Bill > SB189

This bill modifies various provisions relating to criminal laws in Missouri. The key provisions include: - Recognizing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a compensable occupational disease for first responders under certain circumstances, and providing benefits for treatment. - Establishing the "Judicial Privacy Act" to protect the personal information of judicial officers and their immediate family members. - Creating the "Stop Cyberstalking and Harassment Task Force" to study and make recommendations on addressing cyberstalking and harassment. - Allowing telecommunicator first responders, in addition to other first responders, to be eligible for benefits under the Critical Incident Stress Management Program. - Expanding the definition of "law enforcement animal" to include additional types of animals used by law enforcement and other agencies. - Creating the "Conviction Review Unit" within the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services to investigate claims of actual innocence. - Modifying provisions related to the expungement of criminal records, including expanding eligibility and allowing for the expungement of certain crimes committed as part of an "extended course of criminal conduct". The bill also includes several emergency clauses to make certain provisions immediately effective upon passage.