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HB2881 • 2026

Prohibits certain offenders from being within five hundred feet of any Missouri state park

Prohibits certain offenders from being within five hundred feet of any Missouri state park

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Cook, Bennie (143)
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits certain offenders from being within five hundred feet of any Missouri state park

Prohibits certain offenders from being within five hundred feet of any Missouri state park

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits certain offenders from being within five hundred feet of any Missouri state park

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

  2. 2026-01-12 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-01-08 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Official Summary Text

Prohibits certain offenders from being within five hundred feet of any Missouri state park

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2881
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE COOK.
3969H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 566.150, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
location restrictions for certain of fenders, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 566.150, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 566.150, to read as follows:
566.150. 1. Any person who has been found guilty of:
2 (1) V iolating any of the provisions of this chapter or the provisions of section
3 568.020, incest; section 568.045, endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree;
4 section 573.200, use of a child in a sexual performance; section 573.205, promoting a sexual
5 performance by a child; section 573.023, sexual exploitation of a minor; section 573.025,
6 promoting child pornography; section 573.037, possession of child pornography; or section
7 573.040, furnishing pornographic material to minors; or
8 (2) Any of fense in any other jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be a
9 violation listed in this section;
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11 shall not knowingly be present in or loiter within five hundred feet of any real property
12 comprising any public park with playground equipment, any Missouri state park, a public
13 swimming pool, athletic complex or athletic fields if such facilities exist for the primary use
14 of recreation for children, any museum if such museum holds itself out to the public as and
15 exists with the primary purpose of entertaining or educating children under eighteen years of
16 age, or Missouri department of conservation nature or education center properties.
17 2. The first violation of the provisions of this section is a class E felony .
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 3. A second or subsequent violation of this section is a class D felony .
19 4. Any person who has been found guilty of an offense under subdivision (1) or (2) of
20 subsection 1 of this section who is the parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a child under the
21 age of eighteen attending a program on the property of a nature or education center of the
22 Missouri department of conservation may receive permission from the nature or education
23 center manager to be present on the property with the child during the program.
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