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Proposed Ohio Firearm Legislation SB98

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Legislation Overview

Title: Address fraudulent business filings, related documents

Subject: Commerce: House State and Local Government Committee: Senate Judiciary Committee: Taxation

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.

Session: 135th General Assembly (2023-2024)

Last Action: Effective

Last Action Date: October 24, 2024

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'.

14 sponsors: Michael Rulli (R); Andrew Brenner (R); Brian Chavez (R); Jerry Cirino (R); Hearcel Craig (D); William DeMora (D); Theresa Gavarone (R); Paula Hicks-Hudson (D); Catherine Ingram (D); George Lang (R); Nathan Manning (R); Bill Reineke (R); Mark Romanchuk (R); Timothy Schaffer (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 42% (14 of 33)

History
Chamber Date Action
Oct 24, 2024 Effective
Jul 15, 2024 Sent To The Governor
Senate Jun 26, 2024 Concurred in House amendments
House Jun 26, 2024 Passed
House Jun 25, 2024 Reported - Substitute: State and Local Government
House Jan 9, 2024 Referred to committee: State and Local Government
House Dec 19, 2023 Introduced
Senate Dec 13, 2023 Passed
Senate Dec 13, 2023 Reported - Substitute: Judiciary
Senate Mar 29, 2023 Referred to committee: Judiciary
Senate Mar 28, 2023 Introduced
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Enrolled not available state link bill text
Engrossed not available state link bill text
Comm Sub not available state link bill text
Engrossed Dec 13, 2023 state link bill text
Comm Sub Dec 13, 2023 state link bill text
Introduced Mar 28, 2023 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
12/13/2023 7 0 0 0 Yes
  • Dolan, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Gavarone, Theresa (R) Yea
  • Hicks-Hudson, Paula (D) Yea
  • Manning, Nathan (R) Yea
  • McColley, Robert (R) Yea
  • Reynolds, Michele (R) Yea
  • Smith, Kent (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
12/13/2023 32 0 0 0 Yes
  • Antani, Niraj (R) Yea
  • Antonio, Nickie (D) Yea
  • Blessing, Louis (R) Yea
  • Brenner, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Chavez, Brian (R) Yea
  • Cirino, Jerry (R) Yea
  • Craig, Hearcel (D) Yea
  • DeMora, William (D) Yea
  • Dolan, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Gavarone, Theresa (R) Yea
  • Hackett, Robert (R) Yea
  • Hicks-Hudson, Paula (D) Yea
  • Huffman, Matt (R) Yea
  • Huffman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Ingram, Catherine (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Terry (R) Yea
  • Kunze, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Landis, Al (R) Yea
  • Lang, George (R) Yea
  • Manning, Nathan (R) Yea
  • McColley, Robert (R) Yea
  • O'Brien, Sandra (R) Yea
  • Reineke, Bill (R) Yea
  • Reynolds, Michele (R) Yea
  • Roegner, Kristina (R) Yea
  • Romanchuk, Mark (R) Yea
  • Rulli, Michael (R) Yea
  • Schaffer, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Smith, Kent (D) Yea
  • Sykes, Vernon (D) Yea
  • Wilkin, Shane (R) Yea
  • Wilson, Steve (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/25/2024 13 0 0 0 Yes
  • Brennan, Sean (D) Yea
  • Dean, Bill (R) Yea
  • Gross, Jennifer (R) Yea
  • Hall, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Humphrey, Latyna (D) Yea
  • King, Angela (R) Yea
  • Klopfenstein, Roy (R) Yea
  • Plummer, Phil (R) Yea
  • Sims, Veronica (D) Yea
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Yea
  • Thomas, Jim (R) Yea
  • Troy, Daniel (D) Yea
  • Wiggam, Scott (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/26/2024 31 0 0 0 Yes
  • Antani, Niraj (R) Yea
  • Antonio, Nickie (D) Yea
  • Blessing, Louis (R) Yea
