Proposed Ohio Firearm Legislation HB590
Legislation Overview
Title: Regards defense of self, others, and property against crimes
Subject: Courts and Civil Law : Civil Law: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and Punishment: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Law Enforcement
Description: To amend sections 2307.601, 2901.05, and 2901.09 and to enact sections 2901.091 and 2901.092 of the Revised Code to define what constitutes reasonable force and specify when a person is justified in its use or threatened use, to provide that a person has no duty to retreat from any place where the person is lawfully present prior to using or threatening to use reasonable force, to establish civil and criminal immunity for a person who uses or threatens to use reasonable force, to revise the circumstances under which a person who uses or threatens to use deadly force is presumed to be acting in self-defense or in defense of another, and to establish a procedure and standards for asserting and disproving self-defense, defense of another, or defense of a residence in a criminal or civil case.
Session: 132nd General Assembly
Last Action: Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 15, 2018
Sponsors
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18 sponsors: Nino Vitale (R); Candice Keller (R); Ron Hood (R); Niraj Antani (R); Thomas Brinkman (R); John Becker (R); Andy Thompson (R); Timothy Schaffer (R); Wes Retherford (R); Andrew Brenner (R); Paul Zeltwanger (R); George Lang (R); Craig Riedel (R); James Hoops (R); Derek Merrin (R); Robert Sprague (R); Larry Householder (R); Bill Dean (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 18% (18 of 99)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 15, 2018 | Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice |
| House | Apr 9, 2018 | Introduced |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Apr 9, 2018 | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
