State And Local Government : Public Records
Ohio 131st General Assembly
Reduces certain business filing fees [SB-26]
[Small Business ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
To amend sections 111.16, 1329.01, and 1703.04 and to enact section 6301.16 of the Revised Code to reduce certain business filing fees charged and collected by the Secretary of State, to specify that Ohio-based companies are to have access to appropriate features of the OhioMeansJobs web site, and to remove the requirement for a date of incorporation on a foreign corporation's application for a license to do business in Ohio.
Sponsored by: Sen. Larry Obhof
Refer To Committee: Economic And Workforce Development on 03/24/2015
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Provides address confidentiality for crime victims [SB-222]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Children and Youth ]
To amend sections 149.43, 2929.18, 2929.28, 3503.13, 3503.16, 3503.21, 3503.23, 3503.24, 3503.26, 3504.02, 3504.04, 3505.181, 3505.182, 3505.183, 3509.03, 3509.04, 3509.05, 3509.06, 3509.07, 3509.09, 3511.02, 3511.05, 3511.11, and 3511.12 and to enact sections 111.41, 111.42, 111.43, 111.44, 111.45, 111.46, 111.47, 111.48, and 111.99 of the Revised Code to create an address confidentiality program for victims of domestic violence, menacing by stalking, human trafficking, trafficking in persons, rape, sexual battery, and other crimes.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sandra Williams
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 10/14/2015
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Addresses the use of state funds for the Governor's security [SB-197]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Ethics ]
To amend sections 102.04, 149.433, and 2921.43 and to enact sections 5502.021 and 5502.022 of the Revised Code to prohibit state funds from being used to fund the provision of security by the State Highway Patrol for the Governor when the Governor travels outside the state not for official state business except personal travel, to allow a person to fund the Governor's travels outside the state not for official state business, and to specify that cost and payment information regarding the provision of such security is a public record.
Sponsored by: Sen. Charleta Tavares
Refer To Committee: Government Oversight And Reform on 09/17/2015
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Makes private or campus police records public [HB-76]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
To amend sections 149.011 and 149.43 of the Revised Code to include in the definition of public record records kept by a police department established by a qualified nonprofit corporation or a campus police department established by a private college or university.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Patmon
To Committee: Judiciary on 02/25/2015
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Expunge criminal records if misidentified [HB-618]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 2953.51, 2953.52, 2953.53, 2953.54, 2953.55, and 2953.61 of the Revised Code to provide for the expungement of official records related to the apprehension, arrest, criminal charging, or trial of a person based on mistaken identity.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Introduced on 12/13/2016
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Addresses police body camera records [HB-585]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
To enact section 149.436 of the Revised Code to provide that a record created by a body camera that is worn or carried by a law enforcement officer who is engaged in the performance of the officer's official duties generally is a public record, to provide in the specified circumstances in which such a record is not a public record that there are conditions under which the record becomes a public record, to provide that the portions of a record that contain personal information or information that is not relevant to the offense or delinquent act
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Sponsored by: Sen. Niraj Antani
Refer To Committee: Judiciary on 11/10/2016
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Makes identifying information not a public record [HB-576]
[Data Privacy ]
[Taxes ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 149.43 and 323.13 of the Revised Code to exempt from the Public Records Act financial account numbers and identifying information in public records and to provide that taxpayer electronic mail address lists used by county treasurers to deliver tax bills are not public records.
Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Ryan
Refer To Committee: Local Government on 11/10/2016
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Grants immunity to private colleges that disclose public records [HB-504]
[Education ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
To amend section 3333.0412 of the Revised Code to generally protect a private, nonprofit institution of higher education from liability for a breach of confidentiality or other claim that arises from the institution's disclosure of public records.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Schuring
Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 04/13/2016
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Creates state government expenditure database [HB-46]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
To enact sections 113.50, 113.51, 113.52, 113.53, 113.54, 113.55, 113.56, 113.57, 113.58, and 113.59 of the Revised Code to require the Treasurer of State to establish the Ohio State Government Expenditure Database.
Sponsored by: Rep. Jonathan Dever
Refer To Committee: Finance on 04/22/2015
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Exempts certain military records from public records law [HB-424]
[Military ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to specify that military records provided by an officer or employee of a township or municipal corporation to the township or municipal corporation for personnel matters are not public records.
