A bill designed to prevent electrocution-related deaths at the Lake of the Ozarks has again been introduced in the state legislature.
KOLR-TV reports that state Representative Caleb Jones of Columbia is sponsoring a bill that would require all docks to have a ground fault interrupter, a device that shuts off the dock's electricity when a short occurs. The bill would also require defibrillators on Highway Patrol boats.
The bill is dedicated to 13-year-old Alexandra Anderson and her 8-year-old brother Brayden, both of whom died in 2012 after being shocked by power running to a dock they were swimming near on the Lake of the Ozarks.
Jones says he's talked to leadership about moving this legislation this year. Last year it did not receive a committee hearing.