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Committee advances bill to add online training for coroners and bar felons from deputy coroner posts

CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE · January 31, 2023
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Summary

House Bill 1014 would permit online training for county coroners, require extra classes, and make people with felony convictions ineligible to serve as deputy coroners; sponsors said the change protects investigative integrity. Committee members cited a past case prompting concern; the bill passed by voice vote.

Speaker 3 presented House Bill 1014, saying the bill "allow[s] online training for county coroners to provide for additional training classes for county coroners and to provide that a person with a felony conviction is not eligible to be a deputy coroner." The sponsor emphasized that "a coroner is…

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