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MO HB461

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/6/2013

Primary Sponsor

Donald Phillips

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Adds refusal to submit to a chemical test for alcohol content as a third category of tampering with physical evidence under section 575.100, alongside altering/destroying evidence and making false documents.

  • Makes tampering with physical evidence a class D felony if it impairs prosecution or defense of a felony; otherwise it is a class A misdemeanor.

  • Includes refusal to submit to chemical testing under the definition of "intoxication-related traffic offense" in section 577.023 for purposes of determining prior, persistent, aggravated, and chronic offender status.

  • Allows courts to consider continuous alcohol monitoring or breath alcohol testing as a probation condition for intoxication-related traffic offenses, with offenders potentially bearing associated costs.

  • Establishes mandatory minimum imprisonment periods for repeat DUI offenders: 10 days for prior offenders, 30 days for persistent offenders, 60 days for aggravated offenders, and 2 years for chronic offenders.

Legislative Description

Specifies that any person who refuses to submit to a law enforcement officer's request for a chemical test for alcohol content commits the crime of tampering with physical evidence

Last Action

Public Hearing Completed (H)

4/9/2013

Committee Referrals

Crime Prevention And Public Safety4/4/2013

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