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Provides that any type of law enforcement civilian oversight board or commission or any other entity established by a county, municipality, or township to provide civilian oversight over a law enforcement agency, excluding merit boards and commissions, may operate only in an advisory capacity to the applicable law enforcement agency and does not have binding authority over the law enforcement agency.
Latest development · Mar 5, 2026
Public Law 137
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Public Law 137
Signed by the Governor
Signed by the Speaker
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Signed by the President of the Senate
Returned to the Senate without amendments
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 358: yeas 70, nays 25
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: do pass, adopted
First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
Referred to the House
Cosponsors: Representatives McGuire, Behning
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 85: yeas 38, nays 6
House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman
Senator Clark added as third author
Second reading: ordered engrossed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
Authored by Senators Carrasco, Freeman
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