Bill Text: MO HB2269 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the placing of arrested minors in holding cells with any other person who is 18 years of age or older

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-16 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety(H) [HB2269 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2014-HB2269-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2269

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE PETERS.

6521L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 211, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to holding cells for minors.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 211, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 211.062, to read as follows:

            211.062. When a child is taken into custody with or without a warrant for an offense, the child shall not be placed in a holding cell unless it is a holding cell that only contains minors. The child shall not be placed in any holding cell with another person who is eighteen years of age or older and the child shall remain separated from any other offenders who are eighteen years of age or older during the initial booking process and throughout confinement unless and until the child is certified to stand trial as an adult.

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