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Maria York
HB 2
Child Care
Johnson, M.
To establish the Child Care Cred Program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance Committee (5/27/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 5
Firearms
Williams, J. Willis, B.
To enact the Repeat Offender Act to create a repeat offender classification, to create and modify certain firearm specifications, to increase the penalties for certain firearm offenses and specifications, to broaden the scope of relief from firearms disability, and to modify the sealing procedure for misdemeanors and fourth and fifth degree felonies.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/28/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 36
Execution
Stewart, B. Plummer, P.
To add nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution and to prohibit the disclosure of execution identifying information.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/5/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 42
Citizenship and Immigration Status
Fischer, T. Williams, J.
To require certain agencies to collect and report data concerning the citizenship or immigration status of persons with whom they come into contact.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight Committee (5/20/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED (No testimony))
HB 44
Law Enforcement Officers
Miller, J. Miller, K.
Regards training schools for prospective law enforcement officers and filling a vacant police department position without a competitive examination.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee (6/25/2025; REPORTED (No testimony))
HB 45
Firearms
Thomas, C. Baker, R.
To prohibit a federally licensed firearms dealer from transferring a firearm unless the transferee passes a background check.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/5/2025; Public Safety Committee)
HB 47
Human Trafficking
Williams, J. Santucci, N.
To enact the Human Trafficking Prevention Act to increase the penalty for human trafficking of a minor or person with a developmental disability, kidnapping, and abduction.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/11/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 68
Firearms
Mathews, A. Pizzulli, J.
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.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Safety Committee (6/17/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 84
Obscene Material
Demetriou, S. Williams, J.
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.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Technology & Innovation Committee (3/18/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 88
Drugs
Abrams, C. Plummer, P.
To increase penalties for drug trafficking above certain amounts, to prohibit organized trafficking of persons, to require schools and institutions of higher education to incorporate instruction and policies on fentanyl awareness and abuse prevention, and to designate the month of August as "Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month."
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (3/26/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 96
Enacted
State Operating Budget
Stewart, B.
To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/1/2025; Signed: June 30, 2025, Effective: 90 days)
HB 120
Firearm Safety Devices
Brewer, D. Gross, J.
To exempt from sales and use tax sales of firearm safety devices.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Ways & Means Committee (5/14/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 128
Abortion
Tims, D. Somani, A.
Regards abortion, abortion-related laws, and reproductive health protections.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/26/2025; Health Committee)
HB 131
Arrest Quotas
Miller, K. Sweeney, B.
To prohibit law enforcement agencies from using quotas for arrests and citations
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/4/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 135
Housing Discrimination
Upchurch, T. Lawson-Rowe, M.
To prohibit discrimination in rental housing based on lawful source of income.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Community Revitalization Committee (4/1/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 136
Discrimination
Rader, T. Lett, C.
To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (3/5/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 140
Tax Credit
McNally, L. Lett, C.
To authorize the refundable thriving families tax credit for certain income taxpayers with dependents who are minor children.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (3/5/2025; Ways & Means Committee)
HB 144
Communication Disability Database
Click, G. Lorenz, B.
To expand the communication disability database to include any person with a disability, to expand access to that database through countywide 9-1-1 systems, and to name this act "Keith's Law."
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee (6/25/2025; REPORTED (No testimony))
HB 168
Criminal Child Enticement
Williams, J. Brennan, S.
To require that a person act with a sexual motivation or an unlawful purpose to commit the offense of criminal child enticement.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/25/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 172
Mental Health
Newman, J.
To prohibit the provision of mental health services to minors without parental consent.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Committee (5/21/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 177
Postconviction Relief
Williams, J. Tims, D.
To allow a person to file a motion for a new trial or a petition for postconviction relief if the person produces new evidence that would establish a strong probability of a different result at trial.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (3/19/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 178
SNAP Supplement
Troy, D. Williams, J.
To establish a supplemental benefit allotment for certain recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Community Revitalization Committee (5/13/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 181
Eviction
Lawson-Rowe, M. Callender, J.
To provide counsel to destitute defendants facing eviction and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (3/26/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 185
Deepfakes
Mathews, A. Mathews, T.
To make changes to the law relating to the unauthorized use of an individual's persona and to prohibit certain unauthorized deepfake recordings.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Technology & Innovation Committee (6/10/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 216
Public Assistance
Williams, J. Jarrells, D.
To establish the 'A HAND UP' pilot program, to designate this act as the Actionable Help And New Dignity for Upward Progression (A HAND UP) Act, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Workforce & Higher Education Committee (5/20/2025)
HB 217
Missing Persons
Cockley, C. Ritter, K.
To enact the Finding and Identifying with NamUs Data (FIND) Act to require law enforcement agencies to enter information relating to a report of a missing person in the national missing and unidentified persons system (NamUs).
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Safety Committee (6/17/2025; CONTINUED-SUBSTITUTE (See separate story))
HB 235
Firearm Tax Credit
Lawson-Rowe, M. Brewer, D.
To authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the cost of handgun training and firearms storage and locking devices.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (4/30/2025; Ways & Means Committee)
HB 256
Child Custody
Williams, J. LaRe, J.
To make changes to the law regarding child custody for unwed parents.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/7/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 279
Caregiver Tax Credit
Mathews, A. Williams, J.
To authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for family caregiving expenses.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Ways & Means Committee (6/18/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 281
Immigration Laws
Williams, J.
Regards hospitals and the enforcement of federal immigration law.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Safety Committee (6/11/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 282
Immigration Laws
Williams, J.
To add a person's immigration status as a factor a court must consider when sentencing or ordering bail.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/21/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 295
Housing
Young, T.
To provide for the expedited removal of unauthorized occupants of residential property, to prohibit the use and sale of fraudulent deeds, and to declare an emergency.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/21/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 296
Financial Sanctions
Miller, M.
To delay financial sanctions for one hundred eighty days after an offender's release from prison or completion of transitional control.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (6/18/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 300
Conversion Therapy
Brownlee, K. Lett, C.
To prohibit certain licensed health care professionals from engaging in conversion therapy for minor patients.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/28/2025; Health Committee)
HB 306
Hate Crimes
Jarrells, D. Williams, J.
To enact the Hate Crime Act to prohibit hate crimes and to create a civil remedy for a person who is terrorized by another because of specific characteristics or beliefs.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/28/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 313
Housing
Mathews, A. Isaacsohn, D.
To create a grant program for townships and municipalities that adopt pro-housing policies and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/4/2025; Development Committee)
HB 323
Sexual Assault
Lorenz, B. Brennan, S.
To require employers report suspected sexual assault involving minor employees.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Judiciary Committee (6/18/2025; CONTINUED)
HB 336
Aggravated Vehicular Homicide
Young, T.
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.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/11/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 337
Firearms
Thomas, C. Somani, A.
To require that gun trigger locks be attached and provided with firearms sales by federally licensed firearms dealers.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/11/2025; Public Safety Committee)
HB 345
Voyeurism
LaRe, J.
To increase the penalties for voyeurism.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/11/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 346
Child Safety
Kishman, M. Williams, J.
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.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/11/2025; Public Safety Committee)
HB 348
Concealed Handguns
Isaacsohn, D. Lawson-Rowe, M.
Regards a concealed handgun licensee's duty to carry the license and notify law enforcement if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun and to rename concealed handgun licenses as basic competency licenses.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/18/2025; Public Safety Committee)
HB 350
Firearms
Thomas, C. Grim, M.
To prohibit certain conduct regarding trigger cranks, bumpfire devices, and other items that accelerate a semi-automatic firearm's rate of fire but do not convert it into an automatic firearm.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/18/2025; Public Safety Committee)
HB 351
Firearms
Brewer, D. Brownlee, K.
To establish the Ohio Task Force on Gun Violence.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/18/2025; Public Safety Committee)
HB 352
Domestic Violence
Brewer, D.
To expand the offense of domestic violence to include a person with whom the offender is in a dating relationship and to expand the offense of weapons under disability to include a person subject to a domestic violence protection order and a person convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/18/2025; Judiciary Committee)
HB 354
Domestic Violence
Grim, M. Abdullahi, M.
To enact the Keeping Our Survivors Safe Act to prohibit a person who has been convicted of first degree misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing a firearm or dangerous ordnance.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/18/2025; Public Safety Committee)
HB 358
Firearm Storage
Brewer, D. Fischer, T.
To require distribution of information on firearm storage.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/18/2025; Public Safety Committee)
HB 359
Emergency Alert System
Thomas, C. Gross, J.
To clarify the statewide emergency alert system in cases of missing autistic or developmentally disabled children and to name the alert the Joshua Alert.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/18/2025; Children & Human Services Committee)
HB 365
Property Tax
Brennan, S. Hall, D.
To authorize a refundable income tax credit or rebate for homeowners and renters whose property taxes or a portion of their rent exceed five per cent of their income and to name this act the Property Tax Refund Act.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/18/2025; Ways & Means Committee)
HB 368
Evictions
Upchurch, T. Brewer, D.
To require eviction records to be sealed after three years.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (6/18/2025)
HB 371
Child Abuse
Plummer, P. Young, T.
To make elected officials mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (6/18/2025)
HB 373
Firearms
Robinson, P. Lett, C.
To enact the Universal Background Checks Act to require a firearm transfer to be made through a dealer, through a law enforcement agency, or pursuant to a specified exception, and to require a background check when a firearm is transferred.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (6/23/2025)
HB 382
Firearms
Fischer, T.
To enact the Second Amendment Protection Act to safeguard the right to keep and bear arms.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
in House (6/25/2025)
SB 3
Income Tax
Lang, G. Huffman, S.
To phase-down the state income tax to a flat rate of 2.75% over two years.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate (1/29/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story); Ways & Means)
SB 5
Residential Property
Brenner, A. Huffman, S.
