HB 2186 -- Child Endangerment

Sponsor:  Still

This bill renames Hope's Law to Karra's and Jocelyn's Law and
specifies that the penalty for the crime of endangering the
welfare of a child in the first degree will be a term of
imprisonment for up to and including 20 years if an individual
acts to create a substantial risk to the life, body, or health of
a child by shaking a child younger than five years of age.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm