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Amanda Sines
HB 2
Economic Growth and Development
Cutrona, A. Upchurch, T.
To declare the intent of the General Assembly to direct state funds to projects across the state for economic growth and community development.
Text & Analysis
Introduced and Referred
in House (2/15/2023; Finance)
HB 6
School Athletics
Powell, J.
To enact the Save Women’s Sports Act to require schools, state institutions of higher education, and private colleges to designate separate single-sex teams and sports for each sex.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education (5/10/2023; REPORTED (See separate story))
HB 8
School Curriculum
Swearingen, D. Carruthers, S.
To enact the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” to require public schools to adopt a policy on parental notification on student health and well-being and instructional materials with sexually explicit content.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education (12/13/2023)
HB 9
Teacher Licensing
Manning, G. Lightbody, M.
To establish the Grow Your Own Teacher Program, to establish a loan repayment program for eligible teachers, to make changes to teacher licensing and professional development, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Introduced and Referred
in House (2/15/2023; Primary & Secondary Education)
HB 10
School Financing System
Callender, J. Sweeney, B.
To express the intent of the General Assembly to continue phasing-in the school financing system established in H.B. 110 of the 134th General Assembly and, if practicable, fully phase it in.
Text & Analysis
Introduced and Referred
in House (2/15/2023; Finance)
HB 11
Scholarship Programs
McClain, R. John, M.
To establish the Backpack Scholarship Program to begin operating for the 2023-2024 school year, to repeal the Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program and the Pilot Project Scholarship Program on July 1, 2024, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (4/25/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 12
Education and Workforce
Jones, D. Dobos, D.
To rename the Department of Education as the Department of Education and Workforce; to create the position of Director of Education and Workforce; and to reform the functions and responsibilities of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (4/18/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 13
Hybrid Motor Vehicles
Miller, J. Weinstein, C.
To eliminate the additional registration fee applicable to hybrid motor vehicles and to delay the effect of those changes until January 1, 2025.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Homeland Security (11/15/2023; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 14
Parental Rights
Creech, R. John, M.
Regarding the allocation of parental rights and responsibilities to grant equal time and responsibility for a child.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Families & Aging (11/28/2023; CONTINUED-SUBSTITUTE (No testimony))
HB 15
Abortion
Gross, J. Lear, B.
To revise the informed consent law regarding abortions.
Text & Analysis
Introduced and Referred
in House (2/15/2023; Public Health Policy)
HB 16
Ethics and Lobbying
Merrin, D.
To enact the Ethics and Financial Disclosure Reform Act to revise the law governing ethics and lobbying.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (3/28/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 22
Stroke Care
Schmidt, J. Hall, T.
Regarding the collection of stroke care data and the recognition of thrombectomy-capable stroke centers.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (4/19/2023; Health)
HB 23
Enacted
Transportation Budget
Edwards, J.
To make appropriations for programs related to transportation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of those programs.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/31/2023; Signed: March 31, 2023, Effective: June 28, 2023)
HB 27
Higher Education Cost
Mathews, A. Thomas, J.
To require state institutions of higher education to provide financial cost and aid disclosure forms.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Workforce & Higher Education (10/10/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 31
Enacted
Workers' Compensation Budget
Edwards, J.
To make appropriations for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of the Department's programs, and to make changes to the Workers' Compensation Law.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(6/30/2023; Signed: June 30, 2023, Effective: June 30, 2023; earlier Delivered to the Governor; House Concurs in Senate Amendments: 95-1)
Passed
in Senate Insurance (6/30/2023; 31-0 (AMENDED) (Earlier: REPORTED-AMENDED) )
HB 33
Enacted
Operating Budget
Edwards, J.
To make operating appropriations for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025, to levy taxes, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of state programs.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/3/2023; Signed: July 3, 2023, Effective: Immediately)
HB 38
Mental Health Days
Blackshear, W. Miranda, J.
To allow school districts to permit students to take up to three mental health days away from school each school year.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (4/25/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 43
Oil and Natural Gas
Skindell, M.
To ban the taking or removal of oil or natural gas from and under the bed of Lake Erie.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Energy & Natural Resources (3/29/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 47
AED
Brown, R. Bird, A.
To require the placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in each public and chartered nonpublic school and each public recreational facility and to require the Ohio Department of Health to develop a model emergency action plan for the use of AEDs.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (12/6/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 49
Hospital Pricing
Ferguson, R. Barhorst, T.
