44 total bills, 19 anti-gun bills,
13 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Ohio Firearm Legislation
44 total bills, 19 anti-gun bills,
13 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Declare Ohio a Second Amendment Protective State.
Description: To declare that Ohio is a Second Amendment Protective State.
Last Action: Introduced and Referred to Committee: State and Local Government
Last Action Date: February 4, 2021
Title: Limit the locations at which a person has no duty to retreat
Description: To amend sections 2307.601, 2901.05, and 2901.09 of the Revised Code to limit the locations at which a person has no duty to retreat.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: State and Local Government
Last Action Date: February 4, 2021
Title: Increase assault penalties in certain circumstances
Description: To amend sections 2903.13 and 2929.13 of the Revised Code to increase the penalties for assault if the victim is acting as a sports official or the assault is committed in retaliation for the victim's actions as a sports official.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Judiciary
Last Action Date: September 8, 2021
Title: Designate Ohio a Second Amendment Sanctuary State
Description: To enact section 2923.50 of the Revised Code to designate the State of Ohio as a Second Amendment Sanctuary State and to name this act the Ohio Second Amendment Safe Haven Act.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: State and Local Government
Last Action Date: February 4, 2021
Title: Revise concealed handgun licensee requirement to notify upon stop
Description: To amend sections 2923.12, 2923.126, 2923.128, and 2923.16 of the Revised Code to modify the requirement that a concealed handgun licensee must notify a law enforcement officer that the licensee is authorized to carry a concealed handgun and is carrying a concealed handgun when stopped.
Last Action: Reported: State and Local Government
Last Action Date: March 10, 2021
Title: Regards persons authorized to go armed within school safety zone
Description: To amend sections 109.78, 149.43, 149.433, 2923.122, 3314.03, 3326.11, 5502.01, and 5502.262 and to enact sections 5502.70, 5502.701, 5502.702, and 5502.703 of the Revised Code to establish the Ohio School Safety Crisis Center and the Ohio Mobile Training Team to develop a curriculum and provide instruction and training for individuals to convey deadly weapons and dangerous ordnance in a school safety zone, to expressly exempt such individuals from a peace officer basic training requirement, to require public notice if a board of education or school governing body authorizes persons to go armed in a school, and to make an appropriation.
Last Action: Effective 9/12/22 - Appropriations effective June 13, 2022
Last Action Date: June 1, 2022
Title: Recognizing National Hunting and Fishing Day, September 25, 2021.
Description: Recognizing National Hunting and Fishing Day, September 25, 2021.
Last Action: Adopted: Rules and Reference
Last Action Date: September 16, 2021
Title: Regards concealed weapons and concealed carry without license
Description: To amend sections 311.42, 1547.69, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.128, 2923.1210, 2923.1213, and 2923.16 of the Revised Code to generally extend the firearm possession provisions that apply to a concealed handgun licensee to also apply to a person who is age 21 or older and not prohibited by Ohio or federal law from possessing a firearm without need for the person obtaining a license.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: November 30, 2021
Title: Regards the regulation of knives
Description: To amend section 9.68 of the Revised Code regarding the regulation of knives.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: December 15, 2021
Title: Enact 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 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.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: April 15, 2021
Title: Enact Protect Law Enforcement Act
Description: To amend sections 2929.28 and 5122.311 and to enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to enact the Protect Law Enforcement 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.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: State and Local Government
Last Action Date: April 22, 2021
Title: Enact Child Access Prevention Tax Credit Act
