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Committee advances coroner‑qualification bill requiring pre‑service training and candidate fingerprint/background checks
Summary
A bill to require coroners to complete forensic training before assuming office and to submit fingerprint/background checks (with candidate‑filed delivery and time‑of‑filing amendments) was amended and reported favorably by roll call (transcript reports 18 yeas, 2 nays, 4 not voting); members debated singling out coroners versus applying checks to all elected officials.
The committee considered a coroner‑qualification bill (referred to in the transcript as '03/1948' and later as 'h 30 48') that would require candidates for coroner to complete forensic science certification before taking office and to provide fingerprints and background checks. Sponsors said the proposal responds to concerns about coroners’ access to homes and to personal effects after deaths.
Key provisions and amendments: the sponsor explained that SLED could not transmit candidate fingerprints directly to counties, so the bill, as amended,…
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