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MO SB928

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/7/2026

Primary Sponsor

Patty Lewis

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Grants the Missouri Attorney General concurrent jurisdiction with local prosecutors to prosecute stalking, harassment, cyberstalking, and related offenses when crimes occur across multiple jurisdictions within the state

  • Replaces terminology throughout assault statutes, changing "serious physical injury" to "great bodily harm" and "physical injury" to "bodily harm," with new statutory definitions for these terms

  • Creates new criminal offenses for cyberharassment (class B misdemeanor, escalating to class A), cyberstalking (class A misdemeanor, escalating to class E felony), and unlawful tracking of motor vehicles without owner consent (class A misdemeanor, escalating to class E felony)

  • Establishes the offense of "disclosure of an intimate digital depiction" targeting AI-generated or digitally manipulated explicit images (deepfakes), classified as a class D felony for disclosure and class E felony for threats, with enhanced penalties for repeat offenses or depictions intended to affect elections or facilitate violence

  • Makes knowingly violating a no-contact condition of pretrial release, probation, or parole a class A misdemeanor, and adds "cyberstalking" to the list of offenses that protection orders can address

Legislative Description

Modifies provisions relating to criminal offenses, assault, domestic violence, stalking, and violations of no contact orders

Last Action

SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (5463S.04C)

3/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary And Civil And Criminal Jurisprudence1/8/2026

Full Bill Text

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