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SB1650 • 2026

Modifies provisions relating to the offense of tampering with a judicial officer

Modifies provisions relating to the offense of tampering with a judicial officer

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Carter, Jill; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Modifies provisions relating to the offense of tampering with a judicial officer

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1650 - This act includes public administrators in the term "judicial officer" for purposes of the offense of tampering with a judicial officer.

What This Bill Does

  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1650 - This act includes public administrators in the term "judicial officer" for purposes of the offense of tampering with a judicial officer.
  • TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 S384

    Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

  2. 2026-02-10 S330

    S First Read

Official Summary Text

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SB 1650 - This act includes public administrators in the term "judicial officer" for purposes of the offense of tampering with a judicial officer.
TRISTAN BENSON, JR.

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1650
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CARTER.
7080S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 575.095, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the
offense of tampering with a judicial officer, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 575.095, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 575.095, 2
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
public administrator, state assistant prosecuting or circuit 30
attorney, juvenile court commissioner, state probation or 31
parole officer, or 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
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