Committee advances bills expanding Attorney General assistance and clarifying prosecutorial sanctions
The Judiciary Noncivil Committee advanced SB604 to allow the Attorney General's office to assist or assume prosecutions when local offices lack resources and SB605 to explicitly list grounds for sanctioning elected prosecutors. PAQC staff raised implementation and jurisdictional coordination concerns.
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The committee advanced two related measures on March 19, 2026: SB604, which would permit the state Attorney General's office to step in as a resource or assume prosecution in certain conflict or disqualification situations, and SB605, which would expand explicit grounds for disciplining elected prosecutors through the prosecuting attorneys qualifications commission.
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