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Proposed Ohio Firearm Legislation SB185

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Regards emergency powers when suppressing a riot; firearms rights

Subject: Courts and Civil Law : Courts: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and Punishment: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Law Enforcement: State and Local Government : Local Government

Description: To amend sections 2929.14, 2941.1414, and 3761.16 and to enact section 5502.411 of the Revised Code regarding a political subdivision's emergency powers when suppressing a riot, mob, or potential riot or mob, the preservation of rights regarding deadly weapons and firearms during an emergency, and the imposition of a five-year prison term on a person who is convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide if the victim is a firefighter or emergency medical worker.

Session: 134th General Assembly (2021-2022)

Last Action: Refused to concur in House amendments

Last Action Date: December 7, 2022

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

41 sponsors: Timothy Schaffer (R); Sara Carruthers (R); Jon Cross (R); Alessandro Cutrona (R); Timothy Ginter (R); Diane Grendell (R); Jennifer Gross (R); Thomas Hall (R); Brett Hudson Hillyer (R); Adam Holmes (R); Marilyn John (R); Mark Johnson (R); Darrell Kick (R); Kyle Koehler (R); Riordan McClain (R); Derek Merrin (R); Kevin Miller (R); Thomas Patton (R); Tracy Richardson (R); Craig Riedel (R); Jason Stephens (R); D. J. Swearingen (R); Scott Wiggam (R); Shane Wilkin (R); Niraj Antani (R); Louis Blessing (R); Andrew Brenner (R); Jerry Cirino (R); Theresa Gavarone (R); Frank Hoagland (R); Jay Hottinger (R); Terry Johnson (R); Stephanie Kunze (R); George Lang (R); Robert McColley (R); Sandra O'Brien (R); Bob Peterson (R); Kristina Roegner (R); Mark Romanchuk (R); Michael Rulli (R); Steve Wilson (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 124% (41 of 33)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Dec 7, 2022 Refused to concur in House amendments
House Dec 1, 2022 Passed - Amended
House Dec 1, 2022 Reported - Amended: Government Oversight
House Oct 26, 2021 Refer to Committee: Government Oversight
House Oct 25, 2021 Introduced
Senate Oct 20, 2021 Passed
Senate Oct 6, 2021 Reported - Substitute: Veterans and Public Safety
Senate May 26, 2021 Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Senate May 25, 2021 Introduced
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Engrossed Dec 5, 2022 state link bill text
Comm Sub Dec 1, 2022 state link bill text
Engrossed Oct 20, 2021 state link bill text
Comm Sub Oct 6, 2021 state link bill text
Introduced May 25, 2021 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
10/6/2021 5 2 0 0 Yes
  • Fedor, Teresa (D) Nay
  • Hackett, Robert (R) Yea
  • Hoagland, Frank (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Terry (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Bob (R) Yea
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Nay
  • Wilson, Steve (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
10/20/2021 23 7 0 0 Yes
  • Antani, Niraj (R) Yea
  • Blessing, Louis (R) Yea
  • Brenner, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Cirino, Jerry (R) Yea
  • Craig, Hearcel (D) Nay
  • Dolan, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Fedor, Teresa (D) Nay
  • Gavarone, Theresa (R) Yea
  • Hoagland, Frank (R) Yea
  • Hottinger, Jay (R) Yea
  • Huffman, Matt (R) Yea
  • Huffman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Terry (R) Yea
  • Lang, George (R) Yea
  • Maharath, Tina (D) Nay
  • Manning, Nathan (R) Yea
  • McColley, Robert (R) Yea
  • O'Brien, Sandra (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Bob (R) Yea
  • Reineke, Bill (R) Yea
  • Roegner, Kristina (R) Yea
  • Romanchuk, Mark (R) Yea
  • Rulli, Michael (R) Yea
  • Schaffer, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Schuring, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Sykes, Vernon (D) Nay