Description: To amend sections 5747.08 and 5747.98 and to enact sections 2923.191 and 5747.72 of the Revised Code to enact the Child Access Prevention Tax Credit Act to prohibit negligent storage of a firearm, to provide criminal penalties if a minor gains access to an improperly stored firearm, and to authorize an income tax credit for the purchase of firearms safety storage units.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Ways and Means
Last Action Date: April 22, 2021
Title: Restore local authority to regulate firearms conduct
Description: To repeal section 9.68 of the Revised Code to restore local authority to generally regulate firearms-related conduct.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: State and Local Government
Last Action Date: May 4, 2021
Title: Enact Mental Health and Disability Terminology Act
Description: To amend sections 1.02, 5.226, 9.03, 122.69, 125.22, 140.01, 145.012, 145.298, 149.01, 173.11, 173.12, 305.07, 306.551, 325.07, 339.11, 340.011, 340.03, 340.04, 340.15, 513.05, 737.051, 737.161, 749.02, 901.73, 918.05, 935.03, 955.011, 955.43, 959.07, 959.99, 1533.12, 1713.41, 1743.05, 1751.14, 1751.65, 2101.16, 2101.17, 2101.24, 2127.05, 2127.43, 2151.23, 2151.414, 2305.42, 2305.43, 2746.02, 2901.30, 2903.10, 2903.13, 2903.15, 2903.16, 2903.341, 2907.27, 2919.21, 2919.22, 2919.23, 2921.22, 2921.321, 2923.125, 2923.128, 2923.1213, 2923.13, 2925.01, 2925.02, 2929.15, 2929.20, 2931.02, 2935.33, 2945.25, 2945.37, 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, 2945.42, 2949.29, 2967.22, 3113.06, 3113.08, 3304.31, 3313.55, 3313.65, 3313.71, 3313.74, 3319.232, 3335.41, 3335.42, 3335.50, 3335.51, 3335.55, 3353.01, 3375.82, 3501.18, 3501.29, 3503.12, 3505.23, 3506.12, 3506.19, 3701.046, 3701.243, 3701.507, 3701.53, 3701.65, 3701.79, 3701.81, 3702.55, 3707.06, 3707.20, 3707.22, 3707.29, 3707.30, 3719.011, 3719.061, 3719.61, 3719.70, 3721.011, 3721.30, 3781.111, 3781.112, 3781.19, 3791.031, 3901.491, 3901.501, 3923.24, 3923.241, 3999.16, 4105.13, 4111.06, 4112.02, 4112.12, 4112.13, 4115.33, 4121.61, 4123.343, 4123.57, 4123.58, 4123.68, 4123.70, 4123.71, 4141.01, 4173.02, 4501.21, 4503.04, 4503.042, 4503.44, 4506.07, 4507.06, 4507.08, 4508.01, 4508.03, 4508.04, 4511.01, 4511.69, 4517.01, 4517.12, 4521.01, 4521.02, 4521.10, 4551.05, 4741.221, 4747.12, 4766.01, 4905.79, 4933.122, 4961.08, 5101.56, 5101.60, 5104.015, 5104.017, 5104.018, 5104.019, 5107.26, 5109.16, 5109.18, 5119.01, 5119.10, 5119.14, 5119.21, 5119.311, 5119.33, 5119.331, 5119.333, 5119.34, 5119.40, 5119.42, 5119.50, 5119.60, 5119.61, 5119.70, 5119.90, 5119.91, 5119.92, 5119.93, 5120.051, 5120.17, 5120.44, 5121.56, 5122.01, 5122.03, 5122.05, 5122.10, 5122.11, 5122.111, 5122.13, 5122.141, 5122.15, 5122.19, 5122.21, 5122.27, 5122.271, 5122.28, 5122.30, 5122.311, 5122.36, 5122.39, 5122.43, 5123.651, 5126.38, 5139.54, 5149.30, 5153.01, 5153.16, 5153.163, 5164.15, 5165.03, 5305.22, 5321.01, 5501.05, 5501.07, 5515.08, 5531.12, 5537.03, 5709.45, 5733.04, 5733.56, 5733.98, 5747.03, 5905.02, 5907.06, 5907.09, 5924.115, 5924.503, 5924.504, 5924.506, and 6301.10 of the Revised Code to modify terminology in the Revised Code regarding people with mental illnesses and people with disabilities, to change the name of a commission to the Commission on African-Americans and modify the membership of the Commission, and to name this act the Mental Health and Disability Terminology Act.
Last Action: Concurred in Senate amendments
Last Action Date: December 14, 2022
Title: Enact Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act
Description: To enact section 9.681 of the Revised Code to establish the Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: May 12, 2021
Title: Regards emergency powers when suppressing a riot; firearms rights
Description: To amend section 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 and the preservation of rights regarding firearms during an emergency.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: March 2, 2022
Title: Designate Gun Violence Awareness Month
Description: To enact section 5.22101 of the Revised Code to designate June as "Gun Violence Awareness Month."
Last Action: Refer to Committee: State and Local Government
Last Action Date: September 16, 2021
Title: Modify penalties for certain weapons offense
Description: To amend section 2923.13 of the Revised Code to modify the penalties for the offense of "having weapons while under disability."
