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This page lists laws enacted by the 129th General Assembly with judicial impact. Enactment information from previous General Assemblies is available in the Legislative Library. You can search all pending and enacted legislation at the General Assembly website. |
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HJR 1
Failed on November 2011 Ballot
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JUDICIAL CHANGES (Huffman, Fende) Proposing to amend Section 6 of Article IV and to repeal Sections 19 and 22 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to change the age at and after which a person may not be elected or appointed to a judicial office and to eliminate the authority of the General Assembly to establish courts of conciliation and to reappoint a Supreme Court commission. |
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HB 5
Effective September 23, 2011
Enactment Summary
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COURT COSTS AND FEES (Huffman) To require the Ohio Judicial Conference periodically to adjust the dollar amounts specified in the general exemption statute, to provide consolidated references to Revised Code sections that establish costs and fees, other than attorney fees, in the courts of record of this state, to remove the provision specifying that an investigator appointed by the Auditor of State does not have the power and authority to carry a concealed weapon, to modify the penalties for certain offenses relating to the operation of motor vehicles, and to allow for a certificate of judgment to collect a financial reimbursement sanction in certain cases, the modification of a community control sanction, the substitution of a community control sanction for non-mandatory jail days, and the modification of a community service sentence by substituting a contribution to the local entity that funds the court. |
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HB 9
Effective June 29, 2011
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UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (Coley) To adopt the revisions to the general provisions and documents of title portions of the Uniform Commercial Code that were recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and to make related changes in the Uniform Commercial Code and the Revised Code. |
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HB 14
Effective May 22, 2012
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VICIOUS DOGS (Sears) To remove pit bulls from the definition of "vicious dog" in state law. |
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HB 20
Effective June 4, 2012
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OFFENSE OF INTIMIDATION (Burke, Letson) To specify that the offense of intimidation of an attorney, victim, or witness in a criminal case also applies to delinquency cases and to any attempt to influence, intimidate or hinder a witness to a criminal or deliquent act and to create an affirmative defense to a charge of intimidation of an attorney, victim, or witness in a criminal case. |
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HB 22
Effective September 23, 2011
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ANIMAL OWNERS' LIABILITY (Bubp) To make changes regarding the liability of owners of certain animals that are running at large. |
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HB 27
Effective March 22, 2013
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ADULT GUARDIANSHIP (Stautberg, Letson) House Bill 27 adopts the Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act. It will facilitate inter-state transfer of guardianship agreements and authorize conversations between judges in Ohio and their counterparts in other parts of the United States. |
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HB 29
Effective March 22, 2011
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HAMILTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT (Mecklenborg) To increase the number of signatures required on, and to revise the process for filing, a nominating petition for election as a judge of the Hamilton County Municipal Court and to declare an emergency. |
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HB 54
Effective September 30, 2011
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CIVIL FIREARM RIGHTS (Maag) To eliminate the prohibition against persons with certain misdemeanor drug offense convictions acquiring or possessing firearms or dangerous ordnance; and to allow restoration of civil firearm rights for firearms that are dangerous ordnance. |
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HB 62
Effective March 22, 2013
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JUDICIAL ASSAULT (Gonzales) House Bill 62 authorizes enhanced penalties for assaults on health care professionals and justice system personnel including up to a $5,000 fine when the offense is a M1; limits the application of the new law to circumstances where the offender knew or had “reasonable cause” to know that the victim was a health care professional or justice system personnel and instances where the victim was engaged in the performance of the victim’s duties; increases the penalty for assaults on health care professionals and justice system personnel from the M1 to an F5 for repeat offenders; defines the felony assault on health care professionals or justice system personnel as a “qualifying assault offense” and states the conditions for imposing prison terms for these offenses. |
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HB 63
Effective February 3, 2012
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ABORTION - PREGNANT MINOR (Young, Slaby) To revise the procedures governing a hearing by which a court may permit a pregnant minor to consent to an abortion or by which a court may give judicial consent for a pregnant minor to have an abortion and to require a court to make its findings with respect to such a hearing by clear and convincing evidence. |
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HB 64
Effective October 17, 2011
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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (Ruhl, Burke) To add synthetic cannabinoids commonly known as K2 or Spice to the list of Schedule I controlled substances, to prohibit the possession of Spice, to prohibit trafficking in Spice, to provide that if Spice is the drug involved in a violation of the offense of corrupting another with drugs the penalty for the violation will be the same as if marihuana was the drug involved in the offense, to add six synthetic derivatives of cathinone that have been found in bath salts to the list of Schedule I controlled substances, to define a "controlled substance analog" for purposes of the Controlled Substances Law, and to treat controlled substance analogs as Schedule I controlled substances, and to specify that the residential and familial information of probation officers and bailiffs is not a public record. |
