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Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 1433 - DISPOSABLE CELL PHONE PURCHASES - Wildberger, Edward
Requires purchasers of six or more disposable cell phones at one time to provide photo identification which will be reported and kept in a database by the State Highway Patrol
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 1503 - CAPITOL POLICE - Bruns, Mark J.
Requires the appointment of a capitol police chief and authorizes capitol police officers to apply for and serve search warrants and to arrest anywhere in Cole County
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 1513 - EMERGENCY DROUGHT CONDITIONS - Bruns, Mark J.
Makes it unlawful for any person to set fire to or to burn trash in an area proclaimed by the Governor to be in danger from fire due to emergency drought conditions
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee Bill TextHCS/SB 733 - This act requires crime laboratories providing reports or testimony to a state court pertaining to a result of the forensic analysis of evidence to be accredited by a laboratory accrediting organization approved by the Department of Public Safety. Crime laboratories shall comply with these requirements on or after December 31, 2012. Under this act, the term "crime laboratory" means a laboratory operated or supported financially by the state or any unit of local government that employs at least one scientist, who examines physical evidence in criminal matters and provides expert or opinion testimony about such evidence in state court. The department shall promulgate rules identifying approved accrediting bodies and shall establish a procedure for monitoring crime laboratory compliance. SUSAN HENDERSON MOORE
Latest Action: 01/10/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Bill TextSB 787 - This act prohibits individuals from setting a fire in an area proclaimed by the governor to be in extraordinary danger from fire as a result of emergency drought conditions. Individuals who violate this act are guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. In a separate cause of action, political subdivisions and volunteer fire protection associations may seek to recover reasonable costs associated with responding to a fire caused by a person in violation of this act. This act is similar to SB 114 (2007) and SCS/SB 1198 (2006). ERIKA JAQUES
Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Referred H Crime Prevention & Public Safety Committee Bill TextSB 790 - This act creates a "Crime Laboratory Review Commission" to independently review the operations of crime laboratories in the state of Missouri that receive state-administered funding. The commission shall consist of nine members, including a senior manager of an accredited crime lab, an active or retired judge, a prosecuting attorney, a criminal defense attorney, a licensed law enforcement officer in a management position, a crime victims' advocate, the director of the Department of Public Safety or a designee, a higher education faculty member teaching science, and a public member with some expertise in forensic science. The commission members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The members shall serve terms of six years and the chairman shall be the director of the department or his or her designee. The commission shall have the power to assess the capabilities and needs of the crime labs and make recommendations for improvements,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Ways & Means Committee Bill TextSJR 40 - This constitutional amendment, if approved by voters, would repeal the provision of Missouri's Constitution which provides moneys from the State Highways and Transportation fund to pay actual costs of the Highway Patrol in administering and enforcing state vehicle and traffic laws. An additional state-wide sales and use tax of three-eighths of one percent is imposed to fund such activities. JASON ZAMKUS
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Reported Duly Enrolled S Rules Committee Bill TextHCS/SB 932 - This act creates the "Cyber Crime Investigation Fund". This fund shall be used solely for the administration of the Cyber Crime Investigation Grant Program. Beginning with fiscal year 2010, the General Assembly shall appropriate three million dollars to the fund annually. The Department of Public Safety shall administer the fund. This act allows money distributed by the Department of Public Safety to investigate internet sex crimes against children to be used to fund training for prosecuting and circuit attorneys. Currently, the money can only be used for other purposes, including training law enforcement personnel. Currently, peace officers who make traffic stops are required to receive annual training concerning the prohibition of race profiling. This act changes the training requirement to three hours within the law enforcement continuing education three-year reporting period. Currently, a search warrant shall be executed as soon as practicable and shall expire [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 1630 - LINE OF DUTY COMPENSATION ACT - Bruns, Mark J.
