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Passed Ohio Firearm Legislation SB81

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Revise licensing rules for military personnel concealed carry

Subject: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Firearms: Military and Veterans

Description: To amend section 2923.125 of the Revised Code to waive the concealed carry license fee for active members of the armed forces and retired and honorably discharged veterans, to accept military experience with firearms as proof of competency with firearms regardless of when the applicant for a license acquired the experience, to permit a licensee to renew a concealed handgun license at any time before the expiration of the license, and to require the Attorney General to monitor the number of license fees waived and cap the total amount allowed to be waived at $1.5 million.

Session: 132nd General Assembly

Last Action: Effective 11/5/18

Last Action Date: November 5, 2018

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'.

70 sponsors: Louis Terhar (R); William Coley (R); Kevin Bacon (R); Bill Beagle (R); Edna Brown (D); Dave Burke (R); Matthew Dolan (R); John Eklund (R); Robert Hackett (R); Frank Hoagland (R); Jay Hottinger (R); Matt Huffman (R); Kris Jordan (R); Frank LaRose (R); Peggy Lehner (R); Gayle Manning (R); Robert McColley (R); Larry Obhof (R); Sean O'Brien (D); Scott Oelslager (R); Vernon Sykes (D); Cecil Thomas (D); Joseph Uecker (R); Sandra Williams (D); Jason Wilson (D); Al Landis (R); Rick Perales (R); Marlene Anielski (R); John Becker (R); Louis Blessing (R); Andrew Brenner (R); James Butler (R); Rick Carfagna (R); Nicholas Celebrezze (D); Hearcel Craig (D); Bill Dean (R); Jonathan Dever (R); Keith Faber (R); Theresa Gavarone (R); Timothy Ginter (R); Doug Green (R); Christina Hagan (R); Stephen Hambley (R); Michael Henne (R); Glenn Holmes (D); James Hoops (R); Jim Hughes (R); Terry Johnson (R); Candice Keller (R); Bernadine Kent (D); Darrell Kick (R); Laura Lanese (R); George Lang (R); Riordan McClain (R); Derek Merrin (R); Eugene Miller (D); Michael O'Brien (D); Wes Retherford (R); Craig Riedel (R); Kristina Roegner (R); John Rogers (D); Mark Romanchuk (R); Scott Ryan (R); Timothy Schaffer (R); Gary Scherer (R); William Seitz (R); Robert Sprague (R); Scott Wiggam (R); Shane Wilkin (R);Ron Young (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 212% (70 of 33)

