SB 188: Medical Examiners’ Duties
GENERAL BILL by Garcia
Medical Examiners’ Duties; Specifying autopsy requirements for certain cases involving sudden and unexpected deaths; requiring medical examiners to report specified cases to the national Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Death in the Young Case Registry in accordance with protocols established by the Department of Health and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; requiring the department to impose certain administrative penalties against medical examiners for failure to report such cases in a specified timeframe, etc.
Senate Committee References:
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 10/14/2025 Senate • Filed
11/3/2025 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
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SB 188, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/14/2025 at 1:51 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1124 Public Records/Autopsy Reports of Certain Sudden and Unexpected deaths Garcia Linked Last Action: 1/13/2026 S Introduced 
H 819 Medical Examiners' Duties Persons-Mulicka Similar Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
H 821 Pub. Rec./Autopsy Reports of Sudden and Expected Deaths Persons-Mulicka Compare Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 406.11 Examinations, investigations, and autopsies. Page 2 (pdf)