Missouri - The MSHP has issued a press release regarding recent changes to Law and Legislation. The full release can be read as is below and outlaws quite a few different topics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The abbreviated descriptions below are intended to make the public aware of some of the new legislation enacted by the Missouri General Assembly which is related to crime and public safety. The listed legislation has been signed into law. Unless otherwise noted, these laws will go into effect August 28, 2022. The Patrol wishes to make the public aware of several of these new laws or changes to increase public awareness and education. For a complete description of these newly enacted laws, visit the Missouri House of Representatives or Missouri Senate websites or click on the links provided within this news release. HB1472 — https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills221/hlrbillspdf/3533S.05T.pdf OFFENSE OF MONEY LAUNDERING (Section 574.105 RSMo) Currently, the offense of money laundering involves a currency transaction. This bill modifies the offense of money laundering to specify a financial transaction. The bill adds a definition for "cryptocurrency," which is a digital currency in which transactions are verified and records are maintained by a decentralized system using cryptography. The bill replaces the definitions of "currency" with one for "monetary instruments" and it adds definitions for "financial transaction" and "transaction." The definition of "financial transaction" involves the movement of funds by wire or other means, including blockchain, and involves the use of a financial institution as defined under federal law. A political subdivision may allocate up to 25% of the funds it receives from the state through grants for public safety to the creation of homeless outreach teams as specified in the bill. These provisions will not apply to shelters for domestic violence victims. The provisions of this section have an effective date of January 1, 2023. HB2162 — https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills221/hlrbillspdf/5011S.04T.pdf OPIOID ADDICTION TREATMENT FUND (Sections 195.206 & 196.1050 RSMo) This bill establishes that the director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, if a licensed physician, may issue a statewide standing order, or contract with a licensed physician to issue such order, for an addiction mitigation medication, defined as properly administered naltrexone hydrochloride. Any licensed pharmacist may sell and dispense an addiction mitigation medication under a physician protocol or statewide standing order. A pharmacist acting in good faith and with reasonable care that sells or dispenses an addiction mitigation medication shall not be subject to any criminal or civil liability or professional disciplinary action for prescribing or dispensing such medication or for any resulting outcome. It shall be permissible for any person to possess an addiction mitigation medication. This bill provides that, in addition to those departments that currently have access, the Department of Corrections and the Judiciary shall have access to the "Opioid Addiction Treatment and Recovery Fund" to pay for opioid addiction treatment and prevention services and health care and law enforcement costs related to opioid addiction treatment and prevention. HB2168 — https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills221/hlrbillspdf/4926H.06T.pdf MOTOR VEHICLE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (Sections 303.025, 303.041, and C RSMo) Beginning January 1, 2024, this bill specifies that the Department of Revenue must establish a process for the voluntary suspension of motor vehicle registration for vehicles which are inoperable or being stored and not in operation. The owner or nonresident must not further operate the vehicle until notifying the Department that the vehicle will be in use, and DOR must reinstate the registration upon receipt of proof of financial responsibility. Owners or nonresidents who operate a motor vehicle during a period of inoperability or storage claimed under the bill will be guilty of a class B misdemeanor and may additionally be guilty of a violation of The Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law. The bill also provides that the department may verify motor vehicle financial responsibility as provided by law, but must not otherwise take enforcement action unless the director determines a violation has occurred as described in the bill. Currently, a first violation of the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law is punishable as a class D misdemeanor, meaning a fine may be imposed of up to $500; a second or subsequent offense is punishable by up to 15 days in jail and/or a fine not to exceed $500. This bill specifies that a second or subsequent offense may be punished by up to 15 days in jail and will be punished by a fine not less than $200, but not to exceed $500. Fines owed to the state for violations of the Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law may be eligible for payment in installments. Rules for the application of payment plans will take into account individuals' ability to pay. HB2331 — https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills221/hlrbillspdf/4527S.04T.pdf MEDICAL MARIJUANA FACILITY BACKGROUND CHECKS (Section 195.815 RSMo) Currently, all owners, officers, managers, contractors, employees, and other support staff of licensed or certified medical marijuana facilities must submit fingerprints to the Missouri State Highway Patrol for state and federal criminal background checks. This bill limits those individuals that must submit to such fingerprinting to employees, contractors, owners, and volunteers. This bill provides a definition of contractor for purposes of the provisions of the bill. SB678 — https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/tat/SB678.pdf POLICE DEPARTMENT FUNDING (Section 84.730 RSMo) Under current law, the city of Kansas City is required to provide one-fifth of its general revenue per fiscal year to fund the Kansas City Board of Police. This act increases such funding to one-fourth of the city's general revenue. Under current law, the General Assembly cannot require a city to increase an activity or service beyond that required by existing law, unless a state appropriation is made to pay the city for any increase costs. This proposed (Missouri) Constitution amendment, if approved by the voters, provides an exception to allow for a law that increases minimum funding, if increased before December 31, 2026, for a police force established by a state board of police commissioners to ensure they have additional resources to serve their communities. SB681 & SB682 — https://www.senate.mo.gov/22info/pdf-bill/tat/SB681.pdf SUBSTITUTE TEACHING (Sections 168.036 & 168.037 RSMo) Beginning January 1, 2023, the act authorizes substitute teachers that apply for a fingerprint background check the opportunity to submit the results to up to five different school districts for a specified fee. VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT SCHOOL CHILDREN (Sections 302.010 & 304.060 RSMo) This act modifies a definition of "school bus" to include only vehicles designed for carrying more than 10 passengers, including the driver. The act also provides that school districts shall have the authority to use vehicles other than school buses, meaning those vehicles designed for carrying 10 or fewer passengers including the driver, to transport school children, specifies that the State Board of Education shall not adopt rules or regulations governing the use of transportation network companies for the transportation of school children, repeals the requirement that drivers of non-school bus vehicles transporting school children have a school bus driver's license endorsement, and provides that the vehicles other than school buses shall meet any additional requirements of the school district. The State Board of Education shall not require an individual using a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 12,000 pounds or less f