HB 1540 Summary

• Creates new section 590.750 authorizing the Department of Public Safety to regulate and license corporate security advisors, with violations being a misdemeanor offense.

• Expands section 575.153 (disarming a peace officer) to include removing or depriving officers of deadly weapons, less-lethal weapons, and other equipment used in official duties, making the crime a class C felony.

• Adds new section 575.045 criminalizing false identification to law enforcement officers during lawful stops, detentions, or arrests as a class B misdemeanor.

• Modifies section 575.060 to include providing false verbal statements regarding identity to public servants as a class B misdemeanor offense.

• Amends section 650.350 to add one active member of the Missouri Deputy Sheriffs' Association to the Missouri Sheriff Methamphetamine Relief Taskforce (MoSMART).