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Committee advances bill clarifying coroner duties after testimony; critic urges stronger confidentiality and penalties
Summary
Senate Bill 11-01 would clarify coroners' roles and add basic training expectations. The coroner association supported the change as a first step; a father who lost his daughter urged stronger confidentiality protections and penalties for noncompliance.
Senator Melissa Wintrow, co-chair of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee (JLOC), presented Senate Bill 11-01 to the Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee as a measure to clarify coroner roles and establish basic duties and training expectations across Idaho's elected coroners.
Tory Danner, coroner for Bannock County and president of the Idaho State Association of County Coroners, told the committee the association drafted the language to address…
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