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Governor signs law to shorten officer-certification hearings
Summary
Senate Bill 5224, requested by the Criminal Justice Training Commission, removes a step in decertification hearings to speed final orders from about 90 days to 45 days. Sponsors and the Governor said the change will streamline reviews of officer certification cases.
The Governor signed Senate Bill 5224, a bill requested by the Criminal Justice Training Commission that streamlines the administrative process for hearings about revoking a law enforcement officer’s certification.
According to the Governor’s remarks at the signing, the law eliminates a requirement that an administrative law judge issue a proposed recommendation to the hearing panel, which will reduce the time to render a final order on these hearings from approximately 90 days to 45 days.
State Senator John Lubbock was acknowledged as the prime sponsor and Representative Roger Goodman as a companion sponsor. The Governor thanked the Criminal Justice Training Commission and legislative sponsors for their work; the signing included brief remarks and photographs. The signing did not provide implementation materials or instructions on how the hearing panels will handle the revised timeline operationally.