Sponsored by: Sen. Niraj Antani
Refer To Committee: State Government on 01/20/2016
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Exempts order to active duty from public records law [HB-423]
[Military ]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend sections 149.43 and 5903.02 of the Revised Code to specify that an order for active military service or other documentation regarding the call to order of an individual in the Armed Forces of the United States or the Ohio organized militia is not a public record for a period of time and to extend employment and reemployment protection to a person who is a member of another state's national guard or organized militia and who is employed in Ohio.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Perales
Reported - Substitute: State And Local Government on 12/06/2016
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Creates an address confidentiality program for crime victims [HB-359]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
To amend sections 109.57, 149.43, 149.45, 319.28, 1901.25, 2313.06, 2929.18, 2929.28, 3113.31, 3503.13, 3503.16, 3503.21, 3503.23, 3503.24, 3503.26, 3504.02, 3504.04, 3509.03, 3509.04, 3509.05, 3509.06, 3509.07, 3509.09, 3511.02, 3511.05, 3511.11, and 3511.12; to enact sections 111.41, 111.42, 111.43, 111.44, 111.45, 111.46, 111.47, 111.48, 111.99, 3113.45, 3113.451, 3113.452, 3113.453, 3113.454, 3113.455, 3113.456, 3113.457, 3113.458, and 3113.459; and to repeal section 3505.19 of the Revised Code to create an address confidentiality program for
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Duffey
Effective 9/8/16 on 09/08/2016
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Expands information redaction and confidentiality provisions [HB-193]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
To amend sections 149.43, 149.45, 319.28, 319.54, 2903.213, 2903.214, 3113.31, 3503.15, and 3509.03 and to enact sections 111.31, 111.32, 111.321, 111.33, 111.34, 111.35, 111.36, 111.37, 111.38, 111.39, 111.40, 2901.44, and 3503.151 of the Revised Code to establish an address confidentiality program for individuals who reasonably believe that they are in danger of being threatened or physically harmed by another person, to exclude the residential and familial information of a federal law enforcement officer from the definition of a public record,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Clyde
Refer To Committee: Government Accountability And Oversight on 05/12/2015
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Specifies transparency requirements for public offices [HB-130]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
[Elections ]
[Ethics ]
To amend section 149.43 and to enact sections 117.432, 149.60, 149.62, and 149.65 of the Revised Code to create the DataOhio Board, to specify requirements for posting public records online, to require the Auditor of State to adopt rules regarding a uniform accounting system for public offices, to establish an online catalog of public data at data.Ohio.gov, to establish the Local Government Information Exchange Grant Program, and to make an appropriation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Duffey
Refer To Committee: Finance on 09/28/2016
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Creates the Veterans Fee Waiver Program [HB-125]
[Veterans ]
To amend sections 111.16, 111.17, 1703.31, 1729.12, 1746.06, 1782.63, 2305.10, and 4743.04 and to enact sections 5903.21, 5903.22, 5903.23, 5903.24, and 5903.25 of the Revised Code to establish the Veterans Fee Waiver Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Wes Retherford
Refer To Committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, And Public Safety on 03/25/2015
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Ohio 133rd General Assembly
Require Attorney General to establish an animal abuser registry [HB-145]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 2953.32 and to enact sections 959.30, 959.31, 959.32, 959.33, and 959.34 of the Revised Code to require the Attorney General to establish an animal abuser registry.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Brinkman
Refer To Committee: Agriculture And Rural Development on 03/26/2019
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Seal ILC record despite companion OVI conviction [HB-87]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 2953.61 of the Revised Code to allow for the sealing of charges dismissed through intervention in lieu of conviction when those charges are connected to a conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Niraj Antani
Refer To Committee: Criminal Justice on 03/05/2019
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Require Public Safety to place a seal on photo or digital image [HB-147]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
To amend sections 4501.27 and 4507.53 of the Revised Code to require the Department of Public Safety, including the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, to place an image of the Bureau's seal or emblem in a corner of a photograph or digital image of a person, under certain circumstances.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Brinkman
Refer To Committee: Transportation And Public Safety on 03/26/2019
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Require JobsOhio records and meetings to be open to the public [HB-185]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Ethics ]
To amend sections 9.28, 121.22, 149.011, 149.43, 149.436, 187.01, 187.03, and 187.04 of the Revised Code to establish that records kept by JobsOhio are public records subject to inspection and copying under Ohio Public Records Law and to require all meetings of the JobsOhio Board of Directors to be open to the public, except when in an executive session.
Sponsored by: Rep. Fred Strahorn
Refer To Committee: Economic And Workforce Development on 04/10/2019
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Make public certain convention and visitors' bureaus records [HB-176]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
To amend section 3.111 of the Revised Code to require certain convention and visitors' bureaus to make available for inspection by the public all meeting minutes, vendor payment information, and financial information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Brinkman
Refer To Committee: State And Local Government on 04/02/2019