- Introduced -

SB 875 - Currently, a person commits a crime by possessing any obscene material with a child as a participant or observer of sexual conduct. This act provides that a person commits the crime by possessing or controlling any obscene material that has a minor as a participant or portrays an observer of sexual conduct, sexual contact or a sexual performance of a minor, or by possessing or controlling any material that shows a minor participating or engaging in sexual conduct.

The act also increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony; if the defendant has pleaded or been found guilty of a prior Chapter 566, RSMo, offense, the penalty is a Class C felony.

This act is identical to SB 214 (2001).

SARAH MORROW