Regarding the availability of hospital price information; and to amend the version of section 3701.83 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on September 30, 2024, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Small Business & Economic Opportunity (9/26/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 51
Second Amendment
Loychik, M. Schmidt, J.
To enact the Second Amendment Preservation Act to add additional protections to the right to bear arms, to remove federal firearms law references from the state firearms control law, and to declare an emergency.
Text & Analysis
Calendar for Coming Session
in House Rules & Reference (12/5/2023; REPORTED-AMENDED)
HB 52
Enacted
Emergency Medical Services
Fowler Arthur, S. John, M.
To restore law related to emergency medical services training and continuing education programs, to amend the versions of sections 4765.10, 4765.11, and 4765.30 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the changes on and after that date, and to declare an emergency.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(4/5/2023; Signed: April 5, 2023, Effective: April 5, 2023)
HB 62
Self-Defense
Humphrey, L.
To limit the locations at which a person has no duty to retreat.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (6/13/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 63
Conflict Resolution Instruction
Humphrey, L.
To require public and chartered nonpublic schools to provide conflict resolution instruction to students in grades kindergarten through twelve.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (6/27/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED)
HB 66
Tobacco Tax
Hall, T. Stoltzfus, R.
Regards the deduction and recovery of bad debts for cigarette and tobacco and vapor products taxes.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Ways & Means (10/11/2023; CONTINUED (No testimony))
HB 68
Gender Transition
Click, G.
Regards gender transition services for minors and to name this act the Ohio Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Government Oversight (12/13/2023)
HB 70
OTC Drugs
Fowler Arthur, S. Gross, J.
To require schools to adopt a policy regarding the administration of over-the-counter drugs.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (12/5/2023; REPORTED (No testimony))
HB 73
Prescriptions
Gross, J. Loychik, M.
To authorize the prescribing of off-label drugs and if prescribed, to require their dispensing and to name this act the Dave and Angie Patient and Health Provider Protection Act.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (9/13/2023; Health)
HB 76
Data Storage
Hall, T. White, A.
To modify the law governing data storage and notifications issued by state agencies.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/21/2023; Government Oversight)
HB 79
Energy Efficiency
Seitz, B. Sweeney, B.
To permit electric distribution utilities to establish energy efficiency and demand reduction portfolios.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Utilities (6/21/2023; REPORTED-SUBSTITUTE (See separate story))
HB 80
Pharmacist Care
Lipps, S.
Regards pharmacist care.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/28/2023; Health Provider Services)
HB 82
School Coaches
Loychik, M. Pavliga, G.
To require school athletic coaches to complete mental health training and to revise the renewal requirements for pupil-activity program permits and to amend the version of section 3319.303 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/28/2023; Primary & Secondary Education)
HB 83
Drug Paraphernalia
Humphrey, L.
To remove criminal penalties for the use and possession of drug paraphernalia and drug abuse instruments.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (2/28/2023; Criminal Justice)
HB 86
Marijuana
LaRe, J.
To revise specified provisions of the liquor control, hemp, and adult-use marijuana laws and to levy taxes on marijuana.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate General Government (12/6/2023; 28-2 (Antani, Ingram) (AMENDED) (Earlier:REPORTED-SUBSTITUTE))
HB 89
Health Examinations
Hillyer, B. Abdullahi, M.
Regards intimate examinations and anesthetized or unconscious patients.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Health Policy (5/3/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED (See separate story))
HB 95
Agricultural Commodity Handlers
Click, G. Creech, R.
To revise the law governing claims against agricultural commodity handlers.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (3/14/2023; Commerce & Labor)
HB 96
Minimum Wage
Jarrells, D. Mohamed, I.
To increase the state minimum wage.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (3/14/2023; Commerce & Labor)
HB 97
Mental Health Assistants
Pavliga, G.
To license certified mental health assistants and to amend the version of section 4755.48 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (11/14/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 99
Emergency Services
Manchester, S.
To regulate the practice of reducing benefits related to emergency services if a condition is determined, after the fact, to not be an emergency.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (9/20/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 102
Respiratory Therapists
Young, T. John, M.
To license advanced practice respiratory therapists and to amend the version of section 4761.01 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect September 30, 2024, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (10/17/2023)
HB 110
Catalytic Converters
Young, B. Roemer, B.
Regarding the sale of used catalytic converters, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice (5/9/2023--Canceled)
HB 112
Campaign Finance
Sweeney, B. Miranda, J.
To modify the campaign finance law, and to name this act the Ohio Anti-Corruption Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (4/18/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 117
Reading
Manning, G. Robinson, P.
