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Proposed Ohio Firearm Legislation SB140

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Legislation Overview

Title: Permit concealed carry of non-weapon knives; revise weapons law

Subject: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Firearms

Description: To amend sections 2923.12, 2923.18, and 2923.20 of the Revised Code to exempt knives not used as weapons from the prohibition against carrying concealed weapons and to eliminate the prohibition against manufacturing, possessing for sale, selling, or furnishing certain weapons other than firearms or dangerous ordnance.

Session: 133rd General Assembly

Last Action: Passed

Last Action Date: December 17, 2020

Sponsors

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17 sponsors: Joseph Uecker (R); Alessandro Cutrona (R);George Lang (R); Phil Plummer (R); Scott Wiggam (R); Dave Burke (R); William Coley (R); John Eklund (R); Robert Hackett (R); Frank Hoagland (R); Matt Huffman (R); Stephen Huffman (R); Robert McColley (R); Larry Obhof (R); Kristina Roegner (R); Timothy Schaffer (R); Cecil Thomas (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 52% (17 of 33)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Dec 17, 2020 Passed
House Nov 24, 2020 Reported: Criminal Justice
House Sep 24, 2019 Refer to Committee: Criminal Justice
House Jun 28, 2019 Introduced
Senate Jun 27, 2019 Passed
Senate Jun 19, 2019 Reported: Government Oversight and Reform
Senate May 15, 2019 Refer to Committee: Government Oversight and Reform
Senate May 1, 2019 Introduced
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Enrolled Dec 21, 2020 state link bill text
Engrossed Dec 18, 2020 state link bill text
Comm Sub Nov 24, 2020 state link bill text
Engrossed Jun 27, 2019 state link bill text
Comm Sub Jun 20, 2019 state link bill text
Introduced May 1, 2019 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
06/19/2019 9 1 0 0 Yes
  • Coley, William (R) Yea
  • Craig, Hearcel (D) Nay
  • Fedor, Teresa (D) Yea
  • Hoagland, Frank (R) Yea
  • Huffman, Matt (R) Yea
  • McColley, Robert (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Bob (R) Yea
  • Roegner, Kristina (R) Yea
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Yea
  • Uecker, Joseph (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/27/2019 32 1 0 0 Yes
  • Antonio, Nickie (D) Nay
  • Brenner, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Burke, Dave (R) Yea
  • Coley, William (R) Yea
  • Craig, Hearcel (D) Yea
  • Dolan, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Eklund, John (R) Yea
  • Fedor, Teresa (D) Yea
  • Gavarone, Theresa (R) Yea
  • Hackett, Robert (R) Yea
  • Hoagland, Frank (R) Yea
  • Hottinger, Jay (R) Yea
  • Huffman, Matt (R) Yea
  • Huffman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Kunze, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Lehner, Peggy (R) Yea
  • Maharath, Tina (D) Yea
  • Manning, Nathan (R) Yea
  • McColley, Robert (R) Yea
  • O'Brien, Sean (D) Yea
  • Obhof, Larry (R) Yea
  • Peterson, Bob (R) Yea
  • Roegner, Kristina (R) Yea
  • Rulli, Michael (R) Yea
  • Schaffer, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Schuring, Kirk (R) Yea
  • Sykes, Vernon (D) Yea
  • Terhar, Louis (R) Yea
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Yea
  • Uecker, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Williams, Sandra (D) Yea
  • Wilson, Steve (R) Yea
  • Yuko, Kenny (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
11/24/2020 7 4 0 0 Yes
  • Butler, James (R) Yea
  • Crossman, Jeffrey (D) Nay
  • Cutrona, Alessandro (R) Yea
  • Galonski, Tavia (D) Nay
  • Grendell, Diane (R) Yea
  • Lang, George (R) Yea
  • Leland, David (D) Nay
  • Plummer, Phil (R) Yea
  • Rogers, John (D) Yea
  • Seitz, William (R) Yea
  • West, Thomas (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
12/17/2020 59 25 0 0 Yes
  • Abrams, Cindy (R) Yea
  • Antani, Niraj (R) Yea
  • Baldridge, Brian (R) Yea
  • Becker, John (R) Yea
  • Blair, Gil (D) Yea
  • Boggs, Kristin (D) Nay
  • Brent, Juanita (D) Nay
  • Brinkman, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Butler, James (R) Yea
  • Callender, Jamie (R) Yea
  • Carfagna, Rick (R) Yea
  • Carruthers, Sara (R) Yea
  • Cera, Jack (D) Yea
  • Clites, Randi (D) Yea
  • Crawley, Erica (D) Nay
  • Crossman, Jeffrey (D) Nay
  • Cupp, Robert (R) Yea
  • Cutrona, Alessandro (R) Yea
  • Dean, Bill (R) Yea
  • Denson, Sedrick (D) Nay
  • Edwards, Jay (R) Yea
  • Fraizer, Mark (R) Yea
  • Galonski, Tavia (D) Nay
  • Ghanbari, Haraz (R) Yea
  • Ginter, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Green, Doug (R) Yea
  • Greenspan, Dave (R) Yea
  • Hambley, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Hicks-Hudson, Paula (D) Nay
  • Holmes, Adam (R) Yea
  • Hood, Ron (R) Yea
  • Hoops, James (R) Yea
  • Howse, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Hudson Hillyer, Brett (R) Yea
  • Ingram, Catherine (D) Nay
  • Jones, Don (R) Yea
  • Jordan, Kris (R) Yea
  • Keller, Candice (R) Yea
  • Kelly, Brigid (D) Nay
  • Kick, Darrell (R) Yea
  • Koehler, Kyle (R) Yea
  • LaRe, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Lanese, Laura (R) Yea
  • Lang, George (R) Yea
  • Leland, David (D) Nay
  • Lightbody, Mary (D) Nay
  • Lipps, Scott (R) Yea
  • Liston, Beth (D) Nay
  • Manchester, Susan (R) Yea
  • Manning, Gayle (R) Yea
  • McClain, Riordan (R) Yea
  • Merrin, Derek (R) Yea
  • Miller, Adam (D) Nay
  • Miller, Joe (D) Nay
  • Miranda, Jessica (D) Nay
  • O'Brien, Michael (D) Nay
  • Oelslager, W. Scott (R) Yea
  • Perales, Rick (R) Yea
  • Plummer, Phil (R) Yea
  • Powell, Jena (R) Yea
  • Reineke, Bill (R) Yea
  • Richardson, Tracy (R) Yea
  • Riedel, Craig (R) Yea
  • Robinson, Phil (D) Nay
  • Roemer, Bill (R) Yea
  • Romanchuk, Mark (R) Yea
  • Russo, Allison (D) Nay
  • Seitz, William (R) Yea
  • Sheehy, Michael (D) Nay
  • Skindell, Michael (D) Yea
  • Smith, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Smith, Kent (D) Nay
  • Sobecki, Lisa (D) Nay
  • Stein, Dick (R) Yea
  • Stephens, Jason (R) Yea
  • Stoltzfus, Reginald (R) Yea
  • Strahorn, Fred (D) Nay
  • Strong Sykes, Emilia (D) Nay
  • Swearingen, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Sweeney, Bride (D) Nay
  • West, Thomas (D) Nay
  • Wiggam, Scott (R) Yea
  • Wilkin, Shane (R) Yea
  • Zeltwanger, Paul (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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