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SB1370 • 2025

Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties.

Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties.

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Parker | Huffman
Last action
2025-05-26
Official status
05/26/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties.

Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  2. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  3. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  4. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  5. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  6. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  7. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  8. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  9. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  10. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  11. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  12. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  13. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  14. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker

  15. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  16. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  17. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  18. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid before the Senate

  19. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  20. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  22. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  24. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  25. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  26. 2025-04-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  27. 2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  28. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  29. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  30. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  31. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  32. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  34. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  35. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  36. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  37. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  38. 2025-02-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 1370 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Parker, et al.

S.B. No. 1370

(Anchía)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in

certain counties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal

Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1. OFFICE
REQUIRED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES AND
AUTHORIZED

IN OTHER COUNTIES
. Subject to the provisions of this article, the

commissioners court of any county
with
[
having
] a population of

more than
one
[
2.5
] million shall establish and maintain the office

of medical examiner, and the commissioners court of any county
with

a population of less than one million
may establish and provide for

the maintenance of the office of medical examiner. Population

shall be according to the last preceding federal census.

SECTION 2. Section 1-a(a), Article 49.25, Code of Criminal

Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The commissioners courts of two or more counties
,

regardless of population size,
may enter into an agreement to

create a medical examiners district and to jointly operate and

maintain the office of medical examiner of the district. The

district must include the entire area of all counties involved. The

counties within the district must, when taken together, form a

continuous area.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.