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: September 21, 2021
Title: Avoid carrying weapon where prohibited charge if leave on request
Description: To amend sections 2923.11, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.126, and 2923.16 and to enact section 2923.1215 of the Revised Code to provide an opportunity for a concealed handgun licensee or qualified military member to avoid charges for carrying a deadly weapon into a prohibited place if the person leaves upon request and to penalize failure to leave upon request or returning with a firearm.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: October 26, 2021
Title: Exempt sale of certain firearms, ammo from sales and use taxes
Description: To amend section 5739.02 of the Revised Code to exempt from sales and use taxes the sale of certain firearms and ammunition.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Ways and Means
Last Action Date: November 2, 2021
Title: Allow carrying concealed deadly weapons without a license
Description: To amend sections 9.68, 109.69, 109.731, 311.41, 311.42, 311.43, 1547.69, 2921.13, 2923.11, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.124, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.127, 2923.128, 2923.129, 2923.1210, 2923.1211, 2923.1212, 2923.1213, 2923.16, 2953.37, and 4749.10 of the Revised Code to rename a concealed handgun license a concealed weapons license, to allow a concealed weapons licensee to carry a concealed deadly weapon, and to allow a person who is age 21 or older to carry concealed deadly weapons without a license.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: December 8, 2021
Title: Revise and streamline occupational regulations
Description: To amend sections 109.572, 169.16, 1716.05, 1716.08, 1716.99, 2925.01, 3310.41, 3319.22, 3701.74, 3737.881, 3772.13, 3772.131, 3905.471, 3905.81, 4709.07, 4709.10, 4713.28, 4715.13, 4715.14, 4715.141, 4715.21, 4715.24, 4715.25, 4715.27, 4717.01, 4717.02, 4717.03, 4717.04, 4717.05, 4717.06, 4717.07, 4717.08, 4717.09, 4717.11, 4717.13, 4717.15, 4717.36, 4717.41, 4723.01, 4723.07, 4723.08, 4723.091, 4723.092, 4723.114, 4723.18, 4723.181, 4723.35, 4723.48, 4723.481, 4723.50, 4723.72, 4723.73, 4723.75, 4723.79, 4725.01, 4725.011, 4725.02, 4725.07, 4725.09, 4725.091, 4725.092, 4725.12, 4725.13, 4725.15, 4725.16, 4725.18, 4725.19, 4725.20, 4725.24, 4725.27, 4725.34, 4725.35, 4725.40, 4725.41, 4725.44, 4725.48, 4725.49, 4725.50, 4725.51, 4725.52, 4725.53, 4725.63, 4725.66, 4725.67, 4729.01, 4729.12, 4729.15, 4731.16, 4731.17, 4731.19, 4732.01, 4732.02, 4732.05, 4732.09, 4732.10, 4732.11, 4732.12, 4732.13, 4732.14, 4732.141, 4732.142, 4732.17, 4732.171, 4732.173, 4732.18, 4732.19, 4732.20, 4732.21, 4732.22, 4732.221, 4732.24, 4732.31, 4732.33, 4734.211, 4735.27, 4741.17, 4743.09, 4749.03, 4751.01, 4751.10, 4751.101, 4751.102, 4751.20, 4751.23, 4751.24, 4751.32, 4751.33, 4751.40, 4751.41, 4751.45, 4753.06, 4753.071, 4753.12, 4755.01, 4755.062, 4757.02, 4757.22, 4757.27, 4757.301, 4757.33, 4757.41, 4758.20, 4758.26, 4758.51, 4765.10, 4765.11, 4765.15, 4765.16, 4765.17, 4765.18, 4765.22, 4765.23, 4765.24, 4765.29, 4765.30, 4765.31, 4765.49, 4765.50, 4765.55, 4769.01, 4779.03, 4779.10, 4779.11, 4779.12, 4779.13, 4779.17, 5126.22, 5126.25, and 5164.95; to enact sections 3731.031, 4725.131, 4725.231, 4725.541, 4798.05, and 4798.06; and to repeal sections 3319.2212, 4715.421, 4717.051, 4723.17, 4723.19, 4723.76, 4725.14, 4725.17, 4725.171, 4725.58, 4751.202, and 4779.18 of the Revised Code to revise and streamline the state's occupational regulations, to extend the authorization for two boards set to expire under Sunset Review Law, 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 change on and after that date.
