MO HB866

Expands the definition of domestic violence across multiple statutes to include persons in continuing social relationships of a romantic or intimate nature, not just those related by blood, marriage, or cohabitation.

Requires law enforcement to report all domestic violence incidents to the Missouri Crime Index, whether or not an arrest is made, and mandates the highway patrol to compile annual reports on domestic violence-related homicides and suicides.

Establishes mandatory minimum sentences of six months imprisonment for prior domestic violence offenders (one prior offense within five years) and persistent domestic violence offenders (two or more prior offenses within ten years), with no suspension of sentence or probation eligibility.

Allows law enforcement officers responding to domestic assault scenes to remove firearms if probable cause exists that domestic assault occurred and a firearm is observed; firearm owners may reclaim weapons within fourteen days of case conclusion unless ordered otherwise by court.

Creates a class D felony for firearm possession by persons subject to domestic-related protective orders with credible threat findings or those convicted of misdemeanor domestic assault.