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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 5383: Relating to the requirements for appointment as a medical examiner or employment as an assistant or deputy medical examiner.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 5383 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the requirements for appointment as a medical examiner or employment as an assistant or deputy medical examiner. Primary sponsor: Tom Oliverson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 16, 2025): Referred to Criminal Justice.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tom OliversonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse130

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Referred to Criminal Justice
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the House
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  6. Record vote
  7. Passed
  8. Read 3rd time
  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  10. Record vote
  11. Passed to engrossment
  12. Read 2nd time

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source