HB 2273 — Modifies and establishes provisions relating to the protection of children and vulnerable persons

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 13 (g) Any misdemeanor or felony for pornography or related offense as defined in chapter 573;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 14 8.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 14 (2) The department shall provide the results of the criminal background check to the child care provider in a statement that indicates whether the prospective child care staff member or child care staff member is eligible or ineligible for employment or presence at the child care facility or receipt of state or federal funds for providing child care services either by direct payment or through reimbursement to an individual who receives child care benefits.

(i) A violent misdemeanor offense committed as an adult against a child, including the offense of child abuse, child endangerment, or sexual assault, or a misdemeanor offense SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 15 involving child pornography as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, or child sexual abuse material;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 15 (2) If a finding of ineligibility is based on an offense not provided for in subdivision (1) of this subsection, the prospective child care staff member or child care staff member may appeal to challenge the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in his or her criminal background check or to offer information mitigating the results and explaining why an eligibility exception should be granted.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any child care facility, as defined in section 210.201, maintained or operated under the exclusive control of a religious organization, as described in subdivision (17) of subsection 1 of section 210.211, unless such facility is a recipient of federal funds for providing care for children, except for federal funds SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 16 for those programs that meet the requirements for participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program under 42 U.S.C.

There is hereby created the "Statewide Council [on Sex] Against Adult Trafficking and the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children" [to] within the office of HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 16 the attorney general to make recommendations for a coordinated statewide effort against the trafficking of adults and children within the state of Missouri.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 17 (9) The executive director of the Missouri Juvenile Justice Association or his or her designee who is involved in anti-human trafficking efforts or has knowledge or experience in human trafficking investigations;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 17 (10) The director of the attorney general's human trafficking task force or his or her designee who is involved in anti-human trafficking efforts or has knowledge or experience in human trafficking investigations;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 18 4.] There shall be an executive director, who shall be appointed by the attorney general.

The attorney general shall fix the executive director's compensation and provide for such other administrative personnel as necessary within the limits of HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 18 appropriations provided in subsection 4 of this section.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 19 (4) A juvenile officer appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court of Missouri;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 19 (5) A representative from an agency providing victim services appointed by the director of the department of social services;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 20 (5) Develop a standardized assessment form for classifying juvenile offenders;

and HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 20 (6) Develop guidelines for juvenile court judges to use in determining the length of time a child may be detained prior to informal adjustment or formal adjudication.

315.005.

As used in sections 315.005 to [315.065] 315.081, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Code", the standards relating to fire safety, sanitation, electrical wiring, fuel- burning appliances, plumbing, swimming pools and spas, sewage and waste treatment and disposal as adopted by the department.

The department in its discretion, may incorporate, in whole or in part, the standards or codes promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association, Building Officials and Code Administration International, Inc., Great Lakes Upper Mississippi River Board of State Sanitary Engineers, and American Society of Sanitary Engineers;

(2) "Department", the director of the department of health and senior services or an agent of the director of the department of health and senior services;

(3) "Guest room", any room or unit where sleeping accommodations are regularly furnished to the public;

(4) "Human trafficking", the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act as defined in 22 U.S.C.

Section 7102 and the commission of an offense created by sections 566.200 to 566.223;

(5) "Human trafficking awareness training", training established or approved by the department that includes, but is not limited to, the following components:

(a) The definition of human trafficking and commercial exploitation of children;

(b) Guidance on how to identify individuals at risk for trafficking;

(c) Guidance on how to identify the signs of trafficking and individuals potentially engaged in the act of trafficking;

(d) Differences between labor and sex trafficking, specific to the hotel sector;

(e) Guidance on the role of hospitality employees in reporting and responding to human trafficking;

and (f) The contact information for the national human trafficking hotline toll-free number and text line or contact information for the local law enforcement agency;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 21 (6) "Lodging establishment", any building, group of buildings, structure, facility, place, or places of business where five or more guest rooms are provided, which is owned, maintained, or operated by any person and which is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public for hire which can be construed to be a hotel, motel, motor hotel, apartment hotel, tourist court, resort, cabins, tourist home, bunkhouse, dormitory, or other similar place by whatever name called, and includes all such accommodations operated for hire as lodging establishments for either transient guests, permanent guests, or for both transient and permanent guests;

[(5)] (7) "Owner", the person responsible for obtaining a license from the department for operating the lodging establishment;

[(6)] (8) "Permanent guest", any person who rents and occupies a guest room in a lodging establishment for a period of thirty-one days or more;

[(7)] (9) "Person", any individual, partnership, corporation, association, organization, firm, or federal, state, county, city, village, or municipal association or corporation;

[(8)](10) "Transient guest", any person who rents and occupies a guest room in a lodging establishment for a period of less than thirty-one days.

315.081.

1.

Every employee of a lodging establishment in this state shall be required to receive human trafficking awareness training within one hundred eighty days of employment, and after the first year of employment, annual human trafficking awareness training not later than December thirty-first.

2.

