republic-os/legislation/us/states/mo/2026/sb-982.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "HCS/SB 982 - This act modifies provisions relating to the sex offender registry. Instead of listing certain sexual offenses, this act provides that any person who, since July 1, 1979, has been or is adjudicated for a tier I offense, tier II offense, or tier III offense in this state or in any other state, territory, the District of Columbia, foreign country, or federal, tribal or military jurisdiction shall be required to register as a sex offender. (Section 589.400)"
description: "HCS/SB 982 - This act modifies provisions relating to the sex offender registry. Instead of listing certain sexual offenses, this act provides that any person who, since July 1, 1979, has been or is adjudicated for a tier I offense, tier II offense, or tier III offense in this state or in any other state, territory, the District of Columbia, foreign country, or federal, tribal or military jurisdiction shall be required to register as a sex offender. (Section 589.400)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mo"
legislature: "Missouri General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 982"
citation: "Missouri SB 982 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coleman, Mary Elizabeth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-05-07T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4adae6da-bd18-4e33-bf74-2418a5704b4f"
source_url: "https://www.senate.mo.gov/BillTracking/Bills/BillInformation?year=2026&billid=628"
source_hash: "61334c626ad55666f6ec3a1434449e88e6f2798dae9102f6f7bae2113c327483"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mo"]
---

# Missouri SB 982 (2026) — HCS/SB 982 - This act modifies provisions relating to the sex offender registry. Instead of listing certain sexual offenses, this act provides that any person who, since July 1, 1979, has been or is adjudicated for a tier I offense, tier II offense, or tier III offense in this state or in any other state, territory, the District of Columbia, foreign country, or federal, tribal or military jurisdiction shall be required to register as a sex offender. (Section 589.400)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5756S.02I - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/intro/SB982.pdf)
2. **5756H.06C - House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/House/HCS-SB/SB0982.pdf)
3. **5756H.06T - Truly Agreed to and Finally Passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/tat/SB982.pdf)
4. **5756S.02P - Perfected** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.senate.mo.gov/26info/pdf-bill/perf/SB982.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Coleman, Mary Elizabeth — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Letter of approval from the Governor
- **2026-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by House Speaker
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Signed by Senate President Pro Tem
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Duly Enrolled Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions & Ethics Committee
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed `passage`
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-23T05:00:00+00:00** S concurs in HCS, as amended
- **2026-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** H Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** HCS, as amended, H adopted--(5756H.06C)
- **2026-04-21T05:00:00+00:00** HA 1 to HCS H offered & adopted (Myers)--(5756H06.01H)
- **2026-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Rules - Legislative `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Rules - Legislative `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Referred H Rules - Legislative `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Reported Do Pass H Crime and Public Safety `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-07T05:00:00+00:00** HCS Voted Do Pass H Crime and Public Safety `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted H Crime and Public Safety
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred H Crime and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** H Second Read `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** H First Read `reading-1`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** S Third Read and Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Reported Truly Perfected S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Perfected
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Reported from S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** S First Read `reading-1`
- **2025-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Prefiled

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4adae6da-bd18-4e33-bf74-2418a5704b4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Missouri legislature records).