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Nay
  • Williams, Sandra (D) Nay
  • Wilson, Steve (R) Yea
  • Yuko, Kenny (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
12/1/2022 8 5 0 0 Yes
  • Abrams, Cindy (R) Yea
  • Addison, Bishara (D) Nay
  • Brown, Richard (D) Nay
  • Ginter, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Jones, Don (R) Yea
  • Plummer, Phil (R) Yea
  • Seitz, William (R) Yea
  • Skindell, Michael (D) Nay
  • Swearingen, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Sweeney, Bride (D) Nay
  • White, Andrea (R) Yea
  • Wilkin, Shane (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
12/1/2022 57 22 0 0 Yes
  • Abrams, Cindy (R) Yea
  • Addison, Bishara (D) Nay
  • Baldridge, Brian (R) Yea
  • Bird, Adam (R) Yea
  • Boggs, Kristin (D) Nay
  • Brinkman, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Brown, Richard (D) Nay
  • Callender, Jamie (R) Yea
  • Carruthers, Sara (R) Yea
  • Creech, Rodney (R) Yea
  • Cross, Jon (R) Yea
  • Cupp, Robert (R) Yea
  • Cutrona, Alessandro (R) Yea
  • Dean, Bill (R) Yea
  • Edwards, Jay (R) Yea
  • Fraizer, Mark (R) Yea
  • Ghanbari, Haraz (R) Yea
  • Ginter, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Grendell, Diane (R) Yea
  • Gross, Jennifer (R) Yea
  • Hall, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Holmes, Adam (R) Yea
  • Hoops, James (R) Yea
  • Hudson Hillyer, Brett (R) Yea
  • Humphrey, Latyna (D) Nay
  • John, Marilyn (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Mark (R) Yea
  • Jones, Don (R) Yea
  • Jordan, Kris (R) Yea
  • Kelly, Brigid (D) Nay
  • Kick, Darrell (R) Yea
  • Koehler, Kyle (R) Yea
  • LaRe, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Lampton, Brian (R) Yea
  • Leland, David (D) Nay
  • Lightbody, Mary (D) Nay
  • Lipps, Scott (R) Yea
  • Liston, Beth (D) Nay
  • Loychik, Mike (R) Yea
  • Manchester, Susan (R) Yea
  • Manning, Gayle (R) Yea
  • McClain, Riordan (R) Yea
  • Merrin, Derek (R) Yea
  • Miller, Adam (D) Nay
  • Miller, Joe (D) Nay
  • Miller, Kevin (R) Yea
  • O'Brien, Michael (D) Nay
  • Oelslager, W. Scott (R) Yea
  • Patton, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Pavliga, Gail (R) Yea
  • Plummer, Phil (R) Yea
  • Richardson, Tracy (R) Yea
  • Riedel, Craig (R) Yea
  • Robinson, Phil (D) Nay
  • Roemer, Bill (R) Yea
  • Russo, Allison (D) Nay
  • Schmidt, Jean (R) Yea
  • Seitz, William (R) Yea
  • Sheehy, Michael (D) Nay
  • Skindell, Michael (D) Nay
  • Smith, Kent (D) Nay
  • Sobecki, Lisa (D) Nay
  • Stein, Dick (R) Yea
  • Stephens, Jason (R) Yea
  • Stevens, Shawn (R) Yea
  • Stewart, Brian (R) Yea
  • Stoltzfus, Reginald (R) Yea
  • Swearingen, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Sweeney, Bride (D) Nay
  • Troy, Daniel (D) Nay
  • Vitale, Nino (R) Yea
  • Weinstein, Casey (D) Nay
  • West, Thomas (D) Nay
  • White, Andrea (R) Yea
  • Wiggam, Scott (R) Yea
  • Wilkin, Shane (R) Yea
  • Young, Bob (R) Yea
  • Young, Thomas (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
12/7/2022 1 28 0 0 No
  • Antani, Niraj (R) Yea
  • Antonio, Nickie (D) Nay
  • Blessing, Louis (R) Nay
  • Brenner, Andrew (R) Nay
  • Cirino, Jerry (R) Nay
  • Craig, Hearcel (D) Nay
  • Dolan, Matthew (R) Nay
  • Gavarone, Theresa (R) Nay
  • Hackett, Robert (R) Nay
  • Hoagland, Frank (R) Nay
  • Hottinger, Jay (R) Nay
  • Huffman, Matt (R) Nay
  • Huffman, Stephen (R) Nay
  • Johnson, Terry (R) Nay
  • Lang, George (R) Nay
  • Manning, Nathan (R) Nay
  • Martin, Dale (D) Nay
  • McColley, Robert (R) Nay
  • O'Brien, Sandra (R) Nay
  • Peterson, Bob (R) Nay
  • Reineke, Bill (R) Nay
  • Roegner, Kristina (R) Nay
  • Romanchuk, Mark (R) Nay
  • Rulli, Michael (R) Nay
  • Schaffer, Timothy (R) Nay
  • Sykes, Vernon (D) Nay
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Nay
  • Wilson, Steve (R) Nay
  • Yuko, Kenny (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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