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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 3202
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE JAMISON.
6892H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 590.030, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
peace of ficer qualifications.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 590.030, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as section 590.030, to read as follows:
590.030. 1. The POST commission shall establish minimum standards for the basic
2 training of peace of ficers. Such standards may vary for each class of license established
3 pursuant to subsection 2 of section 590.020.
4 2. The director shall establish minimum age[ , citizenship, ] and general education
5 requirements and may require a qualifying score on a certification examination as conditions
6 of eligibility for a peace of ficer license. Such general education requirements shall require
7 completion of a high school program of education under chapter 167 or obtainment of a
8 General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
9 3. The director shall provide for the licensure, with or without additional basic
10 training, of peace of ficers possessing credentials by other states or jurisdictions, including
11 federal and military law enforcement of ficers.
12 4. The director shall establish a procedure for obtaining a peace of ficer license and
13 shall issue the proper license when the requirements of this chapter have been met.
14 5. As conditions of licensure, all licensed peace of ficers shall:
15 (1) Obtain continuing law enforcement education pursuant to rules to be promulgated
16 by the POST commission;
17 (2) Be legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law;
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) Maintain a current address of record on file with the director; and
19 [ (3) ] (4) Submit to being fingerprinted on or before January 1, 2022, and at any time a
20 peace officer is commissioned with a dif ferent law enforcement agency , for the purposes of a
21 criminal history background check and enrollment in the state and federal Rap Back
22 programs, pursuant to section 43.540. The criminal history background check shall include
23 the records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The resulting report shall be forwarded to
24 the of ficer's commissioning law enforcement agency at the time of enrollment and Rap Back
25 enrollment shall be for the purpose of the requirements of subsection 3 of section 590.070 and
26 subsection 2 of section 590.1 18. An of ficer shall take all necessary steps to maintain
27 enrollment in Rap Back at all law enforcement agencies where the of ficer is commissioned
28 for as long as the of ficer is commissioned with a law enforcement agency or that agency .
29 6. A peace of ficer license shall automatically expire if the licensee fails to hold a
30 commission as a peace of ficer for a period of five consecutive years, provided that the POST
31 commission shall provide for the relicensure of such persons and may require retraining as a
32 condition of eligibility for relicensure, and provided that the director may provide for the
33 continuing licensure, subject to restrictions, of persons who hold and exercise a law
34 enforcement commission requiring a peace of ficer license but not meeting the definition of a
35 peace of ficer pursuant to this chapter .
36 7. All law enforcement agencies shall enroll in the state and federal Rap Back
37 programs on or before January 1, 2022, and continue to remain enrolled. The law
38 enforcement agency shall take all necessary steps to maintain of ficer enrollment for all
39 of ficers commissioned with that agency in the Rap Back programs. An of ficer shall submit to
40 being fingerprinted at any law enforcement agency upon commissioning and for as long as
41 the of ficer is commissioned with that agency .
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