To eliminate retention under the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, to expand the grades for which intensive reading intervention is provided, and expand the inclusion of phonics in learning standards.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (9/13/2023; Education)
HB 120
Energy Repeal
Weinstein, C. Brennan, S.
To repeal the legacy generation resource provisions of H.B. 6 of the 133rd General Assembly and provide customers refunds.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (3/22/2023; Public Utilities)
HB 130
Prior Authorization
Miller, K.
To establish an exemption to prior authorization requirements.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (6/7/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 135
School Attendance
Hall, T. Creech, R.
To require school districts to grant students excused absences from school for participation in 4-H and FFA programs and activities.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (9/12/2023)
HB 136
Dispensing Pharmacies
Holmes, A. Stewart, B.
To authorize the operation of remote dispensing pharmacies.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/5/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 141
Medical Occupations
LaRe, J. Robb Blasdel, M.
To restrict cost-sharing requirements with regard to occupational and physical therapists and chiropractors.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (11/1/2023; REPORTED (No testimony))
HB 147
Teacher Regulations
Fowler Arthur, S. Miller, A.
Regards teacher licensure revocation, teacher hiring practices, and conduct unbecoming to the teaching profession.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (10/24/2023; REPORTED (No testimony))
HB 151
Higher Education
Demetriou, S. Williams, J.
To enact the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education (6/14/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 152
Hearing Aids
Weinstein, C. Young, B.
To require health plan issuers to cover hearing aids and related services for persons twenty-one years of age and younger and to name this act Madeline's Law.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (9/13/2023; Insurance)
HB 154
Registered Nurses
Skindell, M. Humphrey, L.
Regards staffing ratios and other employment conditions for registered nurses employed by hospitals.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (4/25/2023; Health Provider Services)
HB 156
Physician-Administered Drugs
Manning, G. Oelslager, S.
To amend the law related to physician-administered drugs.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (12/6/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 162
Agriculture Designations
Klopfenstein, R. Kick, D.
To make specified day and week designations relating to agriculture.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources (12/12/2023)
HB 168
Marijuana
Callender, J. Weinstein, C.
To enact the Ohio Adult Use Act and to levy a tax.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (5/23/2023; Finance)
HB 169
Sun Lamp Tanning
Hillyer, B.
To prohibit the provision of sun lamp tanning services to individuals under age 18 and to make changes regarding the titles that may be used by physicians.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/5/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED (No testimony))
HB 170
Firearms
Grim, M. Thomas, C.
To enact the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act to allow family members, household members, and law enforcement officers to obtain a court order that temporarily restricts a person's access to firearms if that person poses a danger to themselves or others.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (6/6/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 175
Firearm Storage
Miranda, J. Brewer, D.
To require secure storage of firearms, to authorize an income tax credit for the purchase of firearm storage and locking devices, to name this act the Keep Every Home Safe Act, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (6/6/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 177
Health Insurance
Manchester, S.
To prohibit certain health insurance cost-sharing practices.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Public Health Policy (11/15/2023; REPORTED)
HB 179
Vicarious Liability
Mathews, A. Stewart, B.
Relative to vicarious liability in tort actions and to provide that the tolling of the limitations period during the defendant's absence or concealment does not apply to statutes of repose.
Text & Analysis
Calendar for Coming Session
in House (11/14/2023)
HB 180
Curfews
LaRe, J. Swearingen, D.
To prohibit a municipal corporation or charter county from imposing a curfew except in certain cases.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (6/13/2023)
HB 183
Bathroom Facilities
Lear, B. Bird, A.
Regards single-sex bathroom access in primary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education (12/13/2023--Canceled)
HB 184
Charitable Solicitations
Bird, A. Brennan, S.
Regards charitable solicitations.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House State & Local Government (11/14/2023; REPORTED (No testimony))
HB 186
Firearm Safety Devices
Brewer, D. Brennan, S.
To exempt from sales and use tax sales of firearm safety devices.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Ways & Means (10/17/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED (No testimony))
HB 189
Firearms
Cutrona, A.
To exempt from the sales and use tax the sale of certain firearms and ammunition and to authorize nonrefundable tax credits for small arms and ammunition manufacturers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Ways & Means (10/3/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 195
Adaptive Mobility Dealers
Demetriou, S. Brennan, S.
To create an adaptive mobility dealer license.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (12/6/2023; 84-0)
HB 198
Month Designation
Blackshear, W. Jarrells, D.
