SB 959 Missouri Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Creates the Missouri Geospatial Advisory Council

SB 959 creates the Missouri Geospatial Advisory Council to coordinate state agency use of geospatial data. The council will advise state agencies on geospatial technology standards and data sharing. This bill directly affects Missouri state agencies that use mapping, location-based data, or geographic information systems. The council's formation is a procedural step with no immediate policy changes beyond establishing this advisory body.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

Jul 2026

Introduced Dec 1, 2025 Signed Jul 9, 2026

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What changed between versions

4772S.04C - Senate Committee Substitute → 4772S.04P - Perfected · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was perfected and formatted for final passage. The substantive text remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to line breaks and hyphenation in the definition of 'MSDIS' and the list of council members. No new policies, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were introduced.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes were made to align line breaks and remove hyphens in the definition of 'MSDIS' and the list of council members.

4772S.01I - Introduced → 4772S.04C - Senate Committee Substitute · 13 edits

MAJOR

The bill was revised to rename the 'Missouri Geospatial Advisory Council' to the 'Missouri GIS Advisory Council' and reduce the number of new sections from four to three. The council's mission was narrowed from a broad mandate to assist the state to a more specific role of supporting existing infrastructure. The membership composition was significantly altered, removing several state agency directors and adding the Secretary of State and the Director of the State Land Surveyor Program, while increasing the number of citizen representatives from thirteen to fourteen.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed from establishing a new council with a broad mandate to assist the state in building a geospatial infrastructure to establishing a council focused on supporting and enhancing existing statewide geospatial data infrastructure.

DEFINITION

The term 'Council' was renamed from 'Missouri geospatial advisory council' to 'Missouri GIS advisory council' throughout the text.

REQUIREMENT

The council's purpose was changed from assisting the state in ensuring availability and enhancement of infrastructure to serving to support existing geospatial infrastructure.

The council's location was moved from the general office of administration to the specific information technology services division within that office.

A new requirement was added prohibiting the council from collecting personally identifiable information.

ELIGIBILITY

The council's meeting frequency was changed from monthly to at least quarterly.

The executive secretary role was changed from a designated employee to a member of the council itself.

The list of required members was reorganized, removing the commissioner of administration, director of agriculture, director of education, director of health and senior services, director of natural resources, Missouri military advocate, director of revenue, director of social services, and USGS director from the mandatory list.

The director of the USGS was replaced with the chief of the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service.

New mandatory members were added: the adjutant general of the National Guard, director of public safety, director of transportation, director of state land surveyor program, and Secretary of State.

The director of the Missouri 911 service board was replaced with the chair of the board.

The number of citizen representatives was increased from thirteen to no less than fourteen.

The criteria for citizen representatives were updated to require representation of federal, city, county, and local government, the private sector, public safety, licensed professional land surveyors, and academia.

The appointment authority for citizen representatives was changed from the commissioner of administration to the commissioner of administration or the commissioner's designee.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Jul 9, 2026

Signed into law

Signed by Governor

executive

May 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee

upper

May 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed

upper

May 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

H Third Read and Passed

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass H Rules - Administrative

lower

Apr 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass H Rules - Administrative

lower

Apr 22, 2026

Committee

Referred H Rules - Administrative

lower

Apr 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported Do Pass H Emerging Issues

lower

Apr 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Voted Do Pass H Emerging Issues

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Committee

Referred H Emerging Issues

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

S Third Read and Passed

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

SCS S adopted

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from S Veterans and Military Affairs Committee w/SCS

upper

Feb 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

SCS Voted Do Pass S Veterans and Military Affairs Committee (4772S.04C)

upper

Jan 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

Hearing Conducted S Veterans and Military Affairs Committee

upper

Dec 1, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor