Kehoe Signs 19 Missouri Bills Expanding Clean Slate and Raising DUI Penalties
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Updated · stlpr.org · Jul 8
Kehoe Signs 19 Missouri Bills Expanding Clean Slate and Raising DUI Penalties
3 articles · Updated · stlpr.org · Jul 8
Summary
Nineteen Missouri bills signed Thursday include a public safety measure that automatically expunges some misdemeanors after 1 year and nonviolent felonies after 3 years.
The Clean Slate law excludes violent crimes and offenses against children, caps relief at three misdemeanors and two felonies, and puts the Missouri Highway Patrol in charge of the program.
A separate DUI law raises several intoxicated-driving offenses by one felony class and requires drivers who cause a death while drunk to serve at least 5 years before probation or parole eligibility.
Other measures create masked intimidation and gift card fraud offenses, ban drones over critical infrastructure, require camp staff background checks, and mandate age verification for pornography sites for users 18 and older.
The package builds on Missouri's broader public-safety push, including newly signed victim-named drunk-driving laws that add child-support obligations and ignition-interlock requirements.