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MO HB1373
Bill
Status
1/14/2014
Primary Sponsor
Stanley Cox
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AI Summary
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Creates a new crime of "unlawful funeral protest" in Chapter 574, RSMo by prohibiting picketing or disruptive protest activities within 300 feet of a residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, synagogue, or similar establishment during or within one hour before or one hour after a funeral or burial service.
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Defines "other protest activities" as any action undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral or burial service.
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Excludes funeral processions in transit from the 300-foot restriction zone.
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Establishes the offense as a class B misdemeanor for first violations and a class A misdemeanor for subsequent violations.
Legislative Description
Creates the crime of unlawful funeral protest if an individual pickets or engages in protest activities within three hundred feet of a funeral or burial service one hour before or after the funeral or service
Last Action
Referred: Judiciary(H)
1/22/2014