To designate April as "Counseling Awareness Month."
Text & Analysis
Introduced and Referred
in House (6/6/2023; State & Local Government)
HB 206
Student Expulsion
Click, G. Robb Blasdel, M.
With respect to the expulsion of a student from a public school for actions that endanger the health and safety of other students or school employees.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (11/28/2023; REPORTED-AMENDED)
HB 207
Special Use Pools
Schmidt, J.
To designate the regulatory responsibilities regarding special use pools.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/13/2023; Public Health Policy)
HB 211
Public Meetings
Gross, J.
To name this act the Free to Speak Act and to require a public body to permit members of the public to comment or testify about matters of public concern before the public body at its public meeting.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/20/2023; State & Local Government)
HB 214
Public School Employees
Holmes, A.
To require each public school to adopt a policy regarding certain expectations related to the performance of staff member professional duties.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (12/6/2023; Education)
HB 216
Bullying Policy
Lightbody, M. Williams, J.
To require the Department of Education to develop a process for requesting an investigation of a school's compliance with its policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/26/2023; Primary & Secondary Education)
HB 217
Gun Trigger Locks
Somani, A. Thomas, C.
To require that gun trigger locks be attached and provided with firearms sales by federally licensed firearms dealers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (10/31/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 218
Firearm Regulations
Brewer, D. Upchurch, T.
To restore local authority to generally regulate firearms-related conduct.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (10/31/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 229
Epilepsy
Sweeney, B. Patton, T.
To require health care practitioners to provide information on Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy to at risk patients and to name the act the Brenna Brossard SUDEP Awareness Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/12/2023)
HB 230
Drug and Human Trafficking
Abrams, C. Swearingen, D.
To increase penalties for drug trafficking above certain amounts and to prohibit organized trafficking of persons.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Homeland Security (12/5/2023; REPORTED)
HB 231
Crisis Telephone Line
Pavliga, G. Miller, A.
To establish a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis telephone line.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance (10/4/2023)
HB 233
Self-Defense
Williams, J. Hillyer, B.
To enact the Self-Defense Protection Act to create a pretrial procedure for a person asserting self-defense, defense of another, or defense of that person's property.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice (11/14/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 235
State Education Board
Fowler Arthur, S.
With regard to membership and election of State Board of Education members and to make changes regarding the State Board's public meetings.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House (9/12/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story); Primary & Secondary Education)
HB 236
Patient Advocates
Lear, B. Miller, M.
To prohibit a congregate care setting from denying a patient or resident access to an advocate and to name this act the Never Alone Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (10/17/2023)
HB 237
All-Purpose Vehicles
Miller, K. Plummer, P.
To make changes to the laws governing all-purpose vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, snowmobiles, utility vehicles, and mini-trucks.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Homeland Security (10/25/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 238
Occupational Regulations
Fowler Arthur, S. Klopfenstein, R.
To revise and streamline the state's occupational regulations.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House State & Local Government (12/12/2023)
HB 240
School Chaplains
Stoltzfus, R.
To permit public schools to employ chaplains to provide support services.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (9/12/2023; Primary & Secondary Education)
HB 245
Adult Cabarets
King, A. Williams, J.
To prohibit adult cabaret performances in locations other than adult cabarets.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice (11/14/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 248
Special Interest License Plate
Demetriou, S. Manchester, S.
To create the "Suicide Prevention" license plate.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Homeland Security (11/29/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 249
Mental Health
Galonski, T. Hillyer, B.
To make changes to the law regarding involuntary treatment for persons with a mental illness subject to court order.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Behavioral Health (10/31/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 255
Massages
Miller, K. Ghanbari, H.
To make changes to the laws governing massage establishments and to establish a nontherapeutic massage registration and to amend the version of section 503.41 of the Revised Code scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (9/12/2023; Criminal Justice)
HB 256
Organ Donations
Miller, K. Creech, R.
To require the Department of Natural Resources to inquire about organ donation under specified circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (12/6/2023; Health)
HB 257
Virtual Meetings
Hoops, J. Claggett, T.
To authorize certain public bodies to meet virtually.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (12/6/2023; Government Oversight)
HB 258
Tobacco Products
Carruthers, S.
To increase fines for repeatedly selling tobacco products to minors and to apply the public nuisance law to places where such sales occur.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice (12/12/2023)
HB 259
Death Penalty
Schmidt, J. Miller, A.