Every operator of a lodging establishment in this state shall implement procedures and adopt policies for the reporting of suspected human trafficking to the National Human Trafficking Hotline or to a local law enforcement agency.

3.

Any person who operates a lodging establishment shall maintain records of employee or operator training.

Such records shall be kept on file by the operator of the lodging establishment for the period during which the employee is employed by the establishment, and for one year after such employment ends.

A lodging establishment shall provide records to the department within a reasonable amount of time, but no later than ten business days, after such request is made in writing.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 22 (3) "Licensing authority", an agency, examining board, credentialing board, or other office of the state with the authority to impose occupational fees or licensing requirements on any profession.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning January 1, 2021, no person shall be disqualified by a state licensing authority from pursuing, practicing, or engaging in any occupation for which a license is required solely or in part because of a prior conviction SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 21 of a crime in this state or another state, unless the criminal conviction directly relates to the duties and responsibilities for the licensed occupation as set forth in this section or is violent or sexual in nature.

rape in the first degree, forcible rape, rape, statutory rape in the first degree, statutory rape in the second degree, rape in the second degree, sexual assault, sodomy in the first degree, forcible sodomy, statutory sodomy in the first degree, statutory sodomy in the second degree, child molestation in the first degree, child HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 23 molestation in the second degree, sodomy in the second degree, deviate sexual assault, sexual misconduct involving a child, sexual misconduct in the first degree under section 566.090 as it existed prior to August 28, 2013, sexual abuse under section 566.100 as it existed prior to August 28, 2013, sexual abuse in the first or second degree, enticement of a child, or attempting to entice a child;

promoting obscenity in the first degree, promoting obscenity in the second degree when the penalty is enhanced to a class E felony, promoting child pornography in the first degree as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, promoting child sexual abuse material in the first degree, promoting child pornography in the second degree as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, promoting child sexual abuse material in the second degree, possession of child pornography in the first degree as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, possession of child sexual abuse material in the first degree, possession of child pornography in the second degree as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, possession of child sexual abuse material in the second degree, furnishing child pornography to a minor as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 22 furnishing child sexual abuse material to a minor, furnishing pornographic materials to minors, or coercing acceptance of obscene material;

If an individual is charged with any of the crimes set forth in subsection 4 of this section, and is convicted, pleads guilty to, or is found guilty of a lesser-included offense and HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 24 is sentenced to a period of incarceration, such conviction shall only be considered by state licensing authorities as a criminal offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of a licensed profession for four years, beginning on the date such individual is released from incarceration.

This petition shall include details on the individual's criminal SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 23 record.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 25 (2) Any written determination by the licensing authority that an applicant's criminal conviction is a specifically listed disqualifying conviction and is directly related to the duties and responsibilities for the licensed occupation shall be documented with written findings for each of the grounds or reasons under paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of this subsection by clear and convincing evidence sufficient for a reviewing court.

No board, commission, or committee within the division of professional registration shall utilize occupational fees, or any other fees associated with licensing requirements, or contract or partner with any outside vendor or agency for the purpose of offering continuing education classes unless the continuing education program is SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 24 approved by the director of the division of professional registration and is available to all licensees of the board, commission, or committee.

However, when the classified occupation of manicurist is apprenticed in conjunction with the HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 26 classified occupation of cosmetologist, the apprentice shall be required to successfully complete an apprenticeship of no less than a total of three thousand hours;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 25 2.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 27 4.

incest, abandonment of a child in the first degree, abandonment of a child in the second degree, SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 26 endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, abuse of a child, using a child in a sexual performance, promoting sexual performance by a child, or trafficking in children;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 28 337.618.

The hours of continuing education required for renewal of a license under this section shall include two hours of sex and human trafficking training for the first renewal cycle after initial licensure and one hour of sex and human trafficking training for each licensure renewal thereafter consistent with the guidelines established in section 210.1505.

In conducting such SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 27 investigation, if the questioned activity or written complaint involves an affiliated licensee, the commission may forward a copy of the information received to the affiliated licensee's designated broker.

(1) Failure to maintain and deposit in a special account, separate and apart from his or her personal or other business accounts, all moneys belonging to others entrusted to him or HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 29 her while acting as a real estate broker or as the temporary custodian of the funds of others, until the transaction involved is consummated or terminated, unless all parties having an interest in the funds have agreed otherwise in writing;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 28 (6) Acting for more than one party in a transaction without the knowledge of all parties for whom he or she acts, or accepting a commission or valuable consideration for services from more than one party in a real estate transaction without the knowledge of all parties to the transaction;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 30 (13) Using prizes, money, gifts or other valuable consideration as inducement to secure customers or clients to purchase, lease, sell or list property when the awarding of such prizes, money, gifts or other valuable consideration is conditioned upon the purchase, lease, sale or listing;

(18) Been finally adjudicated and found guilty, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of this state or any other state or of the United States, for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions or duties of SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 29 any profession licensed or regulated under this chapter, or for any offense an essential element of which is fraud, dishonesty or an act of violence, whether or not sentence is imposed;

