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2021 MO H.B. 280

Title - AN ACT To repeal section 563.046, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the use of a chokehold by a law enforcement officer, with a penalty provision.

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Prohibits law enforcement officers from using chokeholds, carotid restraints, and vascular immobility.

2021 MO H.B. 461

Title - AN ACT To amend chapter 590, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to law enforcement agency policies regarding officer-involved deaths.

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Requires law enforcement agencies to adopt written investigation policies for officer-involved deaths.

2021 MO S.B. 26

Title - AN ACT To amend chapters 574 and 590, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to public safety, with penalty provisions.

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Relates to public safety,relates to circuit attorneys,provides that any taxpayer of a political subdivision may initiate an action for injunctive relief if the governing body of such subdivision decreases the budget for its law enforcement agency,relates ...

Relates to public safety,relates to circuit attorneys,provides that any taxpayer of a political subdivision may initiate an action for injunctive relief if the governing body of such subdivision decreases the budget for its law enforcement agency,relates to physical security measures around private property,relates to police commissioners and emergency services,relates to parole,relates to pesticide certification and training,relates to the sale of alcohol,creates the 988 Public Safety Fund.

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2021 MO H.B. 499

Title - LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS”

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Establishes the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights.

2021 MO S.B. 135

Title - AN ACT To repeal section 590.650, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to prohibitions against discriminatory policing.

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Relates to prohibitions against discriminatory policing.

2021 MO H.B. 280

Title - AN ACT To repeal section 563.046, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the use of a chokehold by a law enforcement officer, with a penalty provision.

Law Number - 2021 MO H.B. 280

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Prohibits law enforcement officers from using chokeholds, carotid restraints, and vascular immobility.

2020 MO H.B 46

Title - AN ACT To repeal section 84.344, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to residency requirements for certain municipal personnel, with an emergency clause.

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Prohibits the use of the chokeholds in making arrests, and prescribes that this prohibition shall be part of officer training

2020 MO H.B. 70A

Title - AN ACT To amend chapter 67, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to law enforcement agency improvement plans.

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Requires political subdivisions to review certain law enforcement policies, procedures, and practices, and develop plans for improvement.

2020 MO H.B 54

Title - AN ACT To amend chapter 590, RSMo, by adding thereto two new sections relating to violent acts committed by peace officers, with an emergency clause.

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The A.G. shall make a database to coordinate the sharing of information between state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies concerning instances of excessive use of force related to law enforcement matters, accounting for applicable privacy and due...

The A.G. shall make a database to coordinate the sharing of information between state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies concerning instances of excessive use of force related to law enforcement matters, accounting for applicable privacy and due process rights.

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2020 MO H.B. 1375

Title - AN ACT To amend chapters 56, 67, and 590, RSMo, by adding thereto three new sections relating to audit requests while investigating offenses committed by public servants.

Law Number - 2020 MO H.B. 1375

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Allows a prosecuting or circuit attorney or a law enforcement agency to request an audit if they are conducting an investigation of an offense of theft or fraud by a public servant or an offense of official misconduct.

2020 MO H.B 31

Title - AN ACT To amend chapter 590, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a peace officer’s duty to intervene, with a penalty provision and an emergency clause.

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Establishes a duty for officers to intervene. Establishes that failure to intervene is an act of complicity and the penalty for such act shall be equal to the penalty imposed against the peace officer who committed the original wrongdoing for which the pe...

Establishes a duty for officers to intervene. Establishes that failure to intervene is an act of complicity and the penalty for such act shall be equal to the penalty imposed against the peace officer who committed the original wrongdoing for which the peace officer failed to intervene

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2020 MO H.B 32

Title - AN ACT To repeal section 563.046, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the use of a chokehold by a law enforcement officer, with a penalty provision and an emergency clause.

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In effecting an arrest or in preventing an escape from custody, a law enforcement officer is justified in using a chokehold only when he or she reasonably believes that it is necessary to defend himself or herself or a third person from what he or she bel...

In effecting an arrest or in preventing an escape from custody, a law enforcement officer is justified in using a chokehold only when he or she reasonably believes that it is necessary to defend himself or herself or a third person from what he or she believes to be the use or imminent use of deadly physical force or infliction of serious physical injury. The use of a chokehold for any other purpose shall be cause for the law enforcement officer’s immediate dismissal and revocation of his or her POST certification under chapter 590.

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