SB 26 – Public Safety
Modifies several provisions related to public safety, including providing taxpayers with the ability to obtain injunctive relief if a local government decreases its police department’s budget by a prescribed amount and creating additional protections for law enforcement officers.
Additionally, this bill modifies provisions related to jail time credit for criminals prior to conviction and allows a defendant’s behavior during that same period to be considered in sentencing proceedings.
SB 49 – Public Safety
Modifies several provisions related to public safety, including establishing new watercraft and waterway regulations and eliminating safety inspections for new vehicles.
SB 53 – Public Safety
JEFFERSON CITY - Governor Mike Parson signed Senate Bill 51 into law Wednesday, which protects health care providers, businesses, religious organizations, and others from being held liable in COVID-19 exposure civil actions.Â
SB 51 protects those who may have altered their practices to accommodate the changing needs of patients and customers during the COVID-19 crisis, according to a news release.
If the defendant engaged in reckless or willful misconduct that caused an actual exposure and resulted in personal injury, they will not be protected by SB 51. SB 51 will protect those who helped protect us during some of the hardest days of the pandemic, and I thank Senator Luetkemeyer, Senator White, and Representative Wiemann for getting this legislation passed to prevent these unnecessary and frivolous lawsuits, Gov. Parson said in a news release.