JEFFERSON CITY — With a stroke of his pen, Missouri’s governor has made Missouri a safer place. The governor signed Senate Bill 600 into law as a group of Missouri law enforcement officers and prosecutors looked on during a signing ceremony at the Springfield Police Department. The legislation, sponsored by State Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer, R-Parkville, increases penalties for violent offenses and provides additional prosecutorial tools to help keep dangerous criminals behind bars.
“Under Senate Bill 600, violent offenders will no longer walk into a courtroom to face sentencing, only to walk right back out onto the street and reoffend,” Sen. Luetkemeyer said during remarks delivered at the ceremony. “This bill slams shut the revolving door of criminality by banning prohibition for murders, repeat dangerous offenders and individuals committing dangerous felonies with a weapon.”
In addition to requiring dangerous offenders to serve time behind bars, Sen. Luetkemeyer’s legislation also creates the Missouri Criminal Street Crime Prevention Act and enhances Missouri’s criminal conspiracy statute. The measure received support from statewide organizations representing law enforcement and prosecutors.
For more information about Sen. Luetkemeyer, visit www.senate.mo.gov/luetkemeyer.