To provide for the expedited removal of unauthorized occupants from residential property and to prohibit the use and sale of fraudulent deeds.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (2/12/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 32
Child Care
Reynolds, M. Schaffer, T.
To establish the Child Care Cred Program and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Finance Committee (2/18/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 58
Child Custody
Craig, H. Reynolds, M.
To expand who is eligible to execute a grandparent power of attorney or a caretaker authorization affidavit.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (3/26/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 70
Civil Rights
Antonio, N.
To enact the Ohio Fairness Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, to add mediation as an informal method that the Ohio Civil Rights Commission may use, and to uphold existing religious exemptions under Ohio's Civil Rights Law.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/12/2025; Government Oversight and Reform Committee)
SB 71
Conversion Therapy
Antonio, N. Liston, B.
To prohibit certain licensed health care professionals from engaging in conversion therapy for minor patients.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/12/2025; Health Committee)
SB 73
Natural Hair
Hicks-Hudson, P. Ingram, C.
To enact the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act to prohibit discrimination against an individual based on hair texture and protective hair styles.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/12/2025; Government Oversight and Reform Committee)
SB 75
Firearms
Hicks-Hudson, P. Ingram, C.
To increase the penalty for failure to report a lost or stolen firearm.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/12/2025; Judiciary Committee)
SB 83
Housing and Real Property
Reynolds, M. Craig, H.
To revise the law governing eviction, residential building code enforcement, and real property transfers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (2/26/2025)
SB 96
Firearms
Craig, H. Blackshear, W.
To authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the cost of handgun training and firearms storage and locking devices.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Ways & Means (2/25/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 98
Domestic Violence
Craig, H. Weinstein, C.
To prohibit a person who is charged with or has been convicted of first degree misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing a firearm or dangerous ordnance.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (2/12/2025; Judiciary Committee)
SB 114
Enacted
Arrest Quotas
Patton, T.
To prohibit law enforcement agencies from using quotas for arrests and citations.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/1/2025; Signed: July 1, 2025, Effective: 90 days)
SB 121
Month Designation
Blackshear, W.
To designate April as "Counseling Awareness Month."
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Committee (6/4/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 123
Public Record Fees
Hicks-Hudson, P.
To prohibit a law enforcement agency for charging a fee for preparing or producing a video public record for a person known or presumed to be depicted in the video.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (3/26/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 143
Criminal Backgrounds
Craig, H. Blessing, L.
To prohibit private employers from including on an employment application any question concerning the criminal background of the applicant.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (3/19/2025; Workforce Development)
SB 161
SNAP
Schaffer, T. Johnson, T.
To require the Director of Job and Family Services to seek permission to exclude certain items from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health Committee (5/28/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 163
AI-Products and Pornography
Blessing, L. Johnson, T.
To require AI-generated products have a watermark, to prohibit simulated child pornography, and to prohibit identity fraud using a replica of a person.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (6/18/2025; CONTINUED-AMENDED)
SB 164
Health Insurers
Cutrona, A.
To regulate the use of artificial intelligence by health insurers.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/2/2025; Financial Institutions, Insurance and Technology Committee)
SB 169
Peace Officers
Ingram, C.
To require training on emotional intelligence for peace officers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee (5/28/2025; CONTINUED)
SB 174
Parental Responsibilities
Gavarone, T. Hicks-Hudson, P.
Regards the allocation of parenting responsibilities in a parenting plan.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary Committee (5/14/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 178
Missing Persons
Hicks-Hudson, P.
To create the Task Force on Missing Women and Girls who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/30/2025; Judiciary Committee)
SB 190
Taxes and Programs
Blessing, L. Smith, K.
To modify the law governing property, income, sales and use, severance, and lodging taxes; to provide breakfast and lunch at no cost to public and chartered nonpublic school students; to increase the Local Government Fund; to modify funding for the Low- and Moderate-income Housing Trust Fund; and to name this act A Good Deal for Ohio.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/7/2025; Finance Committee)
SB 192
Housing Infrastructure
Reynolds, M.
To declare the General Assembly's intent to provide funding for the purpose of developing, repairing, or upgrading infrastructure that services housing in rural counties.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/14/2025; Housing Committee)
SB 204
Eviction Records
Reynolds, M.
To provide for the suppression of eviction records in certain circumstances
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/28/2025; Judiciary Committee)
SB 205
Income Tax Credit
Reynolds, M.
To authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for family caregiving expenses.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/28/2025; Ways & Means)
SB 206
Property Tax
Cutrona, A.
To authorize a property tax reduction for certain owner-occupied homes.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (5/28/2025; Ways & Means)
SB 214
Dangerous Ordnance
Koehler, K.
To remove firearm mufflers and suppressors from the classification of dangerous ordnance.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee (6/25/2025; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 225
Address Confidentiality Program
Manchester, S.
To expand the Address Confidentiality Program.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/25/2025; Judiciary Committee)

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