History
Chamber Date Action
Nov 5, 2018 Effective 11/5/18
House Jun 27, 2018 Passed
House Mar 22, 2018 Reported: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security
House Jan 24, 2018 Refer to Committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security
House Jan 18, 2018 Introduced
Senate Jan 17, 2018 Passed
Senate Dec 6, 2017 Reported: Judiciary
Senate Mar 7, 2017 Refer to Committee: Judiciary
Senate Mar 2, 2017 Introduced
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Enrolled Jul 5, 2018 state link bill text
Engrossed Jun 29, 2018 state link bill text
Comm Sub Mar 22, 2018 state link bill text
Engrossed Jan 17, 2018 state link bill text
Comm Sub Dec 6, 2017 state link bill text
Introduced Mar 2, 2017 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
01/17/2018 31 2 0 0 Yes
  • Bacon, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Balderson, Troy (R) Yea
  • Beagle, Bill (R) Yea
  • Brown, Edna (D) Yea
  • Burke, Dave (R) Yea
  • Coley, William (R) Yea
  • Dolan, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Eklund, John (R) Yea
  • Gardner, Randall (R) Yea
  • Hackett, Robert (R) Yea
  • Hoagland, Frank (R) Yea
  • Hottinger, Jay (R) Yea
  • Huffman, Matt (R) Yea
  • Jordan, Kris (R) Yea
  • Kunze, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • LaRose, Frank (R) Yea
  • Lehner, Peggy (R) Yea
  • Manning, Gayle (R) Yea
  • McColley, Robert (R) Yea
  • O'Brien, Sean (D) Yea
  • Obhof, Larry (R) Yea
  • Oelslager, W. Scott (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Bob (R) Yea
  • Schiavoni, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Skindell, Michael (D) Nay
  • Sykes, Vernon (D) Yea
  • Tavares, Charleta (D) Nay
  • Terhar, Louis (R) Yea
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Yea
  • Uecker, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Williams, Sandra (D) Yea
  • Wilson, Steve (R) Yea
  • Yuko, Kenny (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/27/2018 84 7 0 0 Yes
  • Anielski, Marlene (R) Yea
  • Antani, Niraj (R) Yea
  • Arndt, Steven (R) Yea
  • Ashford, Michael (D) Yea
  • Becker, John (R) Yea
  • Blessing, Louis (R) Yea
  • Boccieri, John (D) Yea
  • Boggs, Kristin (D) Yea
  • Boyd, Janine (D) Yea
  • Brenner, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Brown, Richard (D) Nay
  • Butler, James (R) Yea
  • Carfagna, Rick (R) Yea
  • Celebrezze, Nicholas (D) Yea
  • Cera, Jack (D) Yea
  • Clyde, Kathleen (D) Yea
  • Craig, Hearcel (D) Yea
  • Cupp, Robert (R) Yea
  • DeVitis, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Dean, Bill (R) Yea
  • Dever, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Duffey, Mike (R) Yea
  • Edwards, Jay (R) Yea
  • Faber, Keith (R) Yea
  • Fedor, Teresa (D) Yea
  • Galonski, Tavia (D) Nay
  • Gavarone, Theresa (R) Yea
  • Ginter, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Gonzales, Anne (R) Yea
  • Green, Doug (R) Yea
  • Hagan, Christina (R) Yea
  • Hambley, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Henne, Michael (R) Yea
  • Hill, Brian (R) Yea
  • Holmes, Glenn (D) Yea
  • Hood, Ron (R) Yea
  • Hoops, James (R) Yea
  • Howse, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Huffman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Hughes, Jim (R) Yea
  • Ingram, Catherine (D) Nay
  • Johnson, Terry (R) Yea
  • Keller, Candice (R) Yea
  • Kelly, Brigid (D) Nay
  • Kennedy Kent, Bernadine (D) Yea
  • Kick, Darrell (R) Yea
  • Koehler, Kyle (R) Yea
  • LaTourette, Sarah (R) Yea
  • Landis, Al (R) Yea
  • Lanese, Laura (R) Yea
  • Lang, George (R) Yea
  • Leland, David (D) Yea
  • Lepore-Hagan, Michele (D) Yea
  • Lipps, Scott (R) Yea
  • Manning, Nathan (R) Yea
  • McClain, Riordan (R) Yea
  • Merrin, Derek (R) Yea
  • Miller, Adam (D) Yea
  • O'Brien, Michael (D) Yea
  • Patterson, John (D) Yea
  • Patton, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Pelanda, Dorothy (R) Yea
  • Perales, Rick (R) Yea
  • Ramos, Daniel (D) Nay
  • Reece, Alicia (D) Nay
  • Reineke, Bill (R) Yea
  • Retherford, Wes (R) Yea
  • Rezabek, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Riedel, Craig (R) Yea
  • Roegner, Kristina (R) Yea
  • Rogers, John (D) Yea
  • Romanchuk, Mark (R) Yea
  • Ryan, Scott (R) Yea
  • Schaffer, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Scherer, Gary (R) Yea
  • Schuring, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Seitz, William (R) Yea
  • Sheehy, Michael (D) Yea
  • Slaby, Marilyn (R) Yea
  • Smith, Kent (D) Yea
  • Smith, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Sprague, Robert (R) Yea
  • Stein, Dick (R) Yea
  • Strahorn, Fred (D) Yea
  • Strong Sykes, Emilia (D) Nay
  • Vitale, Nino (R) Yea
  • West, Thomas (D) Yea
  • Wiggam, Scott (R) Yea
  • Young, Ron (R) Yea
  • Zeltwanger, Paul (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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