To abolish the death penalty and to modify the number of jurors that may be challenged in cases where a defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Finance (10/11/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 260
Utilities
Seitz, B. Robb Blasdel, M.
Regards public utilities and competitive retail electric service.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (9/26/2023; Public Utilities)
HB 261
EMS Workers
Patton, T. Sweeney, B.
To make emergency medical services workers "public safety officers" under the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Pensions (10/24/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
HB 265
Public Records
Wiggam, S. Hall, T.
To exempt redaction request forms, affidavits, and the records of the work schedules of designated public service workers from disclosure under public records law.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Civil Justice (11/28/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED (See separate story))
HB 266
School Safety
Wiggam, S.
To require school districts and schools to update emergency management plans to include evacuation procedures for individuals with disabilities and to amend the version of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025, to continue the changes on and after that effective date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (12/5/2023)
HB 267
School Board Members
Loychik, M.
To provide for primary elections for state and school district board of education members and move the election for state and school district board members from the nonpartisan ballot.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (9/26/2023; Government Oversight)
HB 272
Concealed Handguns
Mathews, A. Pizzulli, J.
To allow a concealed handgun licensee to carry a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a building or structure that is not a courthouse but in which a courtroom is located if court is not in session.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (12/6/2023; 56-29)
HB 275
OARRS
Young, T. Plummer, P.
To revise the law governing the review of patient information in the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System, to establish requirements on the prescribing and dispensing of opioid analgesics, to establish the Medical Marijuana Control Program Fund and provide for a cash transfer, and to amend the version of section 4723.481 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on September 30, 2024, to continue the changes to that section on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (9/26/2023; Health Provider Services)
HB 284
Watercrafts
Hillyer, B. Dean, B.
To allow an operator of a vessel to use a rearview mirror to observe water skiers, barefoot skiers, and others who are being towed by the vessel as an alternative to having an additional person in the vessel for observation purposes.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (10/3/2023; Transportation)
HB 285
Registered Nurses
Ghanbari, H. Rogers, E.
To require hospitals to establish registered nurse staffing plans that protect patient safety, to create the Nursing Student Loan-to-Grant Program, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (10/3/2023; Health Provider Services)
HB 291
Prescriptions
Liston, B. Carruthers, S.
Regards prescription drugs and medication switching.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (12/6/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 295
Criminal Sexual Conduct
Demetriou, S.
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
Referred
in House (10/24/2023; Criminal Justice)
HB 300
Opioid Use Treatment
Baker, R. Ray, S.
To establish a pilot program for remote treatment of opioid use disorder and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Behavioral Health (10/31/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 303
EMS Training
Hall, T. Santucci, N.
To establish a process for the revision of training subjects for EMS personnel.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Homeland Security (12/12/2023)
HB 309
Firearms
Thomas, C. Baker, R.
To prohibit a federally licensed firearms dealer from transferring a firearm until at least ten days have elapsed since the dealer has contacted the national instant criminal background check system and the dealer has received a unique identification number.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (10/31/2023; Government Oversight)
HB 313
Firearms
Callender, J. Mathews, A.
To provide firearms training for fire investigators; to permit such an investigator who has received that training and has been specifically authorized to carry firearms while on duty; to grant such an investigator the same right to carry a concealed handgun in this state as a concealed handgun licensee; and to amend the version of section 109.73 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (12/5/2023; CONTINUED)
HB 319
Medical Interventions
Gross, J. Wiggam, S.
To prohibit discrimination against an individual for the refusal of certain medical interventions for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions, and to name this act the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (11/14/2023; Health Provider Services)
HB 321
9-1-1 Database
Click, G. Lorenz, B.
To establish a statewide 9-1-1 special needs database.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Homeland Security (12/12/2023)
HB 326
Marijuana Taxation
Abrams, C.
To express the General Assembly's intent to use revenue from a tax on adult use marijuana to fund peace officer training.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (11/14/2023; Homeland Security)
HB 328
Catalytic Converters
Roemer, B. Plummer, P.
Regards the sale of used catalytic converters, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Criminal Justice (12/12/2023)
HB 332
Same-sex Marriage
Miranda, J. Galonski, T.
To reconcile Ohio with federal law regarding same-sex marriage and provide for the right to interracial marriage.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (11/28/2023; State & Local Government)
HB 336
Dental Services
Schmidt, J. Miller, A.
To prohibit a health benefit plan and the Medicaid program from denying a claim for dental services on the basis of the age of the patient.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (11/28/2023; Insurance)
HB 341
Marijuana
Click, G.
