Crimes, Corrections, And Law Enforcement
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Limit liability in regards to firearm hold agreements [SB-188]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To enact section 2923.22 of the Revised Code to limit liability for federally licensed firearms dealers in regards to firearm hold agreements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 12/06/2023
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Designate William 'Bill' Burgett Memorial Highway [HB-330]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To enact section 5534.914 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 13 in Knox County as the "William 'Bill' Burgett Memorial Highway."
Sponsored by: Rep. Riordan T. McClain
Reported: Transportation on 01/18/2024
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Regards the sale of used catalytic converters [HB-328]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 2913.02, 2913.51, 4737.012, 4737.04, 4737.041, 4737.043, 4737.045, 4737.99, 4738.03, 4738.07, 4738.12, 4745.01, and 4775.09 and to enact sections 4737.046 and 4737.98 of the Revised Code regarding the sale of used catalytic converters.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas F. Patton
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 11/12/2024
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Require correctional facilities to provide teletypewriter access [HB-325]
[Crime ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To enact sections 341.193, 753.022, and 5120.052 of the Revised Code to require municipal and county correctional facilities and state correctional institutions to provide inmates who are deaf, hard of hearing, or severely speech impaired with access to teletypewriters.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 11/14/2023
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Regards childhood sexual abuse registrants, offense of grooming [HB-322]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2901.13, 3797.01, 3797.04, 3797.10, and 3797.12; to enact section 2907.071; and to repeal section 3797.11 of the Revised Code to impose a civil penalty, rather than a criminal penalty, on a person who fails to register with the childhood sexual abuse civil registry, to eliminate the residence restriction on such person, to create the offense of grooming, and to extend the limitation period for prosecuting a violation of the law requiring certain persons to report child abuse or neglect under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective on 04/09/2025
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Regards firearms transfers, criminal background checks [HB-309]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2923.11 and to enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to prohibit a federally licensed firearms dealer from transferring a firearm until at least ten days have elapsed since the dealer has contacted the national instant criminal background check system and the dealer has received a unique identification number.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Government Oversight on 10/31/2023
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Regards ticket prices for school-affiliated events [HB-311]
[Education ]
To amend section 3313.5319 of the Revised Code regarding ticket prices for school-affiliated events.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jay Edwards
Introduced And Referred To Committee: Government Oversight on 10/31/2023
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Prohibit certain actions around a distressed vehicle [SB-178]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
To amend section 4511.213 of the Revised Code to prohibit failing to change lanes or proceed with caution around a stationary vehicle in distress.
Sponsored by: Sen. Theresa Gavarone
Referred To Committee: Transportation on 12/09/2024
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Regards Nonprofit Corporation Law and dissolving corporations [HB-301]
[Nonprofit ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 181.21, 345.13, 517.23, 1701.86, 1702.27, 1702.30, 1702.33, 1702.38, 1702.521, 1702.53, 1702.55, 1745.05, 1901.02, 1907.11, 2505.02, 2929.20, and 2967.26; to enact new section 135.032 and sections 181.26, 1702.341, 1702.531, and 3109.055; and to repeal sections 135.032 and 135.321 of the Revised Code to amend the Nonprofit Corporation Law, the law governing dissolving corporations, and the law governing the repair or replacement of a mausoleum or columbarium; to replace two part-time judgeships in the Ashtabula County County Court
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Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan H. Manning
Effective on 10/24/2024
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Establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan [SB-177]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Health ]
To amend section 109.02 and to enact sections 3920.01, 3920.02, 3920.03, 3920.04, 3920.05, 3920.06, 3920.07, 3920.08, 3920.09, 3920.10, 3920.11, 3920.12, 3920.13, 3920.14, 3920.15, 3920.21, 3920.22, 3920.23, 3920.24, 3920.25, 3920.26, 3920.27, 3920.28, 3920.31, 3920.32, and 3920.33 of the Revised Code to establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents.
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Referred To Committee: Insurance on 11/15/2023
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Enact the Innocence Act [HB-295]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2917.211 and 2981.02 and to enact sections 2307.68, 2307.69, and 2907.312 of the Revised Code to enact the Innocence Act to prohibit an organization from failing to verify the age of a person attempting to access material that is obscene or harmful to juveniles, to prohibit a person from using another person's likeness to create sexual images of the other person, and to create a private right of action for each prohibited activity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dick Stein
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 10/24/2023
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Regards the sale of used catalytic converters [SB-165]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To amend sections 2913.02, 2913.51, 4737.012, 4737.04, 4737.041, 4737.045, 4737.99, 4738.03, 4738.07, 4738.12, 4745.01, and 4775.09 and to enact sections 4737.046, 4737.20, 4737.21, 4737.22, 4737.23, 4737.24, 4737.25, and 4737.98 of the Revised Code regarding the sale of used catalytic converters, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Sen. Terry A. Johnson
Referred To Committee: Finance on 10/11/2023
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Enact the Suicide Self-Defense Act [SB-164]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Healthcare ]
To amend sections 149.43, 2923.11, 2923.125, 2923.128, and 2923.20 and to enact sections 2923.133, 2923.22, 2923.221, and 4731.058 of the Revised Code to enact the Suicide Self-Defense Act, relative to the creation of a do not possess firearms registry.