Last Action: Concurred in Senate amendments
Last Action Date: December 14, 2022
Title: Require firearms dealer to provide specified brochure to buyers
Description: To amend sections 109.731 and 2923.25 of the Revised Code to require federally licensed firearms dealers to give each firearm purchaser a specified brochure that provides information on using deadly force and outlines the laws about dispute resolution.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: May 17, 2022
Title: Repeal S.B. 215 of the 134th GA re: conceal carry
Description: To amend sections 1547.69, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.126, 2923.128, 2923.16, and 2953.37 and to repeal section 2923.111 of the Revised Code to repeal the changes made by S.B. 215 of the 134th General Assembly to the laws regarding a concealed handgun licensee's duty to carry the license and notify a law enforcement officer if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun, and the rights of a qualifying adult to carry a concealed handgun in the same manner as if the person was a licensee.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: May 17, 2022
Title: Enact "Student Protection Act" regarding self-defense training
Description: To amend sections 3313.603, 3314.03, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact section 3319.2310 of the Revised Code to enact the "Student Protection Act" to require that high school health instruction include self-defense training.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Health
Last Action Date: May 17, 2022
Title: Require gun trigger locks with firearm sales
Description: To amend section 2923.25 of the Revised Code to require that gun trigger locks be attached and provided with firearms sales.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: May 17, 2022
Title: Revise law regarding crimes and corrections
Description: To amend sections 109.11, 109.57, 109.71, 109.73, 109.75, 109.79, 109.801, 149.43, 307.93, 313.10, 341.42, 753.32, 2151.34, 2151.358, 2746.02, 2903.214, 2907.05, 2923.12, 2923.125, 2923.128, 2923.1213, 2923.16, 2925.11, 2925.12, 2925.14, 2925.141, 2929.01, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.20, 2929.34, 2930.03, 2930.06, 2930.16, 2939.21, 2941.1413, 2945.71, 2945.73, 2951.041, 2953.25, 2953.31, 2953.32, 2953.34, 2953.38, 2953.52, 2953.521, 2953.57, 2953.58, 2953.59, 2953.61, 2967.04, 2967.12, 2967.132, 2967.193, 2967.26, 2967.271, 2967.28, 3113.31, 3770.021, 4301.69, 4506.01, 4510.04, 4511.19, 4511.21, 4723.28, 4729.16, 4729.56, 4729.57, 4729.96, 4730.25, 4731.22, 4734.31, 4752.09, 4759.07, 4760.13, 4761.09, 4762.13, 4774.13, 4778.14, 5120.035, 5120.66, 5139.45, 5149.101, and 5149.38; to amend, for the purpose of adopting new section numbers as indicated in parentheses, sections 2953.37 (2953.35), 2953.38 (2953.36), 2953.52 (2953.33), and 2953.56 (2953.37); to enact sections 109.772, 109.773, and 5139.101; and to repeal sections 2953.321, 2953.33, 2953.35, 2953.36, 2953.51, 2953.53, 2953.54, 2953.55, and 2967.19 of the Revised Code to modify various aspects of the law regarding crimes and corrections, correctional officers and employees, coroner records, inmate internet access, civil protection orders, delinquent child adjudications, youthful offender parole review, OVI and other traffic offenses, and criminal record sealing and expungement.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: November 15, 2022
Title: Revise allocation of firearms-related tax revenue
Description: To amend sections 5739.21, 5741.02, and 5741.03 of the Revised Code to modify the allocation of state sales and use tax revenue from the sale of certain firearms and ammunition.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Ways and Means
Last Action Date: November 15, 2022
Title: Regards firearms transfers; require background check
Description: To amend sections 2929.28 and 5122.311 and to enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code 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.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 24, 2021
Title: Raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm
Description: To amend sections 2151.022, 2152.02, 2152.16, 2923.21, and 2923.211 of the Revised Code to raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to age 21 and to increase the penalty for improperly furnishing firearms to an underage person.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 24, 2021
Title: Regulate the transfer of firearms at a gun show
Description: To amend sections 2929.28 and 5122.311 and to enact section 2923.27 of the Revised Code to regulate the transfer of firearms at a gun show.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 24, 2021
Title: Restore local authority to regulate firearms-related conduct
Description: To repeal section 9.68 of the Revised Code to restore local authority to generally regulate firearms-related conduct.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 24, 2021
Title: Regards certain items that increase firearms' rate of fire
Description: To amend sections 2923.13 and 2923.14 and to enact section 2923.133 of the Revised Code to prohibit certain conduct regarding trigger cranks, bump-fire devices, and other items that accelerate a semi-automatic firearm's rate of fire but do not convert it into an automatic firearm.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 24, 2021
Title: Enact 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.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 24, 2021
Title: Regards the regulation of knives
Description: To amend section 9.68 of the Revised Code regarding the regulation of knives.
Last Action: Effective 9/13/22
Last Action Date: June 1, 2022
Title: Regards emergency powers when suppressing a riot; firearms rights
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.
Last Action: Refused to concur in House amendments
Last Action Date: December 7, 2022
Title: Designate Gun Violence Awareness Month
Description: To enact section 5.22101 of the Revised Code to designate June as "Gun Violence Awareness Month."
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: September 8, 2021
Title: Regards concealed handgun licensee duties
Description: To amend sections 1547.69, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.126, 2923.128, 2923.16, and 2953.37 and to enact section 2923.111 of the Revised Code regarding a concealed handgun licensee's duty to carry the license and notify a law enforcement officer if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun, and a right of a qualifying adult to carry a concealed handgun in the same manner as if the person was a licensee.