Establishes the Line of Duty Compensation Act which authorizes a claim to be filed with the Division of Workers' Compensation on behalf of public safety workers who are killed in the line of duty
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Referred H Local Government Committee Bill TextSCS/SB 935 - Under this act, the sheriff shall receive an additional $10 fee for service of any civil summons, writ, subpoena or other court order. The money received by the sheriff shall be collected by the county treasurer and made payable to the state treasurer. The money paid to the state treasurer shall be deposited into the newly created "Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund". The money shall be used only to supplement the salaries, and employee benefits resulting from such salary increases, of county deputy sheriffs. The Missouri Sheriff Methamphetamine Relief Taskforce (MoSMART), housed with the Department of Public Safety shall administer the fund. SUSAN HENDERSON MOORE
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Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H) Bill Text
HB 2539 - FIRE SPRINKLER INSTALLERS - Wasson, Jay
Authorizes the State Fire Marshal to establish procedures for the licensure of fire sprinkler installers and contractors
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Local Government (H) Bill Text
HB 2526 - LIQUOR CONTROL - Pratt, Bryan
Repeals certain liquor control provisions regarding licensed liquor and wine wholesalers
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Special Committee on Government Affairs (H) Bill Text
HB 2505 - AGENCY ADMINISTRATION TRANSFERS - Sutherland, Mike
Transfers the administration of certain state councils, funds, and duties
Latest Action: 04/03/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H) Bill Text
HB 2401 - ELEVATOR SAFETY AND INSPECTIONS - Sander, Therese
Changes the laws regarding the membership of the Elevator Safety Board and repeals a provision exempting certain elevator devices from inspection
Latest Action: 04/03/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H) Bill Text
HB 2324 - MUTUAL-AID AGREEMENTS - Wildberger, Edward
Allows the executive officer of any public safety agency to enter into a mutual-aid agreement for recipocal emergency aid and specifies that the Department of Public Safety will administer the state system
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Bill TextSB 1200 - This act requires the department of public safety to develop and maintain an ammunition coding system database containing certain information provided by manufacturers and vendors of firearm ammunition. The information shall only be made available to law enforcement agencies to be used in criminal investigations. The database shall be developed and operational by January 1, 2009. Manufacturers and vendors that do not provide the required information shall be subject to civil fines. The cost of maintaining the database shall be paid from the newly created "Ammunition Coding System Database Fund". Vendors of firearm ammunition shall charge an additional one-half cent per bullet or round of ammunition and the money shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the fund. Under this act, a person commits the crime of unlawful sale of uncoded ammunition if he or she sells any ammunition that has not been coded after March 1, 2009. Unlawful sale of uncoded ammunition [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/29/2008 - Signed by House Speaker Bill Text
HB 2224 - LAW ENFORCEMENT - Jones, Kenny
Creates the Deputy Sheriff Salary Supplementation Fund and revises continuing education requirements for peace officers
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H) Bill Text
HB 2235 - JOINT COMMITTEE ON TERRORISM - Komo, Sam
Requires the Joint Committee on Terrorism, Bioterrorism, and Homeland Security to include the feasibility of compiling information relevant to enforcement issues in their studies
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - H Calendar S Bills for Third Reading Bill TextSS/SB 1159 - This act modifies provisions relating to forensic examinations of sexual offense victims. If the appropriate medical provider reasonably believes the sexual offender could be a parent or guardian of the victim and the victim is a minor under the age of eighteen, the medical provider shall only be required to provide written notice to the nonoffending parent or guardian of the forensic examination. The Department of Health and Senior Services currently develops a checklist for medical providers to refer to when providing treatment. Under this act, the department shall also develop an evidentiary collection kit, when appropriate, for medical providers. Currently, the Department of Health and Senior Services pays medical providers to cover the forensic exam charges for people who may be victims of sexual offenses. Under this act, the Department of Public Safety shall pay the cost of the exams to the medical providers with money from the newly created "Sexual Offense [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Referred: Spec Com on Professional Registration & Licens (H) Bill Text
HB 2148 - ELEVATOR SAFETY BOARD - Emery, Edgar G. H.
Changes the laws regarding the membership of the Elevator Safety Board within the Department of Public Safety
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