(23) Assisting or enabling any person to practice or offer to practice any profession licensed or regulated under sections 339.010 to 339.180 and sections 339.710 to 339.860 who HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 31 is not registered and currently eligible to practice under sections 339.010 to 339.180 and sections 339.710 to 339.860;

A finding of the administrative hearing commissioner that the licensee has performed or attempted to perform SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 30 one or more of the foregoing acts shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation of his license by the commission, or the placing of the licensee on probation on such terms and conditions as the real estate commission shall deem appropriate, or the imposition of a civil penalty by the commission not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars for each offense.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 32 (2) Any of the following sexual offenses:

promoting obscenity in the first degree, promoting obscenity in the second degree when the penalty is enhanced to a class E felony, promoting child pornography in the first degree as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, promoting child sexual abuse material in the first degree, promoting child pornography in the second degree as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, promoting child sexual abuse material in the second degree, possession of child pornography in the SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 31 first degree as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, possession of child sexual abuse material in the first degree, possession of child pornography in the second degree as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, possession of child sexual abuse material in the second degree, furnishing child pornography to a minor as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, furnishing child sexual abuse material to a minor, furnishing pornographic materials to minors, or coercing acceptance of obscene material;

455.050.

1.

Any full or ex parte order of protection granted pursuant to sections 455.010 to 455.085 shall be to protect the petitioner from cyberstalking, domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault and may include such terms as the court reasonably deems necessary to ensure the petitioner's safety, including but not limited to:

(1) Temporarily enjoining the respondent from committing or threatening to commit cyberstalking, domestic violence, molesting, stalking, sexual assault, or disturbing the peace of the petitioner, including violence against a pet;

(2) Temporarily enjoining the respondent from entering the premises of the dwelling unit of the petitioner when the dwelling unit is:

(a) Jointly owned, leased or rented or jointly occupied by both parties;

or (b) Owned, leased, rented or occupied by petitioner individually;

or (c) Jointly owned, leased, rented or occupied by petitioner and a person other than respondent;

provided, however, no spouse shall be denied relief pursuant to this section by reason of the absence of a property interest in the dwelling unit;

or (d) Jointly occupied by the petitioner and a person other than respondent;

provided that the respondent has no property interest in the dwelling unit;

or (3) Temporarily enjoining the respondent from communicating with the petitioner in any manner or through any medium.

2.

Mutual orders of protection are prohibited unless both parties have properly filed written petitions and proper service has been made in accordance with sections 455.010 to 455.085.

3.

When the court has, after a hearing for any full order of protection, issued an order of protection, it may, in addition:

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 32 (1) Award custody of any minor child born to or adopted by the parties when the court has jurisdiction over such child and no prior order regarding custody is pending or has been made, and the best interests of the child require such order be issued;

(2) Establish a visitation schedule that is in the best interests of the child;

(3) Award child support in accordance with supreme court rule 88.01 and chapter 452;

(4) Award maintenance to petitioner when petitioner and respondent are lawfully married in accordance with chapter 452;

(5) Order respondent to make or to continue to make rent or mortgage payments on a residence occupied by the petitioner if the respondent is found to have a duty to support the petitioner or other dependent household members;

(6) Order the respondent to pay the petitioner's rent at a residence other than the one previously shared by the parties if the respondent is found to have a duty to support the petitioner and the petitioner requests alternative housing;

(7) Order that the petitioner be given temporary possession of specified personal property, such as automobiles, checkbooks, keys, and other personal effects;

(8) Prohibit the respondent from transferring, encumbering, or otherwise disposing of specified property mutually owned or leased by the parties;

(9) Order the respondent to participate in a court-approved counseling program designed to help batterers stop violent behavior or to participate in a substance abuse treatment program;

(10) Order the respondent to pay a reasonable fee for housing and other services that have been provided or that are being provided to the petitioner by a shelter for victims of domestic violence;

(11) Order the respondent to pay court costs;

(12) Order the respondent to pay the cost of medical treatment and services that have been provided or that are being provided to the petitioner as a result of injuries sustained to the petitioner by an act of domestic violence committed by the respondent;

(13) Award possession and care of any pet, along with any moneys necessary to cover medical costs that may have resulted from abuse of the pet.

4.

A verified petition seeking orders for maintenance, support, custody, visitation, payment of rent, payment of monetary compensation, possession of personal property, prohibiting the transfer, encumbrance, or disposal of property, or payment for services of a shelter for victims of domestic violence, shall contain allegations relating to those orders and shall pray for the orders desired.

5.

In making an award of custody, the court shall consider all relevant factors including the presumption that the best interests of the child will be served by placing the SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 33 child in the custody and care of the nonabusive parent, unless there is evidence that both parents have engaged in abusive behavior, in which case the court shall not consider this presumption but may appoint a guardian ad litem or a court-appointed special advocate to represent the children in accordance with chapter 452 and shall consider all other factors in accordance with chapter 452.

6.

The court shall grant to the noncustodial parent rights to visitation with any minor child born to or adopted by the parties, unless the court finds, after hearing, that visitation would endanger the child's physical health, impair the child's emotional development or would otherwise conflict with the best interests of the child, or that no visitation can be arranged which would sufficiently protect the custodial parent from further domestic violence.

The court may appoint a guardian ad litem or court-appointed special advocate to represent the minor child in accordance with chapter 452 whenever the custodial parent alleges that visitation with the noncustodial parent will damage the minor child.

7.

The court shall make an order requiring the noncustodial party to pay an amount reasonable and necessary for the support of any child to whom the party owes a duty of support when no prior order of support is outstanding and after all relevant factors have been considered, in accordance with Missouri supreme court rule 88.01 and chapter 452.

8.

The court may grant a maintenance order to a party for a period of time, not to exceed one hundred eighty days.

Any maintenance ordered by the court shall be in accordance with chapter 452.

9.

(1) The court may, in order to ensure that a petitioner can maintain an existing wireless telephone number or numbers, issue an order, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, directing a wireless service provider to transfer the billing responsibility for and rights to the wireless telephone number or numbers to the petitioner, if the petitioner is not the wireless service accountholder.

(2) (a) The order transferring billing responsibility for and rights to the wireless telephone number or numbers to the petitioner shall list the name and billing telephone number of the accountholder, the name and contact information of the person to whom the telephone number or numbers will be transferred, and each telephone number to be transferred to that person.

The court shall ensure that the contact information of the petitioner is not provided to the accountholder in proceedings held under this chapter.

(b) Upon issuance, a copy of the full order of protection shall be transmitted, either electronically or by certified mail, to the wireless service provider's registered agent listed with the secretary of state, or electronically to the email address provided by the wireless service provider.

Such transmittal shall constitute adequate notice for the wireless service provider acting under this section and section 455.523.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 34 (c) If the wireless service provider cannot operationally or technically effectuate the order due to certain circumstances, the wireless service provider shall notify the petitioner within three business days.

Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

a.

The accountholder has already terminated the account;

b.

The differences in network technology prevent the functionality of a device on the network;

or c.

There are geographic or other limitations on network or service availability.

(3) (a) Upon transfer of billing responsibility for and rights to a wireless telephone number or numbers to the petitioner under this subsection by a wireless service provider, the petitioner shall assume all financial responsibility for the transferred wireless telephone number or numbers, monthly service costs, and costs for any mobile device associated with the wireless telephone number or numbers.

(b) This section shall not preclude a wireless service provider from applying any routine and customary requirements for account establishment to the petitioner as part of this transfer of billing responsibility for a wireless telephone number or numbers and any devices attached to that number or numbers including, but not limited to, identification, financial information, and customer preferences.

(4) This section shall not affect the ability of the court to apportion the assets and debts of the parties as provided for in law, or the ability to determine the temporary use, possession, and control of personal property.

(5) No cause of action shall lie against any wireless service provider, its officers, employees, or agents, for actions taken in accordance with the terms of a court order issued under this section.

(6) As used in this section and section 455.523, a "wireless service provider" means a provider of commercial mobile service under Section 332(d) of the Federal [Telecommunications Act of 1996] Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.

Section [151, et seq.] 332).

(1) "Child sex trafficking", any act committed by the defendant against the plaintiff that occurred when the plaintiff was under eighteen years of age and that HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 33 would have been a violation of section 566.203, 566.206, 566.209, 566.210, 566.211, or 566.215;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 35 2.

If the prosecuting attorney does not file such motion within sixty days of the request by the law enforcement officer having custody of the seized HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 34 property, then such officer may request that the attorney general file a written motion with the circuit court of the county or judicial district in which the seizure occurred.

Such disposition may, if the property is not claimed within one year from the date of the seizure or if no one establishes a right to it, and the seized property has ceased to be useful as evidence, SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 36 include a public sale of the property.

If the prosecuting attorney of a county in which property is seized fails to file a motion with the court for the disposition of the seized property within sixty days of the request by a law enforcement officer, the officer having custody of the seized property may request the attorney general to HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 35 file a written motion with the circuit court of the county or judicial district in which the seizure occurred.

A motion may also be filed by any person claiming the right to possession of the property SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 37 praying that the court declare the property not subject to forfeiture and order it delivered to the moving party.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 36 7.

If the evidence SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 38 is clear and convincing that the matter is obscene as defined by law and it was being held or displayed for sale, exhibition, distribution or circulation to the public, the judge shall declare it to be obscene and forfeited to the state and order its destruction or other disposition;

Written notice of date, time, place and nature of the hearing shall be personally served upon HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 37 the owner, dealer, exhibitor, displayer or such person's agent.

If the evidence is clear and convincing that the matter is obscene as defined by law, and that the obscene material was being held or displayed for sale, exhibition, distribution or circulation to the public or that the matter is pornographic for minors and that SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 39 the pornographic material was being held or displayed for sale, exhibition, distribution or circulation to minors, the judge shall declare it to be obscene or pornographic for minors and forfeited to the state and order its destruction or other disposition.

