If any person, whether a member or not, disturbs the proceedings of any committee of either house, or is guilty of disorder in their presence, the house appointing the committee may punish the person as if the like offense were committed in the presence of the house; and if the disorder or offense is committed before a joint committee of both houses, the president of the senate shall issue process, and both houses in joint meeting proceed thereon.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.430
Disturbance of committee, how punished
Effective: 28 Aug 1957; (RSMo 1939 § 12884, A.L. 1957 p. 595); Prior revisions: 1929 § 11259; 1919 § 7141; 1909 § 8137
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.