34 total bills, 15 anti-gun bills,
11 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Ohio Firearm Legislation
34 total bills, 15 anti-gun bills,
11 pro-gun bills for this session
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Title: Enact the Second Amendment Preservation Act
Description: To amend sections 2923.11, 2923.111, 2923.122, and 2923.17 and to enact section 2923.50 of the Revised Code to enact the Second Amendment Preservation Act to add additional protections to the right to bear arms.
Last Action: Re-referred: Rules and Reference
Last Action Date: December 11, 2023
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: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: May 23, 2023
Title: Enact the Keep Every Home Safe Act
Description: To amend sections 5502.63, 5747.08, and 5747.98 and to enact sections 2923.1215, 2923.1216, 5502.621, and 5747.74 of the Revised Code 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.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: May 23, 2023
Title: Exempt from taxation the sale of certain firearms and ammunition
Description: To amend sections 107.036, 5739.02, 5747.98, and 5751.98 and to enact sections 122.97, 122.971, 122.972, 122.973, 122.974, and 122.975 of the Revised Code 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.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means
Last Action Date: June 7, 2023
Title: Require trigger locks be attached, provided with firearms sales
Description: To amend section 2923.25 of the Revised Code to require that gun trigger locks be attached and provided with firearms sales by federally licensed firearms dealers.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: June 26, 2023
Title: Restore local authority to generally regulate firearm conduct
Description: To repeal section 9.68 of the Revised Code to restore local authority to generally regulate firearms-related conduct.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: June 26, 2023
Title: Enact the Self-Defense Protection Act
Description: To amend section 2901.05 of the Revised Code 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.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: September 12, 2023
Title: Makes changes regarding off-road vehicles
Description: To amend sections 1531.01, 1533.01, 1533.103, 1533.18, 2131.12, 2131.13, 2744.01, 2911.21, 2921.331, 2923.16, 4501.01, 4501.13, 4503.01, 4503.038, 4503.04, 4503.10, 4503.191, 4503.312, 4504.01, 4505.01, 4505.06, 4505.09, 4505.11, 4510.036, 4511.01, 4511.214, 4511.713, 4513.02, 4513.221, 4513.263, 4517.01, 4519.01, 4519.02, 4519.03, 4519.031, 4519.04, 4519.05, 4519.08, 4519.09, 4519.10, 4519.11, 4519.20, 4519.21, 4519.22, 4519.401, 4519.41, 4519.42, 4519.43, 4519.44, 4519.45, 4519.46, 4519.47, 4519.48, 4519.511, 4519.512, 4519.52, 4519.521, 4519.53, 4519.54, 4519.55, 4519.551, 4519.56, 4519.57, 4519.58, 4519.59, 4519.60, 4519.61, 4519.62, 4519.63, 4519.631, 4519.64, 4519.65, 4519.66, 4519.67, 4519.68, 4519.69, 4519.70, 5553.044, 5739.02, and 5815.36; to enact new section 4519.40 and sections 4519.041, 4519.23, 4519.402, 4519.403, and 4519.99; and to repeal sections 4511.215, 4511.216, and 4519.40 of the Revised Code to make changes to the laws governing all-purpose vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, snowmobiles, utility vehicles, and mini-trucks.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Homeland Security
Last Action Date: September 12, 2023
Title: Allow concealed carry in certain buildings with a courtroom
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: Judiciary
Last Action Date: December 13, 2023
Title: Regards firearms transfers, criminal background checks
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 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.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: October 31, 2023
Title: Regards firearms for fire investigators
Description: To amend sections 109.71, 109.73, 109.75, 109.79, 109.801, and 2923.126 and to enact sections 109.7481 and 109.774 of the Revised Code 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.
Last Action: Reported: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: February 7, 2024
Title: Regards the sale of used catalytic converters
Description: To amend sections 2913.02, 2913.51, 4737.012, 4737.04, 4737.041, 4737.043, 4737.045, 4737.99, 4738.03, 4738.07, 4738.12, 4745.01, and 4775.09 and to enact sections 4737.046 and 4737.98 of the Revised Code regarding the sale of used catalytic converters.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Judiciary
Last Action Date: November 12, 2024
Title: Create offense - manufacture, purchase, or sale of an auto sear
Description: To amend section 2923.11 and to enact section 2923.191 of the Revised Code to create the offense of unlawful manufacture, purchase, or sale of an auto sear.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: December 6, 2023
Title: Regards carrying a concealed handgun, licensee's duties
Description: To amend sections 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, 2923.1213, 2923.16, 2953.35, and 5502.411 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, and to rename concealed handgun licenses as basic competency licenses.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: April 2, 2024
Title: Enact the Universal Background Checks Act
Description: To amend sections 2929.28 and 5122.311 and to enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to enact the Universal Background Checks 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: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: April 2, 2024
Title: Enact the Building Safer Communities for Ohio's Children Act
Description: To enact sections 5164.97, 5180.50, 5180.51, 5180.52, 5180.53, 5180.54, 5180.55, and 5180.56 of the Revised Code to establish the Office of Firearm Violence Prevention within the Department of Children and Youth, to require the Office to administer grant programs aimed at reducing firearm violence, to name this act the "Building Safer Communities for Ohio's Children Act," and to make an appropriation.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Finance
Last Action Date: April 2, 2024
Title: Prohibit carrying mass casualty weapons
Description: To amend sections 2923.11, 2923.12, and 2923.17 of the Revised Code to prohibit carrying mass casualty weapons.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: April 2, 2024
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, 2953.34, 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 certain specifications, to increase the penalties for certain firearm offenses and specifications, to broaden the scope of relief from firearms disability, and to allow automatic sealing for fourth and fifth degree felonies.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 21, 2024
Title: Prohibit firearm possession by persons unlawfully present in U.S.
