FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 263

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE FRANZ.

0115L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 589.426, RSMO, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to Halloween-related contact with children by sex offenders, with a penalty provision.

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

            Section A. Section 589.426, RSMO, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 589.426, to read as follows:

            589.426. 1. Any person required to register as a sexual offender under sections 589.400 to 589.425 shall be required [on October thirty-first of each year] to:

            (1) Avoid all Halloween-related contact with children at any time;

            (2) On October thirty-first of each year:

            (a) Remain inside his or her residence between the hours of 5 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. unless required to be elsewhere for just cause, including but not limited to employment or medical emergencies;

            [(3)] (b) Post a sign at his or her residence stating, "No candy or treats at this residence"; and

            [(4)] (c) Leave all outside residential lighting off during the evening hours after 5 p.m.             2. Any person required to register as a sexual offender under sections 589.400 to 589.425 who violates the provisions of subsection 1 of this section [shall be] is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.                                                   •