MO HB2402

Repeals and reenacts section 302.321, RSMo, relating to the crime of driving while revoked and penalty provisions.

Defines driving while revoked as operating a motor vehicle on a highway with a canceled, suspended, or revoked license or driving privilege while acting with criminal negligence regarding knowledge of that revocation.

Establishes driving while revoked as a class A misdemeanor for standard convictions.

Creates class D felony penalties for persons with no prior alcohol-related enforcement contacts convicted a fourth or subsequent time of driving while revoked, or persons with prior alcohol-related enforcement contacts convicted a third or subsequent time, with prior offenses occurring within ten years.

Removes language that prohibited courts from suspending sentences for qualifying repeat offenders, while maintaining minimum 48-hour imprisonment requirement unless offender performs at least ten days of community service (40+ hours).