, or sexual 10
639	639	assault to a child shall constitute good cause for purposes 11
640	640	of this section. An ex parte order of protection entered by 12
641	641	the court shall be in effect until the time of the hearing. 13
642	642	The court shall deny the ex parte order and dismiss the 14
643	643	petition if the petitioner is not authorized to seek relief 15
644	644	pursuant to section 455.505. 16
645	645	2. Upon the entry of the ex parte order of p rotection, 17
646	646	the court shall enter its order appointing a guardian ad 18
647	647	litem or court-appointed special advocate to represent the 19
648	648	child victim. 20
649	649	3. If the allegations in the petition would give rise 21
650	650	to jurisdiction under section 211.031, the court ma y direct 22
651	651	the children's division to conduct an investigation and to 23
652	652	provide appropriate services. The division shall submit a 24
653	653	written investigative report to the court and to the 25
654	654	juvenile officer within thirty days of being ordered to do 26
655	655	so. The report shall be made available to the parties and 27
656	656	the guardian ad litem or court -appointed special advocate. 28
657	657	4. If the allegations in the petition would give rise 29
658	658	to jurisdiction under section 211.031 because the respondent 30
659	659	is less than [seventeen] eighteen years of age, the court 31
660	660	may issue an ex parte order and shall transfer the case to 32
661	661	juvenile court for a hearing on a full order of protection. 33
662	662	Service of process shall be made pursuant to section 455.035. 34
663	663	491.075. 1. A statement made by a child under the age 1
664	664	of [fourteen] eighteen, or a vulnerable person, relating to 2
665	665	an offense under chapter 565, 566, 568 or 573, performed by 3
666	666	another, not otherwise admissible by statute or court rule, 4
667	667	is admissible in evidence in crimina l proceedings in the 5 SB 755 22
668	668	courts of this state as substantive evidence to prove the 6
669	669	truth of the matter asserted if: 7
670	670	(1) The court finds, in a hearing conducted outside 8
671	671	the presence of the jury that the time, content and 9
672	672	circumstances of the statement provide sufficient indicia of 10
673	673	reliability; and 11
674	674	(2) (a) The child or vulnerable person testifies at 12
675	675	the proceedings; or 13
676	676	(b) The child or vulnerable person is unavailable as a 14
677	677	witness; or 15
678	678	(c) The child or vulnerable person is otherwise 16
679	679	physically available as a witness but the court finds that 17
680	680	the significant emotional or psychological trauma which 18
681	681	would result from testifying in the personal presence of the 19
682	682	defendant makes the child or vulnerable person unavailable 20
683	683	as a witness at the time of the criminal proceeding. 21
684	684	2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section or any 22
685	685	provision of law or rule of evidence requiring corroboration 23
686	686	of statements, admissions or confessions of the defendant, 24
687	687	and notwithstanding any prohibitio n of hearsay evidence, a 25
688	688	statement by a child when under the age of [fourteen] 26
689	689	eighteen, or a vulnerable person, who is alleged to be 27
690	690	victim of an offense under chapter 565, 566, 568 or 573 is 28
691	691	sufficient corroboration of a statement, admission or 29
692	692	confession regardless of whether or not the child or 30
693	693	vulnerable person is available to testify regarding the 31
694	694	offense. 32
695	695	3. A statement may not be admitted under this section 33
696	696	unless the prosecuting attorney makes known to the accused 34
697	697	or the accused's counsel his or her intention to offer the 35
698	698	statement and the particulars of the statement sufficiently 36
699	699	in advance of the proceedings to provide the accused or the 37 SB 755 23
700	700	accused's counsel with a fair opportunity to prepare to meet 38
701	701	the statement. 39
702	702	4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit 40
703	703	the admissibility of statements, admissions or confessions 41
704	704	otherwise admissible by law. 42
705	705	5. For the purposes of this section, "vulnerable 43
706	706	person" shall mean a person who, as a result of an 44
707	707	inadequately developed or impaired intelligence or a 45
708	708	psychiatric disorder that materially affects ability to 46
709	709	function, lacks the mental capacity to consent, or whose 47
710	710	developmental level does not exceed that of an ordinary 48
711	711	child of [fourteen] seventeen years of age. 49
712	712	491.641. 1. (1) There is hereby created in the state 1
713	713	treasury the "Pretrial Witness Protection Services Fund", 2
714	714	which shall consist of moneys collected under this section. 3
