Proposed Ohio Firearm Legislation HB5
Legislation Overview
Title: Enact the Repeat Offender Act
Subject: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and Punishment: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Criminal Records Checks: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Firearms: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Sealing or Expungement: House Judiciary Committee: Senate Judiciary Committee
Description: To amend sections 109.11, 109.57, 109.572, 109.578, 109.579, 2151.357, 2746.02, 2901.08, 2923.125, 2923.13, 2923.14, 2929.01, 2929.13, 2929.14, 2929.34, 2930.171, 2941.141, 2941.144, 2941.145, 2941.146, 2951.041, 2953.25, 2953.26, 2953.31, 2953.32, 2953.34, 2953.39, 2953.61, 4723.28, 4729.16, 4729.56, 4729.57, 4729.96, 4752.09, and 5120.035 and to enact sections 2941.1427, 2941.1428, 2941.1429, 2953.311, 2953.321, 2953.322, and 2953.323 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 and Expungement Law.
Session: 136th General Assembly
Last Action: Referred to committee: Judiciary
Last Action Date: May 28, 2025
Sponsors
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31 sponsors: Josh Williams (R); Bernard Willis (R); Tim Barhorst (R); Adam Bird (R); Gary Click (R); Rodney Creech (R); Jack Daniels (R); Tex Fischer (R);Sarah Fowler Arthur (R); Jennifer Gross (R); Adam Holmes (R); Mark Johnson (R); Matthew Kishman (R); Roy Klopfenstein (R); Brian Lampton (R); Beth Lear (R); Adam Mathews (R); Riordan McClain (R); Kevin Miller (R); Melanie Miller (R); Diane Mullins (R); Johnathan Newman (R); Mike Odioso (R); Scott Oelslager (R); Phil Plummer (R); Sharon Ray (R); Monica Robb Blasdel (R); Jodi Salvo (R); Jean Schmidt (R); Brian Stewart (R); David Thomas (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 31% (31 of 99)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 28, 2025 | Referred to committee: Judiciary |
| Senate | May 22, 2025 | Introduced |
| House | May 21, 2025 | Reported - Substitute: Judiciary |
| House | May 21, 2025 | Passed |
| House | Jan 28, 2025 | Referred to committee: Judiciary |
| House | Jan 23, 2025 | Introduced |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | not available | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | not available | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House Favorable Passage | 05/21/2025 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House Passed | 05/21/2025 | 71 | 24 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