Description: To amend sections 2923.13 and 2923.14 of the Revised Code to prohibit persons who are unlawfully present in the United States from possessing firearms.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: May 21, 2024
Title: Regards items that accelerate a firearm's 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: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: November 12, 2024
Title: Exempt antique firearms from certain transaction prohibitions
Description: To amend section 2923.20 of the Revised Code to exempt certain antique firearms from the prohibition against unlawful transactions in weapons.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Government Oversight
Last Action Date: November 12, 2024
Title: Grant immunity for self or other-defense in certain circumstances
Description: To amend sections 121.22, 122.66, 122.70, 1901.31, 2303.12, 2303.26, 2329.01, 2329.44, 2923.126, 3314.03, 3326.11, 3328.24, 4707.101, and 5721.20 and to enact sections 2307.221 and 3319.48 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; to modify the laws governing community action agencies; to modify the law regarding the storage, maintenance, and retrieval of all papers delivered to the clerk of courts; to revise the law relating to the notice of excess funds in real property foreclosure sales; to exempt certain licensed auctioneers from continuing education requirements; and to enact the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act prohibiting discrimination by a public school against an individual based on hair texture and protective hair styles.
Last Action: Informally passed
Last Action Date: December 18, 2024
Title: Prohibit requiring firearms liability insurance or certain fees
Description: To amend section 9.68 and to enact sections 1349.84, 1349.85, and 1349.86 of the Revised Code to prohibit requiring fees or firearms liability insurance for the possession of firearms, or fees for the possession of knives, and to enact the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act.
Last Action: Concurred in House amendments
Last Action Date: December 18, 2024
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: Referred to committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: March 8, 2023
Title: Address fraudulent business filings, related documents
Description: To amend sections 109.71, 109.73, 109.75, 109.79, 109.801, 1345.02, 1701.07, 1702.06, 1702.59, 1703.041, 1703.15, 1703.29, 1706.09, 1729.11, 1746.04, 1747.03, 1776.07, 1782.04, 1785.06, 1901.123, 1907.143, 2923.126, 3505.06, 3729.05, 4505.061, 4519.56, 4519.69, 5709.084, and 5709.121 and to enact sections 109.7481, 109.774, 111.242, and 111.243 of the Revised Code to address fraudulent business filings, deceptive mailings, reinstatement of canceled business entities, and addresses of statutory agents, and to make changes regarding property taxation, fire investigator firearms, acting or assigned judge reimbursements, common pleas clerk of court duties, recreational vehicle park and camp operation licenses, and state ballot numbering.
Last Action: Effective
Last Action Date: October 24, 2024
Title: Exempt from taxation the sale of certain firearms and ammunition
Description: To amend sections 107.036, 5739.02, 5747.98, and 5751.98 and to enact sections 122.97, 122.971, 122.972, 122.973, 122.974, and 122.975 of the Revised Code 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.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means
Last Action Date: May 31, 2023
Title: Enact the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act
Description: To enact sections 1349.84, 1349.85, and 1349.86 of the Revised Code relating to payment card transactions involving firearms and ammunition retailers and to name this act the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Financial Institutions
Last Action Date: May 21, 2024
Title: Enact the Suicide Self-Defense Act
Description: To amend sections 149.43, 2923.11, 2923.125, 2923.128, and 2923.20 and to enact sections 2923.133, 2923.22, 2923.221, and 4731.058 of the Revised Code to enact the Suicide Self-Defense Act, relative to the creation of a do not possess firearms registry.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: October 11, 2023
Title: Prohibit firearm possession with a domestic violence conviction
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: December 6, 2023
Title: Limit liability in regards to firearm hold agreements
Description: To enact section 2923.22 of the Revised Code to limit liability for federally licensed firearms dealers in regards to firearm hold agreements.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Judiciary
Last Action Date: December 6, 2023
Title: Authorize tax credit for handgun training and firearms storage
Description: To amend sections 5747.08 and 5747.98 and to enact sections 5747.86 and 5747.87 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: December 6, 2023
Title: Regards authority of advanced practice registered nurses
Description: To amend sections 173.521, 173.542, 940.09, 1347.08, 1561.12, 1571.012, 1751.84, 3304.23, 3309.22, 3313.716, 3319.141, 3501.382, 3701.046, 3701.144, 3701.162, 3701.262, 3701.47, 3701.48, 3701.50, 3701.59, 3701.74, 3705.30, 3705.33, 3705.35, 3707.08, 3710.07, 3721.01, 3721.011, 3721.041, 3727.19, 3742.03, 3742.04, 3742.07, 3901.56, 3923.25, 3923.84, 4113.23, 4506.07, 4507.06, 4507.08, 4507.081, 4507.141, 4507.30, 4511.81, 4729.284, 4729.41, 4729.45, 4729.47, 5120.17, 5120.21, 5145.22, and 5739.01 and to enact sections 4723.436 and 4723.4812 of the Revised Code regarding 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.
Last Action: Referred to committee: Health
Last Action Date: December 6, 2023
Title: Regards lost or stolen firearms
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: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: January 24, 2024
Title: Regards items that accelerate a firearm's 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: Referred to committee: Veterans and Public Safety
Last Action Date: November 12, 2024