All other property still in the custody of an officer or of a court as the result of any seizure and which has not been forfeited pursuant to this section or any other provision of law HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 38 after three years following the seizure and which has ceased to be useful as evidence shall be deemed abandoned, converted to cash and shall be turned over immediately to the treasurer pursuant to section 447.543.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 40 (a) Inflicts serious physical injury on the victim;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 39 (a) Any scheme, plan, or pattern of behavior intended to cause a person to believe that, if the person does not enter into or continue the servitude, such person or another person will suffer substantial bodily harm or physical restraint;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 41 (6) "Sexual contact", any touching of another person with the genitals or any touching of the genitals or anus of another person, or the breast of a female person, or such touching through the clothing, or causing semen, seminal fluid, or other ejaculate to come into contact with another person, for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person or for the purpose of terrorizing the victim;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 40 2.

If such person has already established a residence and a public school, a private school, or child care facility is subsequently built or placed within one thousand feet of such person's residence, or a former victim subsequently resides on property with a property line within one thousand feet of such person's residence, then such person shall, within one week of the opening of such public school, private school, or child care facility, or the former SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 42 victim residing on the property, notify the county sheriff where such public school, private school, child care facility, or residence of a former victim is located that he or she is now residing within one thousand feet of such public school, private school, child care facility, or property line of the residence of a former victim, and shall provide verifiable proof to the sheriff that he or she resided there prior to the opening of such public school, private school, or child care facility, or the former victim residing on the property.

or HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 41 (2) Any offense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be a violation listed in this section;

shall not knowingly be physically present in or loiter within five hundred feet of or to approach, contact, or communicate with any child under eighteen years of age in any child care facility building, on the real property comprising any child care facility when persons SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 43 under the age of eighteen are present in the building, on the grounds, or in the conveyance, unless the offender is a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a student present in the building or on the grounds.

No parent, legal guardian, or custodian who has been found guilty of violating any of the offenses listed in subsection 1 of this section shall be present in any school building, on real property comprising any school, or in any conveyance owned, leased, or contracted by a school to transport students to or from school or a school-related activity when persons under HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 42 the age of eighteen are present in the building, on the grounds or in the conveyance unless the parent, legal guardian, or custodian has permission to be present from the superintendent or school board or in the case of a private school from the principal.

Permission may be granted by the superintendent, school board, or in the case of a private school from the principal for more SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 44 than one event at a time, such as a series of events, however, the parent, legal guardian, or custodian must obtain permission for any other event he or she wishes to attend for which he or she has not yet had permission granted.

566.151.HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 43 566.152.

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Upon5. conviction, the punishment imposed under this subsection shall be in addition and consecutive to any punishment provided by law for any crime committed as a result of the offense committed under this section.

The offense of grooming of a minor is a class C felony unless sexual conduct, sexual performance, or a commercial sex act occurs, in which case it is a class B felony.

No person convicted under this section shall be eligible for probation, parole, or conditional release until serving a minimum sentence of five years.

(1) The public on identifying and recognizing actions constituting grooming or enticement of a minor, responding to potential instances of grooming of a minor, and treatment of and services for victims of grooming;

and HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 44 (2) Procedures and training for professionals on the investigating and prosecuting of perpetrators of the offense of grooming or enticement of a minor.

8.

As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Minor", a person under eighteen years of age;

(2) "Pattern of conduct", two or more acts, occurrences, or practices, whether continuous or closely related in time, that collectively demonstrate a course of action directed at a minor for the purpose of preparing, conditioning, or manipulating the minor for sexual conduct, sexual performance, or a commercial sex act.

Evidence of a pattern of conduct may include written correspondences, text messages, email, instant messaging, social media communications, images, recordings, or other digital or electronic methods of communication.

A pattern of conduct may be established if a person either selects or identifies a minor based on perceived vulnerability or establishes rapport with a minor, or the minor's parent or guardian, to reduce suspicion, and does one of the following:

(a) Provides attention, gifts, favors, or other benefits that create reliance or obligation from a minor;

(b) Reduces or eliminates protective influences of a minor, increasing secrecy with a minor, or restricting access to support systems of a minor;

or (c) Introduces explicit sexual material that is pornographic for minors, as such terms are defined in section 573.010, or other physical contact with increasing frequency to a minor, and using secrecy, threats, or manipulation to sustain compliance of such minor;

(3) "Sexual performance", any play, motion picture film, videotape, dance, or exhibition performed before an audience of one or more that includes sexual conduct by a minor.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 46 (1) Violating any of the provisions of this chapter or the provisions of section 568.020, incest;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 45 shall not serve as an athletic coach, manager, or athletic trainer for any sports team in which a child less than seventeen years of age is a member or shall not supervise or employ any child under eighteen years of age.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 47 3.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 46 566.218.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 48 4.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 47 (2) "Characterized by", describing the essential character or dominant theme of an item;

or SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 49 (c) Any anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot, or any other item, with features of, or with features that resemble those of, a minor under eighteen years of age intended to be used for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person, or for the purpose of terrorizing or causing emotional distress to any person;

(6) "Explicit sexual material", any pictorial or three-dimensional material depicting human masturbation, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, direct physical HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 48 stimulation or unclothed genitals, sadomasochistic abuse, or emphasizing the depiction of postpubertal human genitals;

A SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 50 person may be found to be operating or causing to be operated a sexually oriented business whether or not such person is an owner, part owner, or licensee of the business;

and HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 49 (c) The material or performance, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 51 (b) Bestiality;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 50 a.