  • Brenner, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Chavez, Brian (R) Yea
  • Cirino, Jerry (R) Yea
  • Craig, Hearcel (D) Yea
  • DeMora, William (D) Yea
  • Dolan, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Gavarone, Theresa (R) Yea
  • Hackett, Robert (R) Yea
  • Hicks-Hudson, Paula (D) Yea
  • Huffman, Matt (R) Yea
  • Huffman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Ingram, Catherine (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Terry (R) Yea
  • Kunze, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Landis, Al (R) Yea
  • Lang, George (R) Yea
  • Manning, Nathan (R) Yea
  • McColley, Robert (R) Yea
  • O'Brien, Sandra (R) Yea
  • Reineke, Bill (R) Yea
  • Reynolds, Michele (R) Yea
  • Roegner, Kristina (R) Yea
  • Romanchuk, Mark (R) Yea
  • Schaffer, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Smith, Kent (D) Yea
  • Sykes, Vernon (D) Yea
  • Wilkin, Shane (R) Yea
  • Wilson, Steve (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/26/2024 95 2 0 0 Yes
  • Abdullahi, Munira (D) Yea
  • Abrams, Cindy (R) Yea
  • Baker, Rachel (D) Yea
  • Barhorst, Tim (R) Yea
  • Bird, Adam (R) Yea
  • Blackshear, Willis (D) Yea
  • Brennan, Sean (D) Yea
  • Brent, Juanita (D) Yea
  • Brewer, Darnell (D) Yea
  • Brown, Richard (D) Yea
  • Callender, Jamie (R) Yea
  • Carruthers, Sara (R) Yea
  • Claggett, Thaddeus (R) Yea
  • Click, Gary (R) Yea
  • Creech, Rodney (R) Yea
  • Cross, Jon (R) Yea
  • Cutrona, Alessandro (R) Yea
  • Daniels, Jack (R) Yea
  • Dean, Bill (R) Nay
  • Dell'Aquila, Richard (D) Yea
  • Demetriou, Steve (R) Yea
  • Denson, Sedrick (D) Yea
  • Dobos, David (R) Yea
  • Edwards, Jay (R) Yea
  • Ferguson, Ron (R) Yea
  • Forhan, Elliot (D) Yea
  • Fowler Arthur, Sarah (R) Yea
  • Ghanbari, Haraz (R) Yea
  • Grim, Michele (D) 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) Yea
  • Isaacsohn, Dani (D) Yea
  • Jarrells, Dontavius (D) Yea
  • John, Marilyn (R) Yea
  • Johnson, Mark (R) Yea
  • Jones, Don (R) Yea
  • Kick, Darrell (R) Yea
  • King, Angela (R) Yea
  • Klopfenstein, Roy (R) Yea
  • LaRe, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Lampton, Brian (R) Yea
  • Lear, Beth (R) Yea
  • Lipps, Scott (R) Yea
  • Liston, Beth (D) Yea
  • Lorenz, Brian (R) Yea
  • Loychik, Mike (R) Yea
  • Manchester, Susan (R) Yea
  • Manning, Gayle (R) Yea
  • Mathews, Adam (R) Yea
  • McClain, Riordan (R) Yea
  • McNally, Lauren (D) Yea
  • Merrin, Derek (R) Yea
  • Miller, Adam (D) Yea
  • Miller, Kevin (R) Yea
  • Miller, Melanie (R) Yea
  • Mohamed, Ismail (D) Yea
  • Oelslager, W. Scott (R) Yea
  • Patton, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Pavliga, Gail (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Bob (R) Yea
  • Piccolantonio, Beryl (D) Yea
  • Pizzulli, Justin (R) Yea
  • Plummer, Phil (R) Yea
  • Powell, Jena (R) Yea
  • Ray, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Richardson, Tracy (R) Yea
  • Robb Blasdel, Monica (R) Yea
  • Robinson, Phil (D) Yea
  • Roemer, Bill (R) Yea
  • Rogers, Elgin (D) Yea
  • Russo, Allison (D) Yea
  • Santucci, Nick (R) Yea
  • Schmidt, Jean (R) Yea
  • Seitz, William (R) Yea
  • Sims, Veronica (D) Yea
  • Skindell, Michael (D) Yea
  • Somani, Anita (D) Yea
  • Stein, Dick (R) Yea
  • Stephens, Jason (R) Yea
  • Stewart, Brian (R) Yea
  • Swearingen, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Sweeney, Bride (D) Yea
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Yea
  • Thomas, Jim (R) Yea
  • Troy, Daniel (D) Yea
  • Upchurch, Terrence (D) Yea
  • Weinstein, Casey (D) Yea
  • White, Andrea (R) Yea
  • Whitted, Jodi (D) Yea
  • Wiggam, Scott (R) Yea
  • Williams, Josh (R) Yea
  • Willis, Bernard (R) Nay
  • Young, Thomas (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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