SB 669 Missouri Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Modifies provisions relating to public safety personnel, including the Line of Duty Compensation Act and the offense of interference with a first responder

Summary
Modifies provisions relating to public safety personnel, including the Line of Duty Compensation Act and the offense of interference with a first responder
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Apr 14, 2025
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Introduced Senate Committee Substitute - Committee Version · 5 edits
MODERATE
This bill shifts focus from criminalizing interference with first responders to establishing a compensation program for families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty. The new version repeals the previous interference offense and replaces it with a Line of Duty Compensation Act that provides financial support to survivors of deceased public safety officers.
Scope change
The bill's scope changed from addressing criminal interference with first responders to providing workers' compensation benefits to families of public safety officers who die in the line of duty.
ENFORCEMENT

Removed the offense of interference with a first responder, which previously made it a class A misdemeanor to approach within 25 feet of a first responder who had been warned not to approach.

FISCAL

Added a compensation program providing up to one hundred thousand dollars to survivors of public safety officers killed in the line of duty.

DEFINITION

Added new definitions for various public safety roles including air ambulance personnel, flight crew members, and specific categories of public safety officers eligible for compensation.

ELIGIBILITY

Established eligibility criteria requiring death to result from accident, illness, or violence with a relationship to duty performance, occurring within 300 weeks of injury or illness.

TIMELINE

Added a one-year deadline for survivors to file compensation claims with the division of workers' compensation from the date of death.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
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Key actions
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Committee
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Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
SCS Voted Do Pass S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee (2058S.06C)
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Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Hearing Conducted S Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety Committee
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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David Gregory
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