"Semi-nude model studio" means a place where persons regularly appear in a state of semi-nudity for money or any form of consideration in order to be observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed, or similarly SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 52 depicted by other persons.

and (ii)Where,(ii) Where, in order to participate in a class, a student must enroll at least three days in advance of the class;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 51 (e) A sexual encounter center.

A person commits the offense of promoting child [pornography] sexual abuse material in the first degree if, knowing of its content and character, such person possesses with the intent to promote or promotes child [pornography] sexual abuse material SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 53 of a child less than fourteen years of age or obscene material portraying what appears to be a child less than fourteen years of age.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 52 573.035.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 54 3.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 53 (2) For the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, property or material shall be deemed to be reasonably available to the defendant if the state provides ample opportunity for inspection, viewing, and examination at a state or other governmental facility of the property or material by the defendant, his or her attorney, and any individual the defendant may seek to qualify to furnish expert testimony at trial.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 55 (3) Oral testimony by a witness to the sexual performance as to the age of the child based on the child's appearance at the time;

Upon receipt of any information that child [pornography] sexual abuse material as defined in section 573.010 is contained on a website, the attorney general shall HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 54 investigate such information.

Data is considered property and may be in any form SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 56 including, but not limited to, printouts, magnetic or optical storage media, punch cards, data stored internally in the memory of the computer, or data stored externally that is accessible by the computer;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 55 (7) "Public mobile services", air-to-ground radio telephone services, cellular radio telecommunications services, offshore radio, rural radio services, public land mobile telephone services, and other common carrier radio communications services;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 57 [3.] 4.

or HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 56 (4) The intentional dissemination of an image of another identifiable person who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed if the dissemination serves a lawful public purpose.

[7.]8.[7.] 8.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 58 (2)] Who is identifiable from the image itself or information displayed in connection with the image;

and [(3)]2)[(3)] (2) Who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed, in whole or in part.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 57 (2) If the image was of a minor or of a vulnerable person, the offense of threatening the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images is a class B felony.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a provider of electronic communication services or remote computing services to monitor any user, subscriber or SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 59 customer of the provider, or the content of any communication of any user, subscriber or customer of the provider.

573.570.

1.

As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Depicted individual", an individual who, as a result of digitization or by means of digital manipulation, appears in whole or in part in an intimate digital depiction and who is identifiable by virtue of the individual's face, likeness, or other distinguishing characteristic, such as a unique birthmark or other recognizable feature, or from information displayed in connection with the digital depiction;

(2) "Digital depiction", a realistic visual depiction of an individual that has been created or altered using digital manipulation;

(3) "Information content providers", any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of information provided through the internet or any other interactive computer service;

(4) "Intimate digital depiction", a digital depiction of an individual that has been created or altered using digital manipulation and that depicts:

(a) The uncovered genitals, pubic area, anus, or postpubescent female nipple of an identifiable individual;

(b) The display or transfer of bodily sexual fluids:

a.

Onto any part of the body of an identifiable individual;

or b.

From the body of an identifiable individual;

or (c) An identifiable individual engaging in sexually explicit conduct;

(5) "Sexually explicit conduct", actual or simulated:

(a) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex;

(b) Bestiality;

(c) Masturbation;

(d) Sadistic or masochistic abuse;

or (e) Lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of any person.

2.

A person commits the offense of disclosure of an intimate digital depiction if the person:

(1) Discloses an intimate digital depiction:

(a) With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, alarm, or cause substantial harm to the finances or reputation of the depicted individual;

or (b) With the actual knowledge that, or reckless disregard for whether, such disclosure will cause physical, emotional, reputational, or economic harm to the depicted individual;

or (2) Threatens to disclose an intimate digital depiction:

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 60 (a) With the intent to harass, annoy, threaten, alarm, or cause substantial harm to the finances or reputation of the depicted individual;

or (b) With the actual knowledge that, or reckless disregard for whether, such threatened disclosure will cause physical, emotional, reputational, or economic harm to the depicted individual.

3.

(1) Aviolation of subdivision (1) of subsection 2 of this section shall be a class D felony.

(2) A violation of subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section shall be a class E felony.

(3) A violation of subsection 2 of this section shall be a class C felony if:

(a) The violation is a second or other subsequent violation of subsection 2 of this section;

or (b) The violation is such that the digital depiction could be reasonably expected to:

a.

Affect the conduct of any administrative, legislative, or judicial proceeding of a federal, state, local, or tribal government agency, including the administration of an election or the conduct of foreign relations;

or b.

Facilitate violence.

4.

It shall not be a defense to an offense of disclosure of an intimate digital depiction under this section that there is a disclaimer stating that the intimate digital depiction of the depicted individual was unauthorized or that the depicted individual did not participate in the creation or development of the digital depiction.

