HOUSE BILL NO. 1865 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBERTS.
4737H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 217.695, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to certain offenders under the supervision of the division of probation and parole.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 217.695, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 217.695, to read as follows: 217.695. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: 2 (1) "Chief law enforcement official", the county sheriff, chief of police or other public 3 official responsible for enforcement of criminal laws within a county or city not within a 4 county; 5 (2) "County" includes a city not within a county; 6 (3) "Offender", a person in the custody of the department or under the supervision of 7 the division of probation and parole. 8 2. Each offender to be released from custody of the department who will be under the 9 supervision of the division of probation and parole, except an offender transferred to another 10 state pursuant to the interstate corrections compact, shall shortly before release be required to: 11 complete a registration form indicating his or her intended address upon release, employer, 12 parent's address, and such other information as may be required; submit to photographs; 13 submit to fingerprints; or undergo other identification procedures including but not limited to 14 hair samples or other identification indicia. All data and indicia of identification shall be 15 compiled in duplicate, with one set to be retained by the department, and one set for the chief 16 law enforcement official of the county of intended residence.
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. HB 1865 2
17 3. Any offender subject to the provisions of this section who changes his or her 18 county of residence shall, in addition to notifying the division of probation and parole, notify 19 and register with the chief law enforcement official of the county of residence within seven 20 days after he or she changes his or her residence to that county. 21 4. Failure by an offender to register with the chief law enforcement official upon a 22 change in the county of his or her residence shall be cause for revocation of the parole of the 23 person except for good cause shown. 24 5. The department, the division of probation and parole, and the chief law 25 enforcement official shall cause the information collected on the initial registration and any 26 subsequent changes in residence or registration to be recorded with the highway patrol 27 criminal information system. 28 6. The director of the department of public safety shall design and distribute the 29 registration forms required by this section and shall provide any administrative assistance 30 needed to facilitate the provisions of this section. 31 7. In addition to the other requirements of this section, the division of probation 32 and parole shall maintain a web page on the internet containing the names of all 33 offenders who have been found guilty of, or pled guilty to, second degree murder under 34 subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 565.021 and are released from custody of the 35 department under the supervision of the division of probation and parole. The division 36 shall update the web page when an offender who meets the criteria for inclusion on the 37 list is placed under the supervision of the division, is released from the supervision of the 38 division, or relocates to this state under the interstate compact for adult offender 39 supervision under sections 589.500 to 589.569. The list shall be accessible to the public 40 and shall include a search capability. ✔
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