SB1235 • 2026

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

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Trent, Curtis; House handler: N/A
Last action: 2026-02-04
Official status: Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Effective date: 2026-08-28

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

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1235 - This act makes the following persons ineligible for parole, probation, or conditional release: • Any person convicted of the offense of tampering with a judicial officer who threatened or caused harm to the judicial officer or members of the officer's family, or who used force, threats, or deception against or toward the officer or members of the officer's family; • Any person convicted of the offense of tampering with a judicial officer who caused a death or bodily injury in the course of committing the offense; and • Any person convicted of the offense of tampering with a judicial proceeding who threatened or caused harm to any person or property.

What This Bill Does

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1235 - This act makes the following persons ineligible for parole, probation, or conditional release: • Any person convicted of the offense of tampering with a judicial officer who threatened or caused harm to the judicial officer or members of the officer's family, or who used force, threats, or deception against or toward the officer or members of the officer's family; • Any person convicted of the offense of tampering with a judicial officer who caused a death or bodily injury in the course of committing the offense; and • Any person convicted of the offense of tampering with a judicial proceeding who threatened or caused harm to any person or property.
This act is similar to HCS/HB 2699 (2026) and SB 453 (2025), and to a provision contained in HCS/HB 1457 (2025) TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

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Bill History

2026-02-04 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
Hearing Cancelled S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
2026-01-27 S239
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
2026-01-07 S73
S First Read
2025-12-01 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate
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Official Summary Text

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SB 1235 - This act makes the following persons ineligible for parole, probation, or conditional release:
• Any person convicted of the offense of tampering with a judicial officer who threatened or caused harm to the judicial officer or members of the officer's family, or who used force, threats, or deception against or toward the officer or members of the officer's family;
• Any person convicted of the offense of tampering with a judicial officer who caused a death or bodily injury in the course of committing the offense; and
• Any person convicted of the offense of tampering with a judicial proceeding who threatened or caused harm to any person or property.

This act is similar to HCS/HB 2699 (2026) and SB 453 (2025), and to a provision contained in HCS/HB 1457 (2025)
TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1235
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR TRENT.
5340S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal sections 575.095 and 575.260, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections
relating to offenses involving the judiciary, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 575.095 and 575.260, RSMo, are 1
repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2
known as sections 575.095 and 575.260, to read as follows:3
575.095. 1. A person commits the offense of tampering 1
with a judicial officer if, with the purpose to harass, 2
intimidate or influence a judicial officer in the 3
performance of such officer's official duties, such person: 4
(1) Threatens or causes harm to such judicial officer 5
or members of such judicial officer's family; 6
(2) Uses force, threats, or deception against or 7
toward such judicial officer or members of such judicial 8
officer's family; 9
(3) Offers, conveys or agrees to convey any benefit 10
direct or indirect upon such judicial officer or such 11
judicial officer's family; 12
(4) Engages in conduct reasonably calculated to harass 13
or alarm such judicial officer or such judicial officer's 14
family, including stalking pursuant to section 565.225 or 15
565.227; 16
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(5) Disseminates through any means, including by 17
posting on the internet, the judicial officer's or the 18
judicial officer's family's personal information. For 19
purposes of this section, "personal information" includes a 20
home address, home or mobile telephone number, personal 21
email address, Social Security number, federal tax 22
identification number, checking or savings account number, 23
marital status, and identity of a child under eighteen years 24
of age. 25
2. A judicial officer for purposes of this section 26
shall be a judge or commissioner of a state or federal 27
court, arbitrator, special master, juvenile officer, deputy 28
juvenile officer, state prosecuting or circuit attorney, 29
state assistant prosecuting or circuit attorney, juvenile 30
court commissioner, state probation or parole officer, or 31
referee. 32
3. A judicial officer's family for purposes of this 33
section shall be: 34
(1) Such officer's spouse; or 35
(2) Such officer or such officer's spouse's ancestor 36
or descendant by blood or adoption; or 37
(3) Such officer's stepchild, while the marriage 38
creating that relationship exists. 39
4. The offense of tampering with a judicial officer is 40
a class D felony. 41
5. If a violation of this section results in death or 42
bodily injury to a judicial officer or a member of the 43
judicial officer's family, the offense is a class B felony. 44
6. No person convicted under subdivisions (1) or (2) 45
of subsection 1 or under subsection 5 of this section shall 46
be eligible for parole, probation, or conditional release. 47
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575.260. 1. A person commits the offense of tampering 1
with a judicial proceeding if, with the purpose to influence 2
the official action of a judge, juror, special master, 3
referee, arbitrator, state prosecuting or circuit attorney, 4
state assistant prosecuting or circuit attorney, or attorney 5
general in a judicial proceeding, he or she: 6
(1) Threatens or causes harm to any person or 7
property; or 8
(2) Engages in conduct reasonably calculated to harass 9
or alarm such official or juror; or 10
(3) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit, 11
direct or indirect, upon such official or juror. 12
2. The offense of tampering with a judicial proceeding 13
is a class D felony. No person convicted under subdivision 14
(1) of subsection 1 of this section shall be eligible for 15
parole, probation, or conditional release. 16
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