5.

For the purposes of this section, a provider of an interactive computer service shall not be held to have committed the offense of disclosure of an intimate digital depiction due to:

(1) Any action voluntarily taken in good faith to restrict access to or availability of intimate digital depictions;

or (2) Any action taken to enable or make available to information content providers or other persons the technical means to restrict access to intimate digital depictions.

573.575.

1.

A person commits the offense of sadistic online exploitation if he or she:

(1) Uses the internet to manipulate, intimidate, hurt, scare, control, or threaten a victim to undergo suffering through forcing their submission, use of violence, self-harm, or destruction for sadistic or sinister purposes;

(2) Coerces a victim into performing self-harm, animal harm, harming another person, sharing person information, or suicidal actions or ideations;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 61 (3) Uses non-physical forms of coercion, manipulation, shame or fear to extort another person into providing sexually explicit content then using such content to further extort, threaten, or control the victim;

or (4) Uses intimate depictions as devices to threaten or coerce a victim by demanding any kind of financial gain.

2.

The offense of sadistic online exploitation shall be a class E felony.

589.015.

As used in sections 589.010 to 589.040:

(1) The term "center" shall mean the state center for the prevention and control of sexual assault established pursuant to section 589.030;

(2) The term "sexual assault" shall include:

(a) The acts of rape in the first or second degree, forcible rape, rape, statutory rape in the first degree, statutory rape in the second degree, sexual assault, sodomy in the first or second degree, forcible sodomy, sodomy, statutory sodomy in the first degree, statutory sodomy in the second degree, child molestation in the first, second, third, or fourth degree, deviate sexual assault, sexual misconduct, sexual misconduct in the first, second, or third degree, sexual abuse, and sexual abuse in the first or second degree, or attempts to commit any of the aforesaid, as these acts are defined in chapter 566;

(b) The act of incest, as this act is defined in section 568.020;

(c) The act of abuse of a child under section 568.060, which involves sexual contact;

(d) The act of use of a child in a sexual performance;

and (e) The act of enticement of a child as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, grooming or enticement of a minor, as defined in section 566.151, or any attempt to commit such act.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 58 589.400.

kidnapping or kidnapping in the SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 62 first degree when the victim was a child and the defendant was not a parent or guardian of the child;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 59 (7) Any person who is a resident of this state who has, since July 1, 1979, been or is hereafter adjudicated in any other state, territory, the District of Columbia, or foreign country, or under federal, tribal, or military jurisdiction for an offense which, if committed in this state, would constitute an offense listed under section 589.414, or has been or is required to register in another state, territory, the District of Columbia, or foreign country, or has been or is required to register under tribal, federal, or military law;

or SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 63 (8) Any person who has been or is required to register in another state, territory, the District of Columbia, or foreign country, or has been or is required to register under tribal, federal, or military law and who works or attends an educational institution, whether public or private in nature, including any secondary school, trade school, professional school, or institution of higher education on a full-time or on a part-time basis or has a temporary residence in Missouri.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 60 (1) Fifteen years if the offender is a tier I sex offender as provided under section 589.414;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 64 5.

Any person currently on the sexual offender registry or who otherwise would be required to register for being adjudicated for the offense of felonious restraint of a nonsexual nature when the victim was a child and he or she was the parent or guardian of the child, nonsexual child abuse that was committed under section 568.060, or kidnapping of a HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 61 nonsexual nature when the victim was a child and he or she was the parent or guardian of the child shall be removed from the registry.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 65 9.

Any nonresident worker, including work as a volunteer or intern, or nonresident student shall register for the duration of such person's employment, including participation as a volunteer or intern, or attendance at any school of higher education whether public or private, including any secondary school, trade school, professional school, or institution of higher education on a full-time or part-time basis in this state unless granted relief under HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 62 section 589.401.

Any registered offender from another state who has a temporary residence in this state and resides more than seven SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 66 days in a twelve-month period shall register for the duration of such person's temporary residency unless granted relief under section 589.401.

If any person required by sections 589.400 to 589.425 to register changes his or her state, territory, the District of Columbia, or foreign country, or federal, tribal, or military jurisdiction of residence, the person shall appear in person and shall inform both the chief law enforcement official with whom the person was last registered and the chief law enforcement official of the HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 63 area in the new state, territory, the District of Columbia, or foreign country, or federal, tribal, or military jurisdiction having jurisdiction over the new residence or address within three business days of such new address.

