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MO SB1235

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/7/2026

Primary Sponsor

Curtis Trent

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the offense of tampering with a judicial officer to include disseminating personal information (home address, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, children's identities) of judicial officers or their families through any means, including posting online

  • Defines "judicial officer" broadly to include state and federal judges, commissioners, arbitrators, special masters, juvenile officers, prosecuting attorneys, circuit attorneys, probation/parole officers, and referees

  • Establishes tampering with a judicial officer as a class D felony, elevated to a class B felony if the violation results in death or bodily injury to the officer or family member

  • Eliminates eligibility for parole, probation, or conditional release for convictions involving threats, harm, force, or deception against judicial officers, or violations resulting in death or bodily injury

  • Removes eligibility for parole, probation, or conditional release for tampering with a judicial proceeding when the offense involves threatening or causing harm to any person or property

Legislative Description

Modifies the offense of tampering with a judicial officer and the offense of tampering with a judicial proceeding

Last Action

Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

2/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary And Civil And Criminal Jurisprudence1/27/2026

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