SB 524: Department of Law Enforcement
GENERAL BILL by Simon
Department of Law Enforcement; Specifying the circumstances under which an appointment or reappointment to the Medical Examiners Commission is considered in force; requiring the commission, rather than the Governor, to appoint district medical examiners for each medical examiner district; specifying that upon approval by the commission, rather than by the Governor, a physician member of the commission is eligible to serve as a district medical examiner; requiring the commission, rather than the Department of Law Enforcement, to establish or develop specified training components or courses, etc.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/17/2025 Senate • Filed
12/1/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
1/5/2026 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/12/26, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
1/12/2026 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
1/13/2026 Senate • Introduced
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SB 524, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/17/2025 at 3:23 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 1/9/2026 (pdf)
Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 1/12/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 849 Commissions within the Department of Law Enforcement Abbott Similar Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 1/12/2026 1:30 PM Criminal Justice 8 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (8)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 406.02 Medical Examiners Commission; membership; terms; duties; staff. Page 2 (pdf) 406.06 District medical examiners; associates; suspension of medical examiners. Page 3 (pdf) 943.11 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission; membership; meetings; compensation. Page 3 (pdf) 943.1395 Certification for employment or appointment; concurrent certification; reemployment or reappointment; inactive status; revocation; suspension; investigation. Page 4 (pdf) 943.1726 Continued employment training relating to diabetic emergencies. Page 5 (pdf) 943.17261 Department of Law Enforcement; training related to medical use of marijuana. Page 5 (pdf) 943.1727 Continued employment training relating to autism spectrum disorder. Page 6 (pdf) 943.17299 Continued employment training relating to Alzheimer’s disease and related forms of dementia. Page 6 (pdf)