State And Local Government : Public Officials And Employees
Ohio 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)
Revise the law governing passing a school bus [HB-140]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 4503.03, 4510.036, 4511.75, 4511.751, and 4511.76 of the Revised Code to make changes to the law governing passing a school bus.
HB-140: Revise the law governing passing a school bus
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Referred To Committee: Transportation on 04/18/2023
Prohibit installing tracking device or app without consent [SB-100]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 1547.11, 1547.111, 2317.02, 2317.022, 2927.02, 3701.143, 3767.01, 4301.74, 4506.17, 4511.19, 4511.191, and 4511.192 and to enact section 2903.216 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit a person from knowingly installing a tracking device or application on another person's property without the other person's consent or failing to remove or ensure removal of such a device or application from another person's property if the other person gave consent and subsequently revokes it, to authorize collecting oral fluid as evidence in
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SB-100: Prohibit installing tracking device or app without consent
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephanie L. Kunze
Effective on 03/20/2025
Enact Ohio Equal Pay Act [HB-115]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Rights ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend sections 4112.04 and 4117.08 and to enact sections 142.01, 142.02, 142.03, 142.04, 142.05, 142.06, 142.07, 142.08, 142.09, 142.10, 4113.12, 4113.43, 4117.141, 4145.01, 4145.02, 4145.03, 4145.04, 4145.05, 4145.06, 4145.07, 4145.08, and 4145.09 of the Revised Code to address wage disparities in public and private employment and to name this act the Ohio Equal Pay Act.
HB-115: Enact Ohio Equal Pay Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Thomas
Reported - Amended: Constitutional Resolutions on 03/22/2023
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Adopt the Legislative Code of Ethics [SCR-4]
[Ethics ]
To adopt the Legislative Code of Ethics for the members and employees of both chambers of the 135th General Assembly, employees of any legislative agency, and candidates for the 136th General Assembly.
SCR-4: Adopt the Legislative Code of Ethics
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Adopted on 05/24/2023
Regards subsequent reduction in penalties for prior offenders [HB-67]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 1.58 and to enact section 181.26 of the Revised Code to provide that if a penalty for an offense has been imposed on an offender and if the penalty for that offense is subsequently reduced by a change to the Revised Code or Constitution, the penalty previously imposed on the offender may be reduced.
HB-67: Regards subsequent reduction in penalties for prior offenders
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Referred To Committee: Transportation on 02/28/2023
Lower the minimum age for appointment as a police officer [HB-84]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend section 124.41 of the Revised Code to lower the minimum age for an original appointment as a police officer from twenty-one to eighteen years of age.
HB-84: Lower the minimum age for appointment as a police officer
Sponsored by: Rep. Darrell D. Kick
Adopted: Rules And Reference on 02/28/2023
Designate Ohio Doula Awareness Week [SB-69]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
To enact section 5.2316 of the Revised Code to designate the week including March 22nd as Ohio Doula Awareness Week.
SB-69: Designate Ohio Doula Awareness Week
Sponsored by: Sen. Vernon Sykes
Referred To Committee: Commerce And Labor on 03/01/2023
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Create mechanism to allow relief-collateral sanction for housing [HB-50]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Taxes ]
[Property Tax ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 120.54, 4722.01, 5709.56, and 5715.27 and to enact sections 2953.26 and 2961.25 of the Revised Code to create a mechanism by which an individual who is subject to a collateral sanction for housing may obtain a certificate of qualification for housing that may provide relief from certain bars on housing, to extend the Home Construction Service Suppliers Act to repairs, improvements, remodels, or renovations of existing structures, and to modify the application procedure for the residential development property tax exemption.
HB-50: Create mechanism to allow relief-collateral sanction for housing
Sponsored by: Rep. William J. Seitz
Effective on 09/20/2024
Lower minimum age for original appointment as a police officer [SB-53]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend section 124.41 of the Revised Code to lower the minimum age for an original appointment as a police officer from twenty-one to eighteen years of age.
SB-53: Lower minimum age for original appointment as a police officer
Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Hoagland
Referred To Committee: Homeland Security on 05/23/2023
Prohibit public employer granting paid leave-certain activities [SB-47]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
To enact section 4117.091 of the Revised Code to prohibit a public employer from providing paid leave or compensation for a public employee to engage in certain union activities.
SB-47: Prohibit public employer granting paid leave-certain activities
Sponsored by: Sen. Kristina D. Roegner
Referred To Committee: Judiciary on 02/08/2023
Regards operating a vehicle, watercraft under marihuana influence [SB-26]
[Cannabis ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To amend sections 1547.11, 3701.143, and 4511.19 of the Revised Code to change the laws pertaining to operating a vehicle or watercraft while under the influence of marihuana and the admissibility of evidence for purposes of OVI statutes.
SB-26: Regards operating a vehicle, watercraft under marihuana influence
Sponsored by: Sen. Nathan H. Manning
Adopted on 02/08/2023
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Regards venue for appeal from an agency order, court changes [SB-21]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 109.02, 119.12, 124.34, 956.11, 956.15, 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 1901.041, 1901.07, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1907.11, 2301.03, 3794.09, 3901.321, 3913.13, 3913.23, 5101.35, and 5164.38 and to enact sections 101.55, 107.13, 303.65, 519.26, and 713.16 of the Revised Code to generally change the venue in which appeal from an agency order is proper to the local court of common pleas and provide special rules regarding consideration of such cases, to revise the law governing claim preclusion in zoning appeals, to revise the law governing
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SB-21: Regards venue for appeal from an agency order, court changes
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Effective on 09/29/2023