MO HB383

Expands the definition of assault in the first, second, and third degrees to include transit operators and mass transit system employees (when on duty or operating official vehicles), in addition to existing protections for law enforcement, corrections officers, emergency personnel, highway workers, and probation/parole officers

Classifies first-degree assault against these protected individuals as a Class A felony; second-degree assault as a Class B felony (or Class C felony under certain circumstances) with mandatory jail time for specific violations; and third-degree assault as a Class A misdemeanor

Requires that assault charges against transit operators and mass transit employees only apply when the individual is on duty or in operation of their official vehicle at the time of the assault

Creates the crime of tampering with a judicial officer as a Class C felony, covering threats, harm, force, deception, benefit offers, or harassment-related conduct against judges, prosecutors, probation/parole officers, and specified court commissioners, or their families, undertaken to influence official duties

Expands the definition of "judicial officer" to explicitly include drug court commissioners-judges, family court commissioners-judges, and administrative law judges