Missouri legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Missouri HB158: Adds provisions relating to the confidentiality of juvenile court records
Status: In committee, May 15, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
FIRST REGULAR SESSION HOUSE BILL NO. 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SPARKS. 0364H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk To repeal section 211.321, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to juvenile court records. Section A. Section 211.321, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 211.321, to read as follows: 211.321. 1. Records ofjuvenile court proceedings aswell asall informationobtained and social records prepared in the discharge of official duty for the court shall not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed, except by order of the court to persons having a legitimate interest therein, unless a petition or motion to modify is sustained which charges thechildwithanoffensewhich,ifcommittedbyanadult,wouldbeaclassAfelonyunderthe criminal code of Missouri, or capital murder, first degree murder, or second degree murder or except as provided in subsection 2 or 3 of this section. In addition, whenever a report is required under section 557.026, there shall also be included a complete list of certain violations of the juvenile code for which the defendant had been adjudicated a delinquent while a juvenile. This list shall be made available to the probation officer and shall be included in the presentence report. The violations to be included in the report are limited to the following: rape, sodomy, murder, kidnapping, robbery, arson, burglary or any acts …
Sponsors
- Sparks, Justin (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
- : Read Second Time (H)
- : Read First Time (H)
- : Prefiled (H)
Common questions
- What is HB158?
- HB158 is a bill in the Missouri Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Adds provisions relating to the confidentiality of juvenile court records.
- What is the status of HB158?
- In committee as of May 15, 2025. Latest action: Referred: Emerging Issues(H) (May 15, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB158?
- Sparks, Justin (R).
- Where is the official record for HB158?
- On the Missouri Legislature website: https://house.mo.gov/BillContent.aspx?bill=HB158&year=2025&code=R
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