Supplement: MO SB937 | 2022 | Regular Session | Summary: Senate Committee Substitute
For additional supplements on Missouri SB937 please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Modifies provisions relating to change of venue for felonies and misdemeanors
Status: 2022-03-07 - SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (4014S.02C) [SB937 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2022-SB937-Summary_Senate_Committee_Substitute.html
Bill Title: Modifies provisions relating to change of venue for felonies and misdemeanors
Status: 2022-03-07 - SCS Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee (4014S.02C) [SB937 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2022-SB937-Summary_Senate_Committee_Substitute.html
SCS/SB 937 - Under current law, criminal cases filed in Cole County shall follow procedures different from the Missouri Supreme Court Rules in order to obtain a change of venue for misdemeanors or felonies.
This act provides that counties with 75,000 or fewer inhabitants shall follow procedures different from the Missouri Supreme Court Rules in order to obtain a change of venue for misdemeanors or felonies.
Additionally, this act provides that in felony and misdemeanor cases, the application for change of venue must be filed not later than 10 days after the initial plea is entered.
These provisions are identical to provisions in SCS/HB 2088, et al (2022).
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