SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1931 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHMIDT.

4192H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk

AN ACT To amend chapter 544, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the confidentiality of arrest warrants.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Chapter 544, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 544.076, to read as follows: 544.076. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law and unless determined 2 otherwise by a court, an arrest warrant issued for a criminal offense committed in this 3 state shall not be accessible through an electronic case management system until the 4 arrest warrant has been executed. 5 2. The provisions of this section amend court operating rule 2.04 relating to 6 access to case records, and the provisions of this section shall govern if there is a conflict 7 between this section and court operating rule 2.04 as it relates to the confidentiality of 8 arrest warrant information. ✔

EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

Statutes affected:
Introduced (4192H.01): 544.076