Last Action: Effective 6/13/22
Last Action Date: March 2, 2022
Title: Exempt sale of certain firearms, ammunition from sales, use tax
Description: To amend section 5739.02 of the Revised Code to exempt from sales and use taxes the sale of certain firearms and ammunition.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Ways and Means
Last Action Date: November 30, 2021
Title: Regards civil immunity and nonprofit corporations
Description: To amend section 2923.126 of the Revised Code 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: Refer to Committee: Judiciary
Last Action Date: November 30, 2021
Title: Revise terminology used in residential landlord-tenant law
Description: To amend sections 163.15, 163.51, 163.59, 163.60, 173.08, 174.03, 307.79, 504.21, 505.391, 505.511, 505.94, 723.16, 731.51, 731.53, 735.29, 743.04, 940.01, 971.34, 1349.52, 1531.01, 1531.13, 1531.14, 1533.01, 1533.02, 1533.03, 1533.10, 1533.11, 1533.111, 1533.32, 1728.01, 1923.01, 1923.02, 1923.04, 1923.051, 1923.061, 1923.062, 1923.12, 1923.15, 2111.25, 2111.31, 2305.131, 2308.02, 2329.66, 2746.01, 2923.126, 2923.16, 2933.56, 2933.581, 2933.76, 2933.77, 3707.01, 3729.14, 3735.40, 3735.41, 3735.42, 3735.59, 3735.67, 3746.23, 3767.05, 3767.10, 3767.41, 3781.104, 3796.24, 3905.55, 4112.01, 4112.02, 4112.055, 4399.03, 4513.601, 4722.01, 4735.01, 4735.021, 4735.18, 4735.51, 4735.75, 4749.01, 4781.01, 4781.40, 4905.90, 4905.94, 4933.12, 4933.121, 5117.08, 5301.61, 5303.01, 5311.01, 5311.16, 5311.19, 5311.25, 5312.11, 5315.05, 5321.01, 5321.02, 5321.03, 5321.031, 5321.04, 5321.05, 5321.051, 5321.06, 5321.07, 5321.08, 5321.09, 5321.10, 5321.11, 5321.13, 5321.131, 5321.15, 5321.16, 5321.17, 5321.18, 5323.01, 5579.05, 5579.06, 5709.081, 5709.101, 5709.45, 5727.02, 5812.45, 6103.02, 6115.17, 6115.24, 6117.02, 6117.51, and 6119.06 of the Revised Code to revise terminology used in the residential landlord-tenant law.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Small Business and Economic Opportunity
Last Action Date: November 30, 2021
Title: Prohibit requiring fees, liability insurance to possess firearms
Description: To amend section 9.68 of the Revised Code to prohibit requiring fees or firearms liability insurance for the possession of firearms.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 16, 2022
Title: Enact Defend Our Children Act
Description: To amend sections 109.57, 2151.022, 2152.02, 2152.16, 2923.125, 2923.128, 2923.1213, 2923.13, 2923.21, 2923.211, 2929.28, 5122.311, 5747.08, and 5747.98 and to enact sections 2923.191, 2923.251, 2923.26, 2923.27, 2923.28, 2923.29, 2923.30, 2923.99, and 5747.83 of the Revised Code to enact the Defend Our Children Act to require a firearm transfer to be made through a dealer, through a law enforcement agency, or pursuant to a specified exception, to require a background check when a firearm is transferred, to raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to age 21, to increase the penalty for improperly furnishing firearms to an underage person, to establish a process for extreme risk protection orders, to prohibit negligent storage of a firearm, to authorize an income tax credit for the purchase of firearms safety storage units, and to make an appropriation.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: November 15, 2022
Title: Regards criminal law, mental health, and firearms
Description: To amend sections 2151.34, 2903.213, 2903.214, 2919.26, 2923.20, 2923.21, 2923.211, 3113.31, 5122.10, 5122.11, 5122.13, 5122.141, 5122.15, and 5122.99 and to enact sections 311.51, 2307.68, 2923.133, 5502.71, 5502.72, and 5502.73 of the Revised Code to provide for issuance of safety protection orders; to address LEADS and NCIC inclusion of protection orders; to provide for seller's protection certificates under a new background check mechanism; to modify procedures and criminal offenses related to firearm transfers; to modify the laws regarding certain provisions related to mental health treatment; and to express the intent of the General Assembly to appropriate specified sums of federal funding under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to be used regarding a behavioral health workforce and crisis infrastructure expansion.
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Finance
Last Action Date: November 15, 2022
