MO HB576

Automatic stay of court and administrative proceedings applies to general assembly members who file written notice during January 1 - June 1 or when legislature is in session if they are a necessary witness, a party, or an attorney in the case.

Stay applies to trials, motions, hearings, discovery responses, depositions, docket calls, and jury service orders before trial courts, administrative tribunals, and municipal courts.

Stay does not apply if the member waives protection in writing, to proceedings under chapter 288, to requests for injunctive relief, to felony or class A misdemeanor charges, or to dissolution of marriage proceedings.

Court of appeals has original jurisdiction to hear applications for termination or modification of the stay.

Members attending veto sessions, special sessions, or out-of-session committee hearings can obtain continuances in civil, administrative, and criminal cases by providing written notice that their attendance is necessary to the proceeding.