Senator Frank Barnitz-D, Lake Spring, has signed on as a co-sponsor of Senator Shoemyer’s bail bond bill, SB869. The legislative session began last week and the bill received its first reading in the Missouri Senate.
The bill seeks to remove the clause which allows felons to become licensed if the conviction is over 15 years old.
The statute currently reads:
374.755. 1. The department may cause a complaint to be filed with the administrative hearing commission as provided by chapter 621, RSMo, against any holder of any license required by sections 374.695 to 374.775 or any person who has failed to renew or has surrendered his or her license for any one or any combination of the following causes:
2. Final adjudication or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere within the past fifteen years in a criminal prosecution under any state or federal law for a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude whether or not a sentence is imposed, prior to issuance of license date;
Senators Shoemyer and Barnitz seek to remove the words “with the past fifteen years” from the above statute, making the law prohibit felons regardless of when the conviction occurred.
My previous post on SB869
Saturday, January 12, 2008
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