To revise the law regarding adult use marijuana.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (12/5/2023; Finance)
HB 343
Abortion
Somani, A. Liston, B.
Regards abortion, abortion-related laws, and reproductive health protections; to amend the version of section 3702.30 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect September 30, 2024; and to repeal the version of section 5103.11 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025, to continue the changes on and after those dates.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (12/5/2023; Public Health Policy)
HB 346
Auto Sears
Dell'Aquila, R.
To create the offense of unlawful manufacture, purchase, or sale of an auto sear.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (12/5/2023; Criminal Justice)
HB 347
Farming Equipment Taxes
Jones, D.
To presume certain trailers and vehicles are sold for agricultural purposes and thus exempt from sales and use tax when sold to established farmers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Ways & Means (12/12/2023)
HB 348
Student Incentives
Seitz, B. Isaacsohn, D.
To establish pilot programs to increase student attendance and graduation rates through financial awards and incentives, and to make an appropriation.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (12/5/2023; Primary & Secondary Education)
HB 352
Child Welfare
Baker, R. Carruthers, S.
To establish the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study Commission.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Behavioral Health (12/12/2023)
HJR 5
Constitutional Rights
Ferguson, R. Santucci, N.
Proposing to enact Section 22 of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to establish a constitutional right to hunt and fish.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Energy & Natural Resources (12/13/2023)
SB 1
Department of Education
Reineke, B.
To rename the Department of Education as the Department of Education and Workforce, to create the position of Director of Education and Workforce and to reform the functions and responsibilities of the State Board of Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Economic & Workforce Development (5/9/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 2
Property Tax
Schuring, K.
To authorize certain subdivisions to designate areas within which certain residential property is wholly or partially exempted from property taxation.
Text & Analysis
Re-referred
in Senate (5/10/2023; Ways & Means)
SB 7
Month and Grant Designation
Schuring, K.
To designate April as "Powerboat Safety Month" and to increase, from $30,000 to $60,000, the maximum annual grant amount that the Division of Parks and Watercraft may award to certain entities for boating safety education programs.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (1/17/2023; Veterans & Public Safety)
SB 9
Medical Marijuana
Huffman, S. Schuring, K.
To amend the law related to medical marijuana.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate General Government (9/20/2023)
SB 11
School Vouchers
O'Brien, S.
To enact the Parent Educational Freedom Act to expand eligibility for Educational Choice scholarships, to cease the operation of the Pilot Project Scholarship Program on July 1, 2023, and to increase the income tax credit for homeschooling expenses.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education (3/7/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 13
Liquor Permits
Hoagland, F.
To allow a person to distill, serve, and ship homemade spirituous liquor without a liquor permit.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources (3/28/2023)
SB 17
School Curriculum
Wilson, S.
To incorporate free market capitalism content into the high school financial literacy and entrepreneurship standards and model curriculum.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (11/28/2023; REPORTED)
SB 19
Civil Litigation Advances
Wilson, S.
To amend the law regarding the non-recourse civil litigation advance business.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary (12/6/2023; CONTINUED-SUBSTITUTE)
SB 26
OVI
Manning, N.
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.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary (5/9/2023; CONTINUED-SUBSTITUTE)
SB 28
Physician Assistant
Roegner, K.
To enter into the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/12/2023)
SB 29
Student Data Privacy
Huffman, S.
Regards education records and student data privacy.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (11/28/2023; Primary & Secondary Education)
SB 30
Minor Labor Laws
Schaffer, T.
To allow a person under sixteen years of age to be employed after 7 p.m. during the school year.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Commerce & Labor (5/9/2023; REPORTED (No testimony) (See separate story))
SB 32
Civil Immunity
Schaffer, T.
To generally grant civil immunity for certain injuries to a person who acts in self-defense or defense of another during the commission, or imminent commission, of an offense of violence to protect the members or guests of a nonprofit corporation under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary (3/29/2023; CONTINUED (No testimony))
SB 38
Retail Sales
Blessing, L.
To require retail merchants to give customers the option to pay by cash.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Small Business & Economic Opportunity (2/22/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 40
Medical Occupations
Roegner, K.
To enter into the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/12/2023)
SB 44
Occupational Licensing
Brenner, A.
To require a state occupational licensing agency to accept electronic license applications.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in House (6/20/2023; State & Local Government)
SB 48
Motor Fuel Tax
Huffman, S.
To reduce the tax rate on certain motor fuel.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Transportation (2/28/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 49
Religious Expression
Reynolds, M.