Whenever a registrant changes residence, the chief law enforcement official of the county or city not within a county where the person was SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 67 previously registered shall inform the Missouri state highway patrol of the change within three business days.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 64 [(n)] (o) Child molestation in the second degree under section 566.068 as it existed prior to January 1, 2017, if the punishment is less than one year;

[or (o)](o)](p) (p) Invasion of privacy under section 565.252 if the victim is less than eighteen years of age;

or SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 68 (q) Grooming of a minor under section 566.152;

[(i)]k)[(i)] (k) Patronizing prostitution under section 567.030;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 65 [(k)] (m) Child molestation in the fourth degree under section 566.071 if the victim is thirteen to seventeen years of age;

[(l)][(l)](n) (n) Sexual misconduct involving a child under section 566.083 if it is a first offense and the penalty is a term of imprisonment of more than a year;

[or SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 69 (m)] (o) Age misrepresentation with intent to solicit a minor under section 566.153;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 66 (h) Sodomy in the second degree under section 566.061;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 70 (j) Sexual abuse in the first degree under section 566.100 if the victim is under thirteen years of age;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 67 (ee) Abuse of a child under section 568.060 if the offense is of a sexual nature and the victim is under thirteen years of age;

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 71 (ff) Sexual [contact with a prisoner or offender] conduct in the course of public duty under section 566.145 if the victim is under thirteen years of age;

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 68 (2) Each peace officer shall be required to receive two hours of sex and human trafficking training consistent with the guidelines established in section 210.1505 within SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 72 the law enforcement continuing education one-year reporting period.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 69 3.

The director of revenue shall deposit annually the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars to the state forensic laboratory account administered by the department of SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 73 public safety to provide financial assistance to defray expenses of crime laboratories if such analytical laboratories are registered with the federal Drug Enforcement Agency or the Missouri department of health and senior services.

(2) Beginning on September 1, 2004, and on the first of each month the director of revenue or the director's designee shall deposit fifty percent of the balance of funds available HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 70 to the credit of the crime victims' compensation fund and fifty percent to the services to victims' fund established in section 595.100.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 74 7.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 71 12.

All awards made to injured victims under sections 595.010 to 595.105 and all appropriations for administration of sections 595.010 to 595.105, except sections 595.050 and SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 75 595.055, shall be made from the crime victims' compensation fund.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 72 595.047.

1.

(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Missouri Crime Victims Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any gifts, contributions, grants, or other donations from any public or private source.

The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund.

In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements.

The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, moneys in this fund shall be used solely as provided in this section.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.

(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested.

Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.

2.

Moneys in the Missouri crime victims fund shall be disbursed to entitlement jurisdictions, eligible entities, or local governmental entities that are eligible for victim assistance grants under the federal Victims of Crime Act, Pub.

L.

98-473, and related regulations, and such jurisdictions and entities shall use such moneys for the same purposes as an entitlement jurisdiction, eligible entity, or local governmental entity may use victim assistance grants under the federal Victims of Crime Act, Pub.

L.

98-473, and related regulations.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.140 to the contrary, a person who [at the time of the offense was under the age of eighteen, and] has pleaded guilty SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 76 to or has been convicted [for] of the offense of prostitution under section 567.020 may apply to the court in which he or she pled guilty or was sentenced for an order to expunge from all official records all recordations of his or her arrest, plea, trial, or conviction.

No person as to whom such order has been entered shall be held thereafter under any provision of any law to be guilty of perjury or otherwise giving a false statement by reason of his or her failure to recite or acknowledge such arrest, plea, trial, conviction, or expungement HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 73 in response to any inquiry made of him or her for any purpose whatsoever and no such inquiry shall be made for information relating to an expungement under this section.

The grants shall be awarded and used to pay the salaries of detectives and computer forensic personnel whose focus is investigating internet sex crimes against children, including but not limited to enticement of a childchild, as it existed prior to August 28, 2026, grooming or enticement of a minor, possession or promotion of child [pornography] sexual abuse material, provide funding for the training of law enforcement personnel and prosecuting and circuit attorneys as well as their assistant SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 77 prosecuting and circuit attorneys, and purchase necessary equipment, supplies, and services.

and HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 74 (6) One member of the senate appointed by the president pro tem.

Multijurisdictional internet cyber crime law enforcement task forces and other law enforcement agencies participating in the grant program established in subsection 2 of this SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 78 section shall share information and cooperate with the highway patrol and with existing internet crimes against children task force programs.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 75 [10.

(2) Assist in the investigation of child abuse, child neglect, child sexual abuse, child exploitation, child [pornography] sexual abuse material, or child fatality cases, upon the request of a local, county, state, or federal law enforcement agency, county, state, or federal SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 79 prosecutor, a representative of the family courts, medical examiner, coroner, juvenile officer, or department of social services staff.

HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 76 3.

660.845.

1.

(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Missouri Crime Victims Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any gifts, contributions, grants, or other donations from any public or private source.

The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund.

In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements.

The fund shall be a dedicated fund and, upon appropriation, moneys in this fund shall be used solely as provided in this section.

SS SCS HCS HBs 2273, 1946, 1814 & 2551 80 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.

(3) The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested.

Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.

2.

Moneys in the Missouri crime victims fund shall be disbursed to entitlement jurisdictions, eligible entities, or local governmental entities that are eligible for victim assistance grants under the federal Victims of Crime Act, Pub.

L.

98-473, and related regulations, and such jurisdictions and entities shall use such moneys for the same purposes as an entitlement jurisdiction, eligible entity, or local governmental entity may use victim assistance grants under the federal Victims of Crime Act, Pub.

L.

98-473, and related regulations.