715	715	The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In 4
716	716	accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state 5
717	717	treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall be a 6
718	718	dedicated fund and money in the fund shall be used solely by 7
719	719	the department of public safety for the purposes of witness 8
720	720	protection services pursuant to this section. 9
721	721	(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 10
722	722	to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end 11
723	723	of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the 12
724	724	general revenue fund. 13
725	725	(3) The state treasurer s hall invest moneys in the 14
726	726	fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 15
727	727	interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 16
728	728	credited to the fund. 17
729	729	2. Any law enforcement agency and any prosecuting or 18
730	730	circuit attorney's office may provide for the security of 19
731	731	witnesses, potential witnesses, and their immediate families 20 SB 755 24
732	732	in criminal proceedings instituted or investigations pending 21
733	733	against a person alleged to have engaged in a violation of 22
734	734	state law. Providing for witnesses may incl ude provision of 23
735	735	housing facilities and for the health, safety, and welfare 24
736	736	of such witnesses and their immediate families, if testimony 25
737	737	by such a witness might subject the witness or a member of 26
738	738	his or her immediate family to danger of bodily injury, and 27
739	739	may continue so long as such danger exists. Subject to 28
740	740	appropriations from the general assembly for the purposes 29
741	741	provided for in this section, funds may be appropriated from 30
742	742	the pretrial witness protection services fund. 31
743	743	3. The department of public safety may authorize funds 32
744	744	to be disbursed to law enforcement agencies and prosecuting 33
745	745	or circuit attorneys' offices for the purchase, rental, or 34
746	746	modification of protected housing facilities for the purpose 35
747	747	of this section. The law enforcement agency or prosecuting 36
748	748	or circuit attorney's office may contract with any 37
749	749	department of federal or state government to obtain or to 38
750	750	provide the facilities or services to carry out this section. 39
751	751	4. The department of public safety may authorize 40
752	752	expenditures for law enforcement agencies and prosecuting or 41
753	753	circuit attorneys' offices to provide for the health, 42
754	754	safety, and welfare of witnesses and victims, and the 43
755	755	families of such witnesses and victims, whenever testimony 44
756	756	from, or a willingness to t estify by, such a witness or 45
757	757	victim would place the life of such person, or a member of 46
758	758	his or her family or household, in jeopardy. [A law 47
759	759	enforcement agency shall submit an application to the 48
760	760	department of public safety which shall include, but not 49
761	761	necessarily be limited to: 50
762	762	(1) Statement of conditions which qualify persons for 51
763	763	protection; 52 SB 755 25
764	764	(2) Precise methods the originating agency will use to 53
765	765	provide protection, including relocation of persons and 54
766	766	reciprocal agreements with other law enforcement agencies; 55
767	767	(3) Statement of the projected costs over a specified 56
768	768	period of time; 57
769	769	(4) If the requesting agency expects the person to 58
770	770	provide evidence in any court of competent jurisdiction: 59
771	771	(a) Brief statement of the anticipa ted evidence; 60
772	772	(b) Certification of a reasonable belief in the 61
773	773	person's competency to give evidence; 62
774	774	(c) Statement of facts supporting the law enforcement 63
775	775	agency's belief in the accuracy of the evidence; and 64
776	776	(d) Any offer made in exchang e for the person agreeing 65
777	777	to give evidence.] Law enforcement agencies and prosecuting 66
778	778	or circuit attorneys' offices seeking reimbursement shall 67
779	779	submit an application to be approved by the department of 68
780	780	public safety. 69
781	781	5. The application and any associated documents 70
782	782	submitted in subsection 4 of this section shall be a closed 71
783	783	record and not subject to disclosure under the provisions of 72
784	784	chapter 610. Any information contained in the application [, 73
785	785	or] and any other documents, which reveals or could reveal 74
786	786	the location or address of the individual or individuals who 75
787	787	qualify for services under this section shall be 76
788	788	confidential and shall not be disclosed by any entity. 77
789	789	492.304. 1. In addition to the admissibility of a 1
