12 total bills, 4 anti-gun bills,
3 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Ohio Firearm Legislation
12 total bills, 4 anti-gun bills,
3 pro-gun bills for this session
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note: Ohio carries over legislation from odd-numbered years to even numbered years without exception
Title: Enact the Repeat Offender Act
Description: To amend sections 109.57, 109.572, 109.578, 109.579, 2151.357, 2901.08, 2923.125, 2923.13, 2923.14, 2929.01, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2941.141, 2941.144, 2941.145, 2941.146, 2953.25, 2953.26, 2953.32, 2953.34, 2953.61, 4723.28, 4729.16, 4729.56, 4729.57, 4729.96, and 4752.09 and to enact sections 2941.1427, 2941.1428, and 2953.321 of the Revised Code 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.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 28, 2025
Title: Prohibit certain firearm transfers without a background check
Description: To amend section 2923.11 and to enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to prohibit a federally licensed firearms dealer from transferring a firearm unless the transferee passes a background check.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 5, 2025
Title: Enact the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act
Description: To amend sections 109.57, 2923.125, 2923.128, 2923.1213, and 2923.13 and to enact sections 2923.26, 2923.27, 2923.28, 2923.29, 2923.30, and 2923.99 of the Revised Code to enact the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act to allow certain persons to obtain a court order that temporarily restricts a person's access to firearms under specified circumstances.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 5, 2025
Title: Regards conceal carry locations, nonresident firearms disability
Description: To amend sections 2923.123 and 2923.14 of the Revised Code 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.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 12, 2025
Title: Enact Alyssa's Law
Description: To enact Alyssa's Law to establish a pilot grant program for public and chartered nonpublic schools to purchase panic alert systems or contract for artificial intelligence firearm detection software and to make an appropriation.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Finance
Last Action Date: February 26, 2025
Title: Exempt from sales and use tax sales of firearm safety devices
Description: To amend sections 5739.01, 5739.02, 5739.03, and 5739.17 of the Revised Code to exempt from sales and use tax sales of firearm safety devices.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means
Last Action Date: February 26, 2025
Title: Regards hospital violence prevention, training, security plans
Description: To amend sections 2923.126 and 3727.18; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses, section 3727.18 (3727.182); and to enact new section 3727.18 and sections 109.7411, 2307.221, and 3727.181 of the Revised Code regarding hospital violence prevention and related training, security plans, and incident reporting and 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.
Last Action: Sent To The Governor
Last Action Date: December 30, 2024
Title: Exempt firearms and ammunition from sales and use tax
Description: To amend sections 107.036, 5739.02, 5747.98, and 5751.98 and to enact sections 122.1712, 5747.053, and 5751.56 of the Revised Code to exempt from the sales and use tax the sale of certain firearms and ammunition and to authorize refundable tax credits for small arms and ammunition manufacturing projects.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means
Last Action Date: January 29, 2025
Title: Increase penalty for failure to report a lost or stolen firearm
Description: To amend section 2923.20 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for failure to report a lost or stolen firearm.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 12, 2025
Title: Authorize tax credit for handgun training and firearms storage
Description: To amend sections 5747.08 and 5747.98 and to enact sections 5747.87 and 5747.88 of the Revised Code to authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the cost of handgun training and firearms storage and locking devices.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means
Last Action Date: February 12, 2025
Title: Prohibit firearm possession - certain domestic violence offenses
Description: To amend sections 2923.13 and 2923.14 of the Revised Code 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.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 12, 2025
Title: Regards sex offenses, State Medical Board regulated persons
Description: To amend sections 149.43, 2105.062, 2305.111, 2907.01, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.06, 2907.17, 2907.18, 2921.22, 2929.42, 2950.01, 2950.151, 2971.01, 3107.07, 3109.50, 3111.04, 4723.28, 4730.25, 4730.26, 4730.32, 4730.99, 4731.22, 4731.224, 4731.99, 4759.05, 4759.07, 4759.99, 4760.13, 4760.14, 4760.16, 4760.99, 4761.03, 4761.09, 4761.14, 4761.99, 4762.13, 4762.14, 4762.16, 4762.99, 4774.13, 4774.14, 4774.16, 4774.99, 4778.14, 4778.18, and 4778.99 and to enact sections 4723.93, 4730.57, 4731.2210, 4731.77, 4759.14, and 4778.171 of the Revised Code regarding sex offenses and individuals regulated by the State Medical Board, regarding unauthorized intimate examinations, and to amend the version of section 2305.111 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect October 12, 2028, to continue the change on and after that date.
Last Action: Signed By The Governor
Last Action Date: December 20, 2024
