MissouriMissouri Guard may help public groups prevent or respond to cyberattacks
Missouri's Guard may help public bodies with cybersecurity and may provide paid orders to eligible members during organ donation, if funds are available.
What it does
At the public safety director's request, the Guard may help public bodies and key service providers prevent or respond to cyberattacks, with clear owner consent required to access private systems.
The MO GIVES program may provide paid state duty orders during a Guard member's medically needed living organ donation process, if funding and eligibility requirements are met.
Public employees receive protected leave for state military duty and up to 160 hours of federal military duty in each federal fiscal year; employers must not punish militia service.
Eligible Guard members may receive college tuition help or a grant, subject to academic, service, and funding rules; tuition waivers cannot begin before the 2025–26 school year.
Argument forPublic bodies and key service providers could get Guard help to prevent or respond to cyberattacks, while owners must clearly consent before the Guard accesses private systems.
Argument againstOrganizations might face upfront costs when they request Guard cybersecurity help, since the adjutant general may require payment before services begin.
More detail
The Missouri National Guard may provide cybersecurity aid under agreements. Aid may go to the state, local public bodies, public colleges and universities, law enforcement agencies, utility companies, and critical infrastructure facilities. The director of public safety or a designee must request the agreements. The Guard may not access, change, scan, control, or view content in a privately owned system without the owner's clear, explicit consent. The adjutant general may charge for costs or require payment before work begins.
The department shall establish the MO GIVES program and may approve paid state duty orders. A qualified member must be in good standing, actively pursuing a living organ donation, serving in traditional drilling status, and not on federal active duty orders. The program depends on funding, and the department may approve an application only if the member meets the requirements and funds are available. The member must use a transplant center in good standing with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. Full-time federal active guard and reserve personnel, federal technicians, and certain federal employees are not eligible. Orders may cover up to 45 days, with a medical extension if the primary surgical team finds one necessary.
Public employers must provide military leave for specified service and training. The leave rules cover state and local public employees who are National Guard members or members of a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces. Employees must provide official military orders with their commanding officer's certification of duty. Employers charge leave only for hours the employee otherwise would have worked, in one-hour increments. Public employers may not fire or discriminate against organized militia members because of their service; violations are a misdemeanor. The 160-hour limit applies in each federal fiscal year; state duty leave has no stated time limit.
The Missouri National Guard administers educational assistance for eligible members. Assistance may be a tuition and fee waiver for undergraduate courses at a state-funded institution or a grant to an eligible institution. Applicants must meet service and school entry requirements, maintain at least a 2.5 GPA, have no bachelor's degree, and file a FAFSA for the term. Tuition waivers cover remaining tuition and required fees after other listed aid is applied, and are unavailable in a year when the state's share of program costs falls from the prior year. A recipient who leaves military service during a term, except because of death, disability, or medical disqualification, must repay that term's aid. The tuition and fee waiver cannot be implemented before the 2025–26 academic year; members apply before each semester.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 9Delivered to Secretary of State (G)Latest
- Jul 9Approved by Governor Mike Kehoe (G)Became Law
- May 28Delivered to Governor
- May 28Signed by President Pro Tem (S)
- May 28Signed by House Speaker (H)
- Apr 27House Message (H)
- Vote recorded Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 138 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 27Truly Agreed To and Finally Passed - AYES: 138 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0Major
- Apr 27House Adopts (H) - SS SCS
- Apr 27Taken Up
- Apr 22Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Minor
- Vote recorded Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 6 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 22Voted Do Pass (H)Minor
- Apr 22Executive Session Completed (H)
- Apr 21Referred: Fiscal Review(H)Minor
- Vote recorded Third Read and Passed (S) - AYES: 28 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21Reported to the House with... (H) - SS SCS
- Apr 21Third Read and Passed (S) - AYES: 28 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0Passed Senate
- Apr 21SS Adopted (S)
- Apr 21SS OfferedMinor
- Apr 21Taken Up for Third Reading (S)Minor
- Apr 21Reported Do Pass (S)Minor
- Apr 20Voted Do Pass (S)Minor
- Apr 20Executive Session Held (S)
- Apr 16Executive Session Scheduled - Monday, April 20, 2026, 3:30 p.m., Senate Lounge - 3rd Floor
- Apr 13Referred: Fiscal Oversight(S)Minor
- Apr 8SCS Reported Do Pass (S)Minor
- Apr 1SCS Voted Do Pass (S)Minor
- Apr 1Executive Session Held (S)
- Mar 25Public Hearing Held (S)
- Mar 23Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 9:15 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor
- Mar 12Second read and referred: Veterans and Military Affairs(S)
- Mar 2Reported to the Senate and First Read (S)Minor
- Vote recorded Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 144 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 144 NOES: 2 PRESENT: 0Passed House
- Mar 2Taken Up for Third Reading (H)Minor
- Mar 2Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 7 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Minor
- Mar 2Voted Do Pass (H)Minor
- Mar 2Executive Session Completed (H)
- Feb 26Referred: Fiscal Review(H)Minor
- Feb 25Perfected with Amendments (H) - HA 1, HA 2, HA 3, adopted
- Feb 25Title of Bill - Agreed To
- Feb 25Taken Up for Perfection (H)
- Feb 16Placed on the Informal Perfection Calendar (H)
- Feb 9Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0Minor
- Vote recorded Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 12 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Voted Do Pass (H)Minor
- Feb 9Executive Session Completed (H)
- Jan 29Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)Minor
- Jan 27Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 21 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0Minor
- Vote recorded Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 21 NOES: 1 PRESENT: 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Voted Do Pass (H)Minor
- Jan 27Executive Session Completed (H)
- Jan 20Public Hearing Completed (H)
- Jan 8Referred: Veterans and Armed Forces(H)Minor
- Jan 8Read Second Time (H)Minor
- Jan 7Read First Time (H)
- 2025
- Dec 29Prefiled (H)Introduced
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