790	790	statement under the provisions of section 492.303, the 2
791	791	visual and aural recording of a verbal or nonverbal 3
792	792	statement of a child when under the age of [fourteen who is 4
793	793	alleged to be a victim of ] eighteen, or a vulnerable person, 5
794	794	relating to an offense under the provisions of chapter 565, 6 SB 755 26
795	795	566 [or], 568, or 573, if performed by another, is 7
796	796	admissible into evidence if: 8
797	797	(1) No attorney for either party was present when the 9
798	798	statement was made; except that, for any statement taken at 10
799	799	a state-funded child assessment center as provided for in 11
800	800	subsection 2 of section 210.001, an attorney representing 12
801	801	the state of Missouri in a criminal investigation may, as a 13
802	802	member of a multidisciplinary investigation team, observe 14
803	803	the taking of such statement, but such att orney shall not be 15
804	804	present in the room where the interview is being conducted; 16
805	805	(2) The recording is both visual and aural and is 17
806	806	recorded on film or videotape or by other electronic means; 18
807	807	(3) The recording equipment was capable of making an 19
808	808	accurate recording, the operator of the equipment was 20
809	809	competent, and the recording is accurate and has not been 21
810	810	altered; 22
811	811	(4) The statement was not made in response to 23
812	812	questioning calculated to lead the child or vulnerable 24
813	813	person to make a particular statement or to act in a 25
814	814	particular way; 26
815	815	(5) Every voice on the recording is identified; 27
816	816	(6) The person conducting the interview of the child 28
817	817	or vulnerable person in the recording, or a current employee 29
818	818	of a child assessment center if a child was recorded, is 30
819	819	present at the proceeding and available to testify or be 31
820	820	cross-examined by either party; and 32
821	821	(7) The defendant or the attorney for the defendant is 33
822	822	afforded an opportunity to view the recording before it is 34
823	823	offered into evidence. 35
824	824	2. If the child or vulnerable person does not testify 36
825	825	at the proceeding, the visual and aural recording of a 37
826	826	verbal or nonverbal statement of the child or vulnerable 38 SB 755 27
827	827	person shall not be admissible under this section unless the 39
828	828	recording qualifies for admission under section 491.075. 40
829	829	3. If the visual and aural recording of a verbal or 41
830	830	nonverbal statement of a child or vulnerable person is 42
831	831	admissible under this section and the child or vulnerable 43
832	832	person testifies at the proceeding, it shall be admissible 44
833	833	in addition to the testimony of the child or vulnerable 45
834	834	person at the proceeding whether or not it repeats or 46
835	835	duplicates the child's or vulnerable person's testimony. 47
836	836	4. As used in this section, a nonverbal statement 48
837	837	shall be defined as any demonstration of the child or 49
838	838	vulnerable person by his or her actions, facial expressions, 50
839	839	demonstrations with a doll or other visual aid whether or 51
840	840	not this demonstration is accompanied by words. 52
841	841	5. For the purposes of this sect ion, "vulnerable 53
842	842	person" shall mean a person who, as a result of an 54
843	843	inadequately developed or impaired intelligence or a 55
844	844	psychiatric disorder that materially affects the ability to 56
845	845	function, lacks the mental capacity to consent, or whose 57
846	846	developmental level does not exceed that of an ordinary 58
847	847	child of seventeen years of age. 59
848	848	556.039. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1
849	849	556.036 to the contrary, prosecutions: 2
850	850	(1) Under sections 566.203 to 566.211 involving a 3
851	851	person nineteen years of age or older; or 4
852	852	(2) Under section 566.203 or 566.206 involving a 5
853	853	person under nineteen years of age; 6
854	854	shall be commenced no later than twenty years after the 7
855	855	commission of the offense. 8
856	856	566.151. 1. A person twenty-one years of age or older 1
857	857	commits the offense of enticement of a child if he or she 2 SB 755 28
858	858	persuades, solicits, coaxes, entices, or lures whether by 3
859	859	words, actions or through communication via the internet or 4
860	860	any electronic communication, any person who is le ss than 5
861	861	[fifteen] seventeen years of age for the purpose of engaging 6
862	862	in sexual conduct. 7
863	863	2. It is not a defense to a prosecution for a 8
864	864	violation of this section that the other person was a peace 9
865	865	officer masquerading as a minor. 10
866	866	3. Enticement of a child or an attempt to commit 11
867	867	enticement of a child is a felony for which the authorized 12
