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SB0284Introduced in the Senate

Law enforcement civilian oversight boards.

Passed

Introduced by Cyndi Carrasco, District 36

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

Law enforcement civilian oversight boards. 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.

Where it stands

Public Law 137

March 5, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House - Third reading · February 24, 2026

70

Yes

25

No

5

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Carolyn Jackson1No
Earl Harris2No
Ragen Hatcher3No
Edmond Soliday4Yes
Dale DeVon5Yes
Maureen Bauer6No
Jake Teshka7Yes
Ryan Dvorak8No
Randy Novak9Yes
Charles Moseley10Yes

Bill history

  1. Authored by Senators Carrasco, Freeman

  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law

  3. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  4. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  5. Senator Clark added as third author

  6. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 85: yeas 38, nays 6

  7. House sponsor: Representative Zimmerman

  8. Cosponsors: Representatives McGuire, Behning

  9. Referred to the House

  10. First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety

  11. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  12. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  13. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 358: yeas 70, nays 25

  14. Returned to the Senate without amendments

  15. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  16. Signed by the Speaker

  17. Signed by the President of the Senate

  18. Signed by the Governor

  19. Public Law 137

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