210.1700. Residential camps, background checks for staff and volunteers — in eligible for employment or service, when. — 1. As used in this section, "residential camp" means a program operated by a person or organization that includes the hours between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. for two or more sequential overnights.
2. Each residential camp staff member or volunteer who is eighteen years of age or older shall be subject to a criminal background check prior to commencing employment or volunteer service. Such criminal background check shall include:
(1) A search of the National Crime Information Center's National Sex Offender Registry; and
(2) A search of the following data sources in Missouri and each state where such staff member or volunteer has resided during the preceding five years, where such data sources are available:
(a) The state name-based criminal registry or repository; and
(b) The state name-based sex offender registry or repository.
3. Upon completion of the background check, any staff member or volunteer who is eighteen years of age or older shall be ineligible for employment or service if such person:
(1) Is registered, or is required to be registered, on a state sex offender registry or repository or the National Sex Offender Registry; or
(2) Has pled guilty or nolo contendere to or been found guilty of any of the offenses listed in paragraphs (a) to (k) of subdivision (5) of subsection 4 of section 210.1080 or any similar offense in any federal, state, municipal, or other court of similar jurisdiction of which the camp has knowledge.
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(L. 2026 S.B. 1421, L. 2026 H.B. 1696)
Revisor's note: This section was enacted by both S.B. 1421 and H.B. 1696, 2026. H.B. 1696 repealed the version enacted by S.B. 1421 effective 8-28-26.
Severability clause, see § 1.1002