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Referred To Committee: Veterans And Public Safety on 10/11/2023
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Regards SORN law compliance; add new sexually oriented offense [HB-289]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2930.02, 2950.01, 2950.04, 2950.042, 2950.05, 2950.07, and 2951.041 and to repeal section 2930.071 of the Revised Code to provide that if a Tier I or Tier II sex offender/child-victim offender fails to comply with duties under the SORN law, the period of time that the offender has a duty to comply is tolled during the time of the failure, to require a sex offender/child-victim offender to register a fixed residence address or provide a detailed description of the places at which the offender or delinquent child intends to stay
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Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan H. Manning
Effective on 03/20/2025
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Require hospitals to establish registered nurse staffing plans [HB-285]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Student Loans ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
To amend sections 3333.28, 3722.01, 4723.489, and 4730.203; to enact sections 3333.27, 3722.21, 3722.22, 3722.23, 3722.24, 3722.25, 3722.26, 3722.27, 3722.28, 3722.29, 3722.30, 3722.31, 3722.32, 3722.33, 3722.34, 3722.35, 3722.36, 3722.37, and 3722.38; and to repeal sections 3727.50, 3727.51, 3727.52, 3727.53, 3727.54, 3727.55, 3727.56, and 3727.57 of the Revised Code to require hospitals to establish registered nurse staffing plans that protect patient safety, to create the Nursing Student Loan-to-Grant Program, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney
Referred To Committee: Health Provider Services on 10/03/2023
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Allow concealed carry in certain buildings with a courtroom [HB-272]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2923.123 and 2923.14 of the Revised Code to allow a concealed handgun licensee to carry a handgun in a building or structure that is not a courthouse but in which a courtroom is located in specified circumstances and to permit a nonresident of Ohio to obtain statutory relief from firearms disability based on an Ohio conviction, guilty plea, or delinquent child adjudication.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Reported: Transportation on 12/13/2023
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Enact the Sam Knisley Family Support Act [HB-270]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2929.18 and to enact section 2125.05 of the Revised Code to require a felony offender of an OVI-caused aggravated vehicular homicide to pay child maintenance when the victim is a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a minor child, to allow child maintenance to be awarded in a wrongful death action when the offender is deceased, and to name this act the Sam Knisley Family Support Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Tracy M. Richardson
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 09/26/2023
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Abolish the death penalty; revise number of juror challenges [HB-259]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 9.07, 120.03, 120.041, 120.06, 120.14, 120.16, 120.18, 120.24, 120.26, 120.28, 120.33, 120.34, 149.43, 149.436, 1901.183, 2152.13, 2152.67, 2301.20, 2307.60, 2317.02, 2701.07, 2743.51, 2901.02, 2909.24, 2929.02, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.61, 2930.19, 2937.222, 2941.021, 2941.14, 2941.148, 2941.401, 2941.43, 2941.51, 2945.06, 2945.10, 2945.13, 2945.21, 2945.25, 2945.33, 2945.38, 2949.02, 2949.03, 2953.02, 2953.07, 2953.08, 2953.09, 2953.10, 2953.21, 2953.23, 2953.71, 2953.72, 2953.73, 2953.81, 2967.05, 2967.12, 2967.13, 2967.193, 2967.194,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Finance on 09/26/2023
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Regards involuntary treatment for mental illness [HB-249]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Disabilities ]
To amend sections 5122.01 and 5122.10 of the Revised Code to make changes to the law regarding involuntary treatment for persons with a mental illness subject to court order.
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: Energy And Natural Resources on 09/12/2023
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Generally prohibit use of ranked choice voting [SB-137]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
To amend sections 3501.01 and 5747.502 and to enact sections 3505.011, 3513.141, 5747.504, and 5747.505 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit the use of ranked choice voting and to withhold Local Government Fund distributions from a municipality or chartered county that uses ranked choice voting.
Sponsored by: Sen. Theresa Gavarone
Passed on 09/13/2023