To enact the Religious Expression Days "R.E.D." Act to require each kindergarten through 12 public school to adopt a policy providing students, teachers, and staff with religious accommodations.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Primary & Secondary Education (12/5/2023)
SB 57
Month Designation
Antonio, N. Manning, N.
To designate May as "Ohio Stroke Awareness Month."
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (4/19/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 58
Weapons
Johnson, T. Gavarone, T.
To prohibit requiring fees or firearms liability insurance for the possession of firearms, or fees for the possession of knives.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (10/11/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 59
Sun Lamp Tanning
Johnson, T.
To prohibit the provision of sun lamp tanning services to individuals under age 18.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (9/13/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 60
Mental Health Assistants
Gavarone, T.
To license certified mental health assistants and to amend the version of section 4755.48 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Workforce & Higher Education (12/13/2023)
SB 66
Student Records
Ingram, C.
To require public and private schools to transmit a transferred student's records within five school days.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education (3/28/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 78
Firearms
Craig, H. Ingram, C.
To restore local authority to generally regulate firearms-related conduct.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Veterans & Public Safety (5/30/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 79
Dropout Prevention
Reynolds, M.
Regards dropout prevention and recovery community schools.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education (3/28/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 81
Health Professionals
Romanchuk, M.
To authorize certain clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse-midwives, and certified nurse practitioners to sign documents related to hospital patient admission, treatment, and discharge; and to amend the version of section 4723.431 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on September 30, 2024, to continue the changes to that section on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Health Provider Services (12/12/2023)
SB 83
Higher Education
Cirino, J.
To enact the Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act regarding the operation of state institutions of higher education.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Higher Education (12/6/2023; REPORTED (See separate story))
SB 90
Social Work Licensure Compact
Roegner, K.
To enter into the Social Work Licensure Compact.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Commerce & Labor (12/5/2023; CONTINUED (No testimony))
SB 91
Public Funds
Schaffer, T.
Regards fraud, waste, and abuse of public funds.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Government Oversight (12/5/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED)
SB 93
Doula Services
Reynolds, M. Hicks-Hudson, P.
Regards doula services.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (3/29/2023; Health)
SB 101
Death Penalty
Antonio, N. Huffman, S.
To abolish the death penalty and to modify the number of jurors that may be challenged in cases where a defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary (11/15/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 102
Utility Ratemaking
Wilkin, S.
Regards public utilities and competitive retail electric and natural gas services.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Energy & Public Utilities (12/5/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED (See separate story))
SB 103
Kratom Products
Blessing, L.
Regards sales of kratom products.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (11/15/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 104
College Credit Plus Program
Cirino, J. Brenner, A.
Regards the College Credit Plus Program.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Workforce & Higher Education (6/21/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 105
Mental Health Services
Johnson, T. Sykes, V.
Regards the composition of boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services; the authority of the boards; and the requirements for operation of recovery housing residences.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Community Revitalization (5/31/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED (See separate story) )
SB 106
Workers' Compensation
Schaffer, T.
Regards workers' compensation coverage for testing when certain medical professionals are exposed to chemical substances or bodily fluids in the course of employment.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Insurance (12/6/2023; CONTINUED-AMENDED (No testimony))
SB 109
Sex Offenses
Hackett, B.
Regards sex offenses and individuals regulated by the State Medical Board and to amend the version of section 4759.05 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect December 29, 2023, to continue the change on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Judiciary (9/20/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 112
School Safety
Rulli, M.
To require school buildings to comply with national life safety standards and to name this act the Ohio Childhood Safety Act.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education (12/12/2023)
SB 116
Unemployment Compensation Law
Lang, G. Romanchuk, M.
To make changes to Ohio's Unemployment Compensation Law.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Insurance (6/7/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 124
Firearms
Schaffer, T.
To exempt from the sales and use tax the sale of certain firearms and ammunition and to authorize nonrefundable tax credits for small arms and ammunition manufacturers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Ways & Means (10/3/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 126
Noncompete Agreements
Johnson, T.
Regards the use of noncompete provisions in certain health care professional employment contracts with nonprofit hospitals.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Health (12/13/2023)
SB 127
Sexual Assault
Kunze, S. Manning, N.
To eliminate the spousal exceptions for the offenses of rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition, and importuning and to permit a person to testify against the person's spouse in a prosecution for any of those offenses.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/7/2023; Judiciary)
SB 128
For-Profit Schools
Ingram, C.
