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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri requires highway departments to allow electric transmission lines in rights-of-way
Last action · May 7, 2026: Second Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment CommitteeSponsor: Tracy McCreery
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What This Bill Would Do
Missouri requires the State Highways and Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation to permit the installation, operation, and maintenance of electric transmission facilities within highway rights-of-way under uniform criteria. The measure directs state agencies to establish reasonable timelines and review procedures while ensuring public safety and avoiding corridor duplication.
Utility companies and electric providers gain statutory access to state highway corridors for transmission infrastructure, altering how transmission lines are routed and reviewed across Missouri roadways.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
utility providers
Utility providers gain statutory authorization to install, operate, and maintain electric transmission facilities within highway rights-of-way subject to established criteria and review procedures.
Missouri Department of Transportation
The Department is required to develop uniform criteria, review timelines, and approval procedures for utility colocation requests along highway corridors.
State Highways and Transportation Commission
The Commission shares responsibility with the Department to permit transmission facilities and impose reasonable non-interfering conditions within rights-of-way.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- May 7, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy & the Environment Committee
- Feb 23, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 7152S.02I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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0–100- Significance60How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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