MCADSV's Legislative History
The majority of domestic and sexual violence programs, laws and public policies benefiting survivors today were started and developed with help from MCADSV. MCADSV has been addressing domestic and sexual violence in Missouri for more than 35 years. This overview of Missouri’s domestic and sexual violence laws shows the changes and development of such laws since the Coalition’s beginnings in 1980 and its expansion to a dual domestic and sexual violence coalition in 2006.
MCADSV Monthly Legislative Updates
Follow our priority legislation through our
Legislative Updates, which are posted at the end of each month during session. The 2020 Missouri legislative session convenes on January 8 and
concludes on May 15.
Previous Years' Legislative Updates
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MCADSV Legislative HistoryThis
overview of Missouri’s domestic and sexual violence laws shows the
changes and development of such laws since the Coalition’s beginnings in
1980 and its move to a dual domestic and sexual violence coalition in
2006.
New 2019 Missouri LawMCADSV
annually summarizes changes in Missouri law related to domestic
violence, sexual violence, court and criminal proceedings and other
bills of interest to its member programs.
2017 Criminal LawsThe
majority of Missouri’s crime laws, known as the “Criminal Code,” were
updated as a whole during the 2014 session of the Missouri General
Assembly. The legislation went into effect as law on January 1, 2017.
The bill that revised the Criminal Code, Senate Bill 491, contained
nearly 1,000 pages of revisions to laws to correct many internal
conflicts, mistakes and inconsistencies that had occurred during the
past three decades.
Developments in Missouri Gun Laws 2016-2017This
MCADSV White Paper contains information on Missouri’s gun laws as well
as federal firearm laws. Significant changes to Missouri gun laws went
into effect in 2016 and 2017. These made it legal in Missouri to carry a
concealed weapon without a permit, thereby allowing domestic violence
offenders and those with full Orders of Protection against them to carry
concealed weapons. Changes in Missouri firearms law also enacted “stand
your ground” provisions and expanded the situations in which a person
could use deadly force against another individual.