SB 1650

                                      SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                SENATE BILL NO. 1650
                                      103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
                                       INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CARTER.
 7080S.01I  KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
                                                   AN ACT
 To repeal section 575.095, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the
           offense of tampering with a judicial officer, with penalty provisions.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
1Section A.  Section 575.095, RSMo, is repealed and one new
2  section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 575.095,
3  to read as follows:
1575.095.  1. A person commits the offense of tampering
2  with a judicial officer if, with the purpose to harass,
3  intimidate or influence a judicial officer in the
4  performance of such officer's official duties, such person:
5(1) Threatens or causes harm to such judicial officer
6  or members of such judicial officer's family;
7(2) Uses force, threats, or deception against or
8  toward such judicial officer or members of such judicial
9  officer's family;
10(3) Offers, conveys or agrees to convey any benefit
11  direct or indirect upon such judicial officer or such
12  judicial officer's family;
13(4) Engages in conduct reasonably calculated to harass
14  or alarm such judicial officer or such judicial officer's
15  family, including stalking pursuant to section 565.225 or
16  565.227;
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17(5) Disseminates through any means, including by
18 posting on the internet, the judicial officer's or the
19 judicial officer's family's personal information.    For
20 purposes of this section, "personal information" includes a
21 home address, home or mobile telephone number, personal
22 email address, Social Security number, federal tax
23 identification number, checking or savings account number,
24 marital status, and identity of a child under eighteen years
25 of age.
262. A judicial officer for purposes of this section
27 shall be a judge or commissioner of a state or federal
28 court, arbitrator, special master, juvenile officer, deputy
29 juvenile officer, state prosecuting or circuit attorney,
30 public administrator, state assistant prosecuting or circuit
31 attorney, juvenile court commissioner, state probation or
32 parole officer, or referee.
333. A judicial officer's family for purposes of this
34 section shall be:
35(1) Such officer's spouse; or
36(2) Such officer or such officer's spouse's ancestor
37 or descendant by blood or adoption; or
38(3) Such officer's stepchild, while the marriage
39 creating that relationship exists.
404. The offense of tampering with a judicial officer is
41 a class D felony.
425. If a violation of this section results in death or
43 bodily injury to a judicial officer or a member of the
44 judicial officer's family, the offense is a class B felony.
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