Make elected officials mandatory child abuse, neglect reporters [HB-371]
[Human Services ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend section 2151.421 of the Revised Code to make elected officials mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect.
HB-371: Make elected officials mandatory child abuse, neglect reporters
Sponsored by: Rep. Phil Plummer
Introduced on 06/18/2025
Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids [HB-359]
[Disabilities ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 5502.522 of the Revised Code to clarify the statewide emergency alert system in cases of missing autistic or developmentally disabled children and to name the alert the Joshua Alert.
HB-359: Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Children And Human Services on 06/18/2025
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.
HB-346: Enact V.J.'s Law
Sponsored by: Rep. W. Scott Oelslager
Referred To Committee: Public Safety on 06/11/2025
Designate Love Makes a Family Week [SB-211]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
To enact section 5.2541 of the Revised Code to designate the first full week of June as "Love Makes a Family Week."
SB-211: Designate Love Makes a Family Week
Sponsored by: Sen. Catherine Ingram
Referred To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 06/04/2025
Regards libraries displaying matter harmful to juveniles [HB-622]
[Libraries ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 5747.48 and to enact section 3375.68 of the Revised Code to require each board of public library trustees to adopt a policy that prohibits its libraries from displaying matter harmful to juveniles and to redistribute the public library funds of libraries that fail to do so.
HB-622: Regards libraries displaying matter harmful to juveniles
Sponsored by: Sen. Alessandro Cutrona
Referred To Committee: Government Oversight on 06/11/2024
Address minors working as performers in entertainment industry [HB-521]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Film Production ]
To amend sections 3331.01, 3331.12, 4109.01, 4109.03, 4109.05, 4109.06, and 4109.08 and to enact sections 4109.25, 4109.26, 4109.27, 4109.28, and 4109.29 of the Revised Code to address minors working as performers in the entertainment industry.
HB-521: Address minors working as performers in entertainment industry
Sponsored by: Rep. Joseph Miller
Referred To Committee: Commerce And Labor on 05/21/2024
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.
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.
HB-413: Regards Ashtabula County and Conneaut Municipal courts
Sponsored by: Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur
Referred To Committee: Civil Justice on 04/02/2024
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.
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 Patton
Referred To Committee: Health on 06/11/2024
Authorize the refundable thriving families tax credit [HB-290]
[Taxes ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 5747.01, 5747.08, and 5747.98 and to enact section 5747.36 of the Revised Code to authorize the refundable thriving families tax credit for certain income taxpayers with dependents who are minor children.
HB-290: Authorize the refundable thriving families tax credit
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Primary And Secondary Education on 10/10/2023
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.
HB-270: Enact the Sam Knisley Family Support Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Tracy Richardson
Referred To Committee: Criminal Justice on 09/26/2023
Increase assault penalties if the victim is a sports official [HB-139]
[Sports ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 2903.13 and 2929.13 of the Revised Code to increase the penalties for assault if the victim is acting as a sports official or the assault is committed in retaliation for the victim's actions as a sports official.
HB-139: Increase assault penalties if the victim is a sports official
Sponsored by: Rep. William Seitz
Referred To Committee: Health on 12/06/2023
Revise the law governing newborn safety incubators [HB-109]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
To amend sections 2101.16, 2151.3515, 2151.3516, 2151.3517, 2151.3518, 2151.3528, 2151.3532, and 2151.3534; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses, section 2151.3534 (2151.3527); to enact section 2151.3533; and to repeal sections 2151.3529 and 2151.3535 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing newborn safety incubators.
HB-109: Revise the law governing newborn safety incubators
Sponsored by: Rep. Jean Schmidt
Referred To Committee: Public Health Policy on 03/22/2023
Regards intimate examination of anesthetized, unconscious patient [HB-89]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 4723.28, 4730.25, and 4731.22 and to enact sections 4723.93, 4730.57, and 4731.77 of the Revised Code regarding intimate examinations and anesthetized or unconscious patients.
HB-89: Regards intimate examination of anesthetized, unconscious patient
Sponsored by: Rep. William Seitz
Referred To Committee: Health on 12/11/2024
Expand Portage County Domestic Relations Court jurisdiction [HB-648]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.027, 1901.08, 1901.31, 2151.23, and 2301.03 of the Revised Code to expand the jurisdiction of the Portage County Domestic Relations Court, to abolish the East Liverpool Municipal Court in Columbiana County, and to add one judge to the Fairborn Municipal Court.
HB-648: Expand Portage County Domestic Relations Court jurisdiction
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Lampton
Introduced on 11/22/2022
Require certain vehicular homicide offender pay child maintenance [HB-640]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend section 2929.18 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.
HB-640: Require certain vehicular homicide offender pay child maintenance
Sponsored by: Rep. Derek Merrin
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 05/17/2022