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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri creates GIS Advisory Council to coordinate statewide mapping and location data
Last action · May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)Sponsor: Tim Taylor
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What This Bill Would Do
The Missouri General Assembly established the Missouri GIS Advisory Council within the Office of Administration to coordinate and improve statewide geographic information system data and infrastructure. The council includes agency directors, federal representatives, and fourteen appointed citizens serving two-year terms without compensation.
Establishes a permanent state body tasked with aligning mapping and location data across state, local, and federal agencies to support emergency services like Next Generation 911 without collecting personal identifying information.
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) coordinate spatial and location data used by state agencies, local governments, and emergency response teams. context
- Next Generation 911 systems rely heavily on accurate, real-time geospatial data to route emergency calls and locate callers. context
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.
State and local government agencies
Agency directors or their designees participate on the council and coordinate geospatial data infrastructure across jurisdictions.
Life-safety entities including Next Generation 911
Receive support from statewide geospatial data infrastructure to improve emergency response capabilities.
Appointed citizen members
Fourteen individuals representing city, county, local, and federal government, private sector, public safety, and academia serve two-year terms on the council.
Key Facts
- Establishes the Missouri GIS Advisory Council within the information technology services division of the office of the commissioner of administration.
- Requires the council to assist and advise the state in ensuring availability and enhancement of a statewide geospatial data infrastructure.
- Mandates that the council include specific state and federal agency representatives, the Missouri 911 service board chair, and fourteen appointed citizens representing government, private sector, public safety, and academia.
- Appointed members of the council serve two-year terms and may be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses subject to appropriation.
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- Requires the council to meet at least quarterly and designate a chair, chair-elect, and executive secretary.
- Prohibits the council from collecting personally identifiable information of any individual person.
- Defines MSDIS as Missouri's primary spatial data clearinghouse for collecting and distributing vector data, aerial photography, and elevation data.
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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
4 actions- May 15, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Emerging Issues(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 8, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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Centralized Geospatial Coordination
The legislation establishes a formal multi-agency council to coordinate mapping and location data across state, local, and federal bodies.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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