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MO SB227
Bill
Status
2/8/2011
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Engler
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AI Summary
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Adds new section 544.378 to Missouri law authorizing field test results as evidence of controlled substance identity at preliminary hearings and arrest warrant applications for violations of sections 195.010 to 195.425
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Requires law enforcement officers conducting field tests to be trained and certified in the appropriate procedures for the specific field test in order for results to be admissible
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Makes results from 15 types of chemical reagent field tests admissible as evidence, subject to other substantive or procedural objections: Chen's reagent, Cobalt thiocyanate reagent, Dille-Koppanyi reagent, Duquenois-Levine reagent, Ehrlich's reagent, Fast Blue B or BB reagent, Frohdes reagent, Mandelin reagent, Marquis reagent, Mecke's reagent, Nitric acid reagent, Sanchez reagent, Scott reagent, Sodium nitroprusside reagent, and Zwikker reagent
Legislative Description
Makes the results of certain types of field tests for controlled substances admissible as evidence in certain preliminary hearings and applications for arrest warrants
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
2/10/2011