Regards AI-generated products, simulated porn, identity fraud [SB-217]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 1345.51, 2907.321, and 2913.49 and to enact sections 1349.10 and 2907.324 of the Revised Code to require AI-generated products have a watermark, to prohibit simulated child pornography, and to prohibit identity fraud using a replica of a person.
Enact Human Trafficking Prevention Act [HB-377]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.41, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.32, and 2971.03 of the Revised Code to enact the Human Trafficking Prevention Act to increase the penalty for human trafficking of a minor or person with a developmental disability, kidnapping, and abduction.
HB-377: Enact Human Trafficking Prevention Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 02/06/2024
Regards lost or stolen firearms [SB-209]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 2923.20 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for failure to report a lost or stolen firearm.
SB-209: Regards lost or stolen firearms
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Referred To Committee: Veterans And Public Safety on 01/24/2024
Enact FORCE Act re: organized retail theft [HB-366]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 177.011, 177.02, 1707.043, 2913.01, 2913.02, 2913.30, 2923.32, and 5739.17 and to enact sections 177.04, 2913.021, and 2913.08 of the Revised Code to enact the Fight Organized Retail Crime and Empower Law Enforcement (FORCE) Act to create the Organized Retail Theft Advisory Council and an investigative task force, to create the crime of theft of mail, and to modify theft offenses and penalties related to retail property.
HB-366: Enact FORCE Act re: organized retail theft
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan H. Manning
Effective on 04/09/2025
Regards drug, alcohol, marijuana, tobacco instruction in schools [SB-205]
[Education ]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Cannabis ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend section 3313.60 and to enact section 3301.0722 of the Revised Code with regard to instruction in the harmful effects of and legal restrictions against drug abuse, alcoholic beverages, marijuana, and tobacco in schools.
SB-205: Regards drug, alcohol, marijuana, tobacco instruction in schools
Sponsored by: Sen. Terry A. Johnson
Referred To Committee: Education on 12/13/2023
Establish Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Commission [HB-352]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
To enact sections 103.55, 103.551, and 103.552 of the Revised Code to establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Commission.
HB-352: Establish Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Commission
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas F. Patton
Referred To Committee: Health on 06/11/2024
Prohibit abuse of a companion animal corpse [HB-351]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 959.131 and 959.99 of the Revised Code to prohibit the abuse of a companion animal corpse.
HB-351: Prohibit abuse of a companion animal corpse
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Plummer
Reported - Substitute: Criminal Justice on 12/11/2024
Presume certain vehicles for agricultural purposes re: sales tax [HB-347]
[Agriculture ]
[Taxes ]
To amend section 5739.03 of the Revised Code to allow an alternative method for certain farmers to verify that certain trailers and vehicles are purchased for agricultural purposes and thus exempt from sales and use tax.
HB-347: Presume certain vehicles for agricultural purposes re: sales tax
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert A. Peterson
Referred To Committee: Ways And Means on 05/22/2024
Create offense - manufacture, purchase, or sale of an auto sear [HB-346]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2923.11 and to enact section 2923.191 of the Revised Code to create the offense of unlawful manufacture, purchase, or sale of an auto sear.
HB-346: Create offense - manufacture, purchase, or sale of an auto sear
Sponsored by: Rep. Allison Russo
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 12/06/2023
Provide inmates with state ID cards, education documentation [SB-198]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 4507.50, 4507.51, 4507.52, 5120.59, and 5139.511 and to enact section 5145.1611 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 383.10 of H.B. 33 of the 135th General Assembly to provide inmates with state identification cards and documentation upon their release relating to work experience, education, and trade skills, and make retroactive changes to the local jail facility funding program.
SB-198: Provide inmates with state ID cards, education documentation
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Reported - Substitute: State And Local Government on 12/11/2024
Allow for the sealing or expungement of certain charges [SB-197]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 1901.261, 1907.261, 2101.162, 2151.541, 2153.081, 2301.031, 2303.201, 2951.041, 2953.31, 2953.34, and 2953.61 and to enact section 2953.522 of the Revised Code to allow for the sealing or expungement of charges dismissed through intervention in lieu of conviction when those charges are connected to a conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence and to allow a clerk of court to spend computerization funds upon request.
SB-197: Allow for the sealing or expungement of certain charges
Sponsored by: Sen. Niraj J. Antani
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 12/06/2023
Add certain drug offenses to terrorism offenses; revise drug law [SB-193]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
To amend sections 2909.21, 2909.24, 2925.37, and 3719.21 and to enact section 5502.09 of the Revised Code to add drug offenses committed by a major drug offender to the definition of "specified offenses" used in terrorism offenses, to modify the offense of terrorism, to prohibit possession of an encapsulating or tableting machine, and to create the pill press mold, encapsulating machine, and tableting machine registry.
SB-193: Add certain drug offenses to terrorism offenses; revise drug law
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Hoagland
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 12/06/2023
Designate Ottawa County Veterans Memorial Highway [HB-335]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Veterans ]
To enact section 5534.663 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 163 in Ottawa County as the "Ottawa County Veterans Memorial Highway."
HB-335: Designate Ottawa County Veterans Memorial Highway
Sponsored by: Rep. Riordan T. McClain
Reported: Transportation on 04/24/2024
Prohibit firearm possession with a domestic violence conviction [SB-187]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2923.13 and 2923.14 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person who is charged with or has been convicted of first degree misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing a firearm or dangerous ordnance.
SB-187: Prohibit firearm possession with a domestic violence conviction
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 12/06/2023
Regards village dissolution [HB-331]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 7.10, 7.16, 125.182, 703.31, 703.32, 703.33, 2981.04, 2981.05, and 2981.11 and to enact section 703.331 of the Revised Code to modify the law regarding village dissolution, and to modify official public notice requirements.
HB-331: Regards village dissolution
Sponsored by: Sen. Andrew O. Brenner
Effective on 04/09/2025