868	868	term of imprisonment shall be not less than five years and 13
869	869	not more than thirty years. No person convicted under this 14
870	870	section shall be eligible for parole, probation, conditional 15
871	871	release, or suspended imposition or execution of sentence 16
872	872	for a period of five calendar years. 17
873	873	567.030. 1. A person commits the offense of 1
874	874	patronizing prostitution if he or she: 2
875	875	(1) Pursuant to a prior u nderstanding, gives something 3
876	876	of value to another person as compensation for having 4
877	877	engaged in sexual conduct with any person; or 5
878	878	(2) Gives or agrees to give something of value to 6
879	879	another person with the understanding that such person or 7
880	880	another person will engage in sexual conduct with any 8
881	881	person; or 9
882	882	(3) Solicits or requests another person to engage in 10
883	883	sexual conduct with any person in return for something of 11
884	884	value. 12
885	885	2. It shall not be a defense that the person believed 13
886	886	that the individual he or she patronized for prostitution 14
887	887	was eighteen years of age or older. 15
888	888	3. The offense of patronizing prostitution is a class 16
889	889	[B misdemeanor] E felony, unless the individual who the 17 SB 755 29
890	890	person patronizes is less than eighteen years of age b ut 18
891	891	older than [fourteen] fifteen years of age, in which case 19
892	892	patronizing prostitution is a class [E] D felony. 20
893	893	4. The offense of patronizing prostitution is a class 21
894	894	[D] B felony if the individual who the person patronizes is 22
895	895	[fourteen] fifteen years of age or younger. Nothing in this 23
896	896	section shall preclude the prosecution of an individual for 24
897	897	the offenses of: 25
898	898	(1) Statutory rape in the first degree pursuant to 26
899	899	section 566.032; 27
900	900	(2) Statutory rape in the second degree pursuant to 28
901	901	section 566.034; 29
902	902	(3) Statutory sodomy in the first degree pursuant to 30
903	903	section 566.062; or 31
904	904	(4) Statutory sodomy in the second degree pursuant to 32
905	905	section 566.064. 33
906	906	589.700. 1. In addition to any fine imposed for a 1
907	907	violation of section 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 566.210, 2
908	908	566.211, or 566.215, the court shall enter a judgment of 3
909	909	restitution in the amount specified in this subsection in 4
910	910	favor of the state of Missouri, payable to the human 5
911	911	trafficking and sexual exploitation fun d established under 6
912	912	this section, upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt 7
913	913	for a violation of section 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 8
914	914	566.210, 566.211, or 566.215. The judgment of restitution 9
915	915	shall be in the amount of: 10
916	916	(1) Ten thousand dollars per each identified victim of 11
917	917	the offense or offenses for which restitution is required 12
918	918	under this subsection; and 13
919	919	(2) Two thousand five hundred dollars for each county 14
920	920	in which such offense or offenses occurred. 15 SB 755 30
921	921	2. There is hereby created in t he state treasury the 16
922	922	"Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation Fund", which 17
923	923	shall consist of proceeds from the human trafficking 18
924	924	restitution collected for violations of sections 566.203, 19
925	925	566.206, 566.209, 566.210, 566.211, and 566.215. The state 20
926	926	treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance 21
927	927	with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may 22
928	928	approve disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund 23
929	929	and, upon appropriation, moneys in this fund shall be 24
930	930	distributed to the county o r counties where the human 25
931	931	trafficking offense or offenses occurred. Upon receipt of 26
932	932	moneys from the fund, a county shall allocate the 27
933	933	disbursement as follows: 28
934	934	(1) Ten thousand dollars per each identified victim of 29
935	935	the offense or offenses that o ccurred in the county toward 30
936	936	local rehabilitation services for victims of human 31
937	937	trafficking including, but not limited to, mental health and 32
938	938	substance abuse counseling; general education, including 33
939	939	parenting skills; housing relief; vocational training; and 34
940	940	employment counseling; and 35
941	941	(2) Two thousand five hundred dollars toward local 36
942	942	efforts to prevent human trafficking including, but not 37
943	943	limited to, education programs for persons convicted of 38
944	944	human trafficking offenses and increasing the numbe r of 39
945	945	local law enforcement members charged with enforcing human 40
