Juvenile And Family Law
Ohio 136th General Assembly
Enact V.J.'s Law [HB-346]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2151.421 and 2151.99 of the Revised Code to enact V.J.'s Law to require mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect to report to both a peace officer and the public children services agency.
Sponsored by: Rep. W. Scott Oelslager
Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 06/11/2025
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Require employers to report sexual assault re: minor employees [HB-323]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To amend sections 2151.421 and 4113.99 and to enact section 4113.90 of the Revised Code to require employers report suspected sexual assault involving minor employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Brennan
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 06/04/2025
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Regards allocation of parenting responsibilities [SB-174]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 109.65, 313.121, 1713.55, 1733.242, 2108.81, 2111.08, 2151.011, 2151.23, 2151.33, 2151.90, 2301.03, 2307.50, 2317.02, 2701.03, 2705.031, 2901.30, 3101.041, 3105.011, 3105.21, 3105.63, 3105.65, 3109.03, 3109.04, 3109.043, 3109.05, 3109.051, 3109.052, 3109.054, 3109.055, 3109.06, 3109.061, 3109.09, 3109.11, 3109.12, 3109.401, 3109.41, 3109.42, 3109.43, 3109.44, 3109.47, 3109.48, 3109.50, 3109.51, 3109.52, 3109.53, 3109.55, 3109.56, 3109.58, 3109.60, 3109.65, 3109.66, 3109.68, 3109.74, 3111.13, 3111.26, 3111.381, 3113.31, 3119.01,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Theresa Gavarone
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 04/09/2025
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Ohio 136th General Assembly
Enact the Innocence Act [HB-84]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2307.66, 2917.211, and 2981.02 and to enact sections 2307.68 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. Robert Peterson
Referred To Committee: Technology And Innovation on 02/12/2025
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Regards support payments under the Ohio Works First program [SB-67]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Poverty ]
To amend sections 5107.05, 5107.10, and 5107.20 of the Revised Code regarding the pass-through of support payments under the Ohio Works First program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Romanchuk
Referred To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 02/12/2025
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Enact the E-Check Ease Act [HB-640]
[Air Quality ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
To amend sections 107.42, 3704.14, 4503.10, 4503.102, and 4503.103 and to repeal section 3704.032 of the Revised Code to create an alternative method to certify compliance with the E-Check program, to eliminate the authority to declare an air pollution emergency, and to name this act the E-Check Ease Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Roemer
Referred To Committee: Transportation on 11/12/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Regards certain children as in need of protective services [HB-615]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 109.65, 109.741, 109.77, 109.79, 121.37, 121.38, 149.435, 307.86, 2101.17, 2151.011, 2151.10, 2151.141, 2151.18, 2151.23, 2151.236, 2151.24, 2151.25, 2151.27, 2151.272, 2151.28, 2151.281, 2151.31, 2151.312, 2151.314, 2151.315, 2151.33, 2151.331, 2151.35, 2151.353, 2151.359, 2151.3514, 2151.3522, 2151.3523, 2151.3524, 2151.36, 2151.40, 2151.412, 2151.414, 2151.44, 2151.54, 2151.65, 2152.19, 2152.59, 2152.71, 2301.03, 2317.01, 2317.02, 2501.02, 2710.05, 2919.21, 2919.23, 2921.14, 3105.51, 3107.161, 3109.04, 3109.051, 3109.052, 3109.11,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Don Jones
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 06/11/2024
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Regards pass-through of Ohio Works First support payments [HB-526]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 5107.05, 5107.10, and 5107.20 of the Revised Code regarding the pass-through of support payments under the Ohio Works First program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Dean
Referred To Committee: Government Oversight on 05/21/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Express intent to increase accountability for group homes [HB-583]
[Children and Youth ]
[Housing ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 109.57, 109.572, 109.71, 5103.0310, 5103.0329, and 5103.05 and to enact sections 109.7411, 2151.46, 2151.461, 2151.462, 2151.463, 2151.464, 2151.465, 2151.466, 2151.467, 2151.468, 2151.469, 2151.4610, 3301.95, 3313.6414, 5103.052, 5103.053, 5103.054, 5103.055, 5103.056, 5103.057, 5103.058, 5103.0510, 5103.0512, and 5103.0513 of the Revised Code regarding residential facilities for foster children.
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Plummer
Reported - Substitute: Families And Aging on 12/17/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Regards child emergency placement facilities, treatment solutions [HB-512]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Mental Health ]
To enact sections 121.377 and 5101.91 of the Revised Code to create a streamlined licensure process for emergency placement facilities for children and to require the Ohio Family and Children First Cabinet Council to work with stakeholders to develop treatment and placement solutions for children with developmental or intellectual challenges and high acuity behaviors.
Sponsored by: Rep. William Seitz
Introduced on 12/17/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Designate Gallagher Way [HB-439]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
To enact section 5534.926 of the Revised Code to designate a portion of State Route 10 in Cleveland as "Gallagher Way."
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Patton
Reported: Transportation on 05/08/2024
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Regards Ashtabula County and Conneaut Municipal courts [HB-413]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 1901.02 and 1907.11 of the Revised Code to replace two part-time judgeships in the Ashtabula County County Court with one full-time judge and to include the village of North Kingsville and Kingsville, Monroe, and Sheffield Townships within the territorial jurisdiction of the Conneaut Municipal Court.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur
Referred To Committee: Civil Justice on 04/02/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Establish an alternative to guardianship for certain adults [SB-213]
[Disabilities ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To enact sections 5123.68, 5123.681, 5123.682, 5123.683, 5123.684, 5123.685, and 5123.686 of the Revised Code to establish supported decision-making as a nonrestrictive alternative to guardianship for adults with developmental disabilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jerry Cirino
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 01/24/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Repeal parental consent requirements for web sites [SB-202]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To repeal section 1349.09 of the Revised Code and to repeal Section 803.380 of H.B. 33 of the 135th General Assembly to repeal the requirement that operators of online web sites, services, and products that target children under age 16 obtain parental consent.
Sponsored by: Sen. Niraj Antani
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 12/13/2023
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie Kunze
Reported - Substitute: State And Local Government on 12/11/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
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 Manning
Effective on 10/24/2024
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Temporarily authorize income tax credit for certain investments [SB-171]
[Taxes ]
[Investments ]
[Film Production ]
[Economic Development ]
[Arts and Culture ]
To amend sections 107.036 and 5747.98 and to enact sections 122.852 and 5747.67 of the Revised Code to temporarily authorize a refundable income tax credit for investing in a sound recording production company.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kent Smith
Referred To Committee: Ways And Means 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 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 Manning
Effective on 03/20/2025
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Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Add a judge to the Adams County Court of Common Pleas [HB-283]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 2151.07, 2301.02, and 2301.03 of the Revised Code to add a judge to the Adams County Court of Common Pleas, who shall be elected in 2024, and designated as the judge of the court's Probate and Juvenile Division on February 9, 2029, and to declare an emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jean Schmidt
Reported - Amended: Civil Justice on 12/06/2023