# Missouri SB982: Modifies provisions relating to the sex offender registry Missouri SB982, Modifies provisions relating to the sex offender registry, is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Mary Elizabeth Coleman (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-05-07 (Delivered to Secretary of State (G)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB982-2026 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Missouri SB982 - State: Missouri - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Modifies provisions relating to the sex offender registry - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-03-05 - Last action: 2026-05-07, Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - Sponsor: Mary Elizabeth Coleman (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (20 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 15 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Some offenders can avoid registry requirements: benefit, high. Courts must grant exemptions when petitioners prove eligibility for the listed sexual-conduct or obscenity-related categories. Covered sexual conduct includes a victim ages 14–17 with an age gap no greater than four years, or an adult 18 or older. These categories require no force or threats and ex… - Covered juveniles avoid online registry notices: benefit, medium. Juveniles in the registration category under section 589.400(1)(5) are exempt from public internet notification. This protection includes qualifying cases from other states and specified federal, tribal, and military jurisdictions. It does not eliminate their registration duty. - More ways to qualify for removal: benefit, medium. Eligible registrants can count voluntary or court-ordered treatment certified by a jurisdiction or the Missouri Attorney General. When required treatment records are missing, satisfactory probation-completion records serve as evidence of treatment completion unless rebutted. A court's reduction or… - New paths to seek registry removal: benefit, medium. People registered solely for another jurisdiction's offense can petition if it required no registration there when adjudicated. Another path covers people who never lived, worked, or attended school there and never had to register there. They can also register an order ending that jurisdiction's du… - More care options for committed predators: benefit, low. The mental health department can arrange Corrections Department care, including health care, for people committed as sexually violent predators. Corrections must have the needed space and services, and its director must agree. These people stay separately housed and managed, except for occasional s… - More offenses trigger sex offender registration: cost, medium. Missouri registration rules cover qualifying cases dating back to July 1, 1979, subject to registration exemptions. A case can count as an adjudication even without a sentence. Covered offenses include grooming, nonconsensual sharing of private sexual images, and threats to share them. For the spec… - New offenses set registry reporting levels: cost, medium. Tier I additions include possessing child sexual abuse material, first-degree sexual misconduct, and grooming a minor. Tier II additions include first- and second-degree promotion of child sexual abuse material. Specified private-image sharing or threat offenses are Tier II when victims are 17 or y… - Registrants cannot change their legal names: cost, medium. People required to register cannot change their legal names for the full registration period. They must report prior legal names used on or after the conviction date for a registrable offense as aliases. - Registrants face registration and travel deadlines: cost, medium. Covered adults and juveniles must register within three business days of adjudication, release, probation placement, or covered commitment-related release. They must also register in their home county within three business days unless already registered there for the same offense. Before internatio… - Registry relief requires one court process: cost, medium. People adjudicated of registrable offenses must use the designated circuit-court petition process to seek removal or exemption. They cannot use a separate lawsuit seeking a declaration that registration requirements do not apply. Cases about offenses that never required registration, or solely abou… - Registry tiers control required check-in visits: cost, medium. Tier I registrants appear yearly, Tier II every six months, and Tier III every 90 days, using birth-month schedules. The highest applicable tier controls; comparable cases from other jurisdictions count, and specified prior cases or registration failures raise tiers. Local officials assign tiers, b… - Felony penalties reach contracted secure facilities: cost, low. Existing felony penalties extend to covered employees, offenders, and property in authorized contracted or interagency secure facilities. An offender's knowing violence against a covered employee or another offender is a class B felony. Knowing damage to covered property is a class D felony. The ex… - Registrants face new location reporting rules: mixed, medium. A registrant's residence is their main legal home; another sleeping location becomes temporary after seven days or nights within 12 months. Those days need not be consecutive; registrants report stay length, whether it is outside Missouri, and changes within three business days. Covered registrants… - Registrants report more details with flexibility: mixed, medium. Registration statements must include biological sex and online identifiers, including email, user IDs, social media profiles, device identifiers, and IP addresses. Registrants report covered vehicle, temporary-home, phone, electronic-communication, and online-identifier changes within three busines… - Officials update public registry access rules: mixed, low. The Highway Patrol must maintain a searchable public registry website without the former annual-funding condition. It must regularly remove deceased people and court-ordered removals or exemptions; people moving away are removed after confirmed registration compliance elsewhere. Officials report re… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Mary Elizabeth Coleman (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-13 | House | Reported Do Pass | pass | 6 | 0 | 1 | | 2026-04-09 | House | HCS Reported Do Pass | pass | 14 | 1 | 1 | ## Actions (22) - 2026-05-07: Delivered to Secretary of State (G) - 2026-05-07: Approved by Governor (G) - 2026-04-23: Delivered to Governor - 2026-04-23: Signed by House Speaker (House) - 2026-04-23: Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - 2026-04-23: Taken Up - 2026-04-21: House Message (House) - 2026-04-21: Third Read and Passed with Amendments - With HA 1 (House) - 2026-04-21: HCS Adopted (House) - 2026-04-21: Title of Bill - Agreed To - 2026-04-21: Taken Up for Third Reading (House) - 2026-04-13: Reported Do Pass - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 1 (House) - 2026-04-13: Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-04-13: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-04-09: Referred: Rules - Legislative (House) - 2026-04-09: HCS Reported Do Pass - AYES: 14 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 1 (House) - 2026-04-07: HCS Voted Do Pass (House) - 2026-04-07: Executive Session Completed (House) - 2026-03-31: Public Hearing Completed (House) - 2026-03-12: Referred: Crime and Public Safety (House) - 2026-03-09: Read Second Time (House) - 2026-03-05: Reported to the House and First Read (House) ## Bill text - Truly Agreed, 2026-04-23: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5756H.06T.pdf) - Committee Substitute: [PDF](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5756H.06C.pdf) ## Related bills - SB973: Creates and modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions (signed) - SB890: Repeals expired, terminated, sunset, and obsolete sections of law (signed) - SB878: Modifies provisions relating to pharmaceutical drugs and devices (signed) - SB835: Modifies provisions relating to court procedures (signed) - HB3231: Establishes the "Missouri Innovation, Public Safety, and Accountability Act" (signed) - HB3080: Modifies the historic preservation tax credit (signed) ## Sources - [Truly Agreed (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5756H.06T.pdf) - [Committee Substitute (PDF)](https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/5756H.06C.pdf) ## Related - [SB973: Creates and modifies provisions relating to real estate transactions](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB973-2026) - [SB890: Repeals expired, terminated, sunset, and obsolete sections of law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB890-2026) - [SB878: Modifies provisions relating to pharmaceutical drugs and devices](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB878-2026) - [SB835: Modifies provisions relating to court procedures](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB835-2026) - [HB3231: Establishes the "Missouri Innovation, Public Safety, and Accountability Act"](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB3231-2026) - [HB3080: Modifies the historic preservation tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-HB3080-2026) - [Missouri bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri/bills) - [Missouri state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/missouri) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MO-SB982-2026 (as of 2026-11-04).