To require disclosure of the for-profit status of community school operators and post-secondary educational institutions on various promotional materials and contracts for employment.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/28/2023; Education)
SB 129
Optometry
Cirino, J.
To revise the law governing the practice of optometry and to amend the versions of sections 4725.13, 4725.18, and 4725.26 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect on December 29, 2023, to continue the changes on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/28/2023; Health)
SB 131
Month Designation
Craig, H. Wilson, S.
To change the designation for "Ohio Deaf History Month" to the Month of April.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (6/28/2023; Health)
SB 132
Discrimination
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 (9/13/2023; Government Oversight)
SB 138
Alcohol Franchise Law
Brenner, A.
To revise the Alcohol Franchise Law.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources (12/12/2023)
SB 144
Immunizations
Romanchuk, M.
Regards immunizations administered by pharmacists, pharmacy interns, and pharmacy technicians.
Text & Analysis
Passed
in Senate Health (12/6/2023; 30-1 (Antani) (Earlier: REPORTED))
SB 146
Minimum Wage
Smith, K. Craig, H.
To increase the state minimum wage.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Workforce & Higher Education (9/27/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 148
Firearms Purchases
Johnson, T.
Relates to payment card transactions involving firearms and ammunition retailers and to name this act the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Veterans & Public Safety (11/14/2023; CONTINUED)
SB 153
Property Valuations
Lang, G. Johnson, T.
To temporarily modify the method for valuing farmland and other real property for tax purposes.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Ways & Means (10/11/2023; CONTINUED (See separate story))
SB 156
Scenic Rivers
Reineke, B. Hackett, B.
To revise the law governing the designation of wild, scenic, and recreational rivers.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources (12/12/2023)
SB 157
Motor Vehicles
Lang, G.
To modify the law governing debt suspension products, extended wear and use waivers, motor vehicle ancillary product protection contracts, and vehicle protection agreements.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Insurance (12/6/2023; CONTINUED (No testimony))
SB 162
Academic Intervention
Brenner, A.
Regards to academic intervention services at each public school and to amend the version of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025, to continue the changes on and after that effective date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education (12/13/2023)
SB 164
Firearms
Craig, H.
To enact the Suicide Self-Defense Act, relative to the creation of a do not possess firearms registry.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (10/11/2023; Veterans & Public Safety)
SB 168
Education Regulation
Reynolds, M.
Regards to education regulation reform and to amend the versions of sections 3301.0714 and 3314.03 of the Revised Code that are scheduled to take effect January 1, 2025, to continue the changes on and after that effective date.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Education (12/13/2023)
SB 177
Universal Health Care
DeMora, B. Hicks-Hudson, P.
To establish and operate the Ohio Health Care Plan to provide universal health care coverage to all Ohio residents.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (11/15/2023; Insurance)
SB 187
Firearms
Craig, H. Sykes, V.
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 (12/6/2023; Judiciary)
SB 188
Firearms Dealers
Craig, H. Sykes, V.
To limit liability for federally licensed firearms dealers in regards to firearm hold agreements.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (12/6/2023; Judiciary)
SB 189
Firearm Safety
Craig, H. Sykes, V.
To authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the cost of handgun training and firearms storage and locking devices.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (12/6/2023; Ways & Means)
SB 196
Advanced Practice Nurses
Roegner, K.
Regards the authority of advanced practice registered nurses, and to amend the version of section 3705.30 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect on September 30, 2024, to continue the changes to that section on and after that date.
Text & Analysis
Referred
in Senate (12/6/2023; Health)
SR 121
Natural Gas
Rulli, M.
To recognize that natural gas and its production industry are vital to Ohio's economic future and to urge continued investment in natural gas infrastructure to make affordable energy available to every Ohioan.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Energy & Public Utilities (9/20/2023; CONTINUED)
SR 215
Issue 1
Roegner, K. Reynolds, M.
Expresses the Senate's opposition to Issue 1, the proposed constitutional amendment regarding abortion.
Text & Analysis
Adopted
in Senate (10/11/2023; 22-7)
SR 216
Issue 2
Romanchuk, M. Johnson, T.
Expresses the Ohio Senate's opposition to Issue 2, which would legalize the use and retail sale of recreational marijuana.
Text & Analysis
Adopted
in Senate (10/11/2023; 22-7)
HCR 7
Daylight Saving Time
Creech, R. Peterson, B.
To urge Congress to make daylight saving time the permanent standard time
Text & Analysis
Passed
in House (12/6/2023; 64-19)
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