946	946	trafficking laws. 41
947	947	3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to 42
948	948	the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of 43
949	949	the biennium shall not revert to the credit of t he general 44
950	950	revenue fund. 45
951	951	4. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund 46
952	952	in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any 47 SB 755 31
953	953	interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be 48
954	954	credited to the fund. 49
955	955	590.050. 1. (1) The POST commission shall establish 1
956	956	requirements for the continuing education of all peace 2
957	957	officers. 3
958	958	(2) Each peace officer shall be required to receive 4
959	959	two hours of sex and human trafficking training consistent 5
960	960	with the guidelines established in section 27.170 within the 6
961	961	law enforcement continuing education one -year reporting 7
962	962	period. The provisions of this subdivision shall become 8
963	963	effective on January 1, 2026, and shall expire on December 9
964	964	31, 2030. 10
965	965	(3) Peace officers who make traffi c stops shall be 11
966	966	required to receive [three hours] one hour of training 12
967	967	within the law enforcement continuing education [three-year] 13
968	968	one-year reporting period concerning the prohibition against 14
969	969	racial profiling and such training shall promote 15
970	970	understanding and respect for racial and cultural 16
971	971	differences and the use of effective, noncombative methods 17
972	972	for carrying out law enforcement duties in a racially and 18
973	973	culturally diverse environment. 19
974	974	2. The director shall license continuing education 20
975	975	providers and may probate, suspend and revoke such licenses 21
976	976	upon written notice stating the reasons for such action. 22
977	977	Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director pursuant 23
978	978	to this subsection may appeal as provided in chapter 536. 24
979	979	3. The costs of continuing law enforcement education 25
980	980	shall be reimbursed in part by moneys from the peace officer 26
981	981	standards and training commission fund created in section 27
982	982	590.178, subject to availability of funds, except that no 28
983	983	such funds shall be used for the trai ning of any person not 29 SB 755 32
984	984	actively commissioned or employed by a county or municipal 30
985	985	law enforcement agency. 31
986	986	4. The director may engage in any activity intended to 32
987	987	further the professionalism of peace officers through 33
988	988	training and education, includi ng the provision of 34
989	989	specialized training through the department of public safety. 35
990	990	610.131. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1
991	991	610.140 to the contrary, a person who [at the time of the 2
992	992	offense was under the age of eighteen, and] has pleaded 3
993	993	guilty to or has been convicted [for] of the offense of 4
994	994	prostitution under section 567.020 may apply to the court in 5
995	995	which he or she pled guilty or was sentenced for an order to 6
996	996	expunge from all official records all recordations of hi s or 7
997	997	her arrest, plea, trial, or conviction. If the court 8
998	998	determines that such person [was under the age of eighteen 9
999	999	or] was acting under the coercion, as defined in section 10
1000	1000	566.200, of an agent when committing the offense that 11
1001	1001	resulted in a plea of guilty or conviction under section 12
1002	1002	567.020, the court shall enter an order of expungement. 13
1003	1003	2. Upon granting of the order of expungement, the 14
1004	1004	records and files maintained in any administrative or court 15
1005	1005	proceeding in an associate or circuit division of the 16
1006	1006	circuit court under this section shall be confidential and 17
1007	1007	only available to the parties or by order of the court for 18
1008	1008	good cause shown. The effect of such order shall be to 19
1009	1009	restore such person to the status he or she occupied prior 20
1010	1010	to such arrest, plea, or conviction and as if such event had 21
1011	1011	never taken place. No person as to whom such order has been 22
1012	1012	entered shall be held thereafter under any provision of any 23
1013	1013	law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false 24
1014	1014	statement by reason of h is or her failure to recite or 25
1015	1015	acknowledge such arrest, plea, trial, conviction, or 26 SB 755 33
1016	1016	expungement in response to any inquiry made of him or her 27
1017	1017	for any purpose whatsoever and no such inquiry shall be made 28
1018	1018	for information relating to an expungement under this 29
1019	1019	section. 30
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