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Passed Ohio Firearm Legislation SB175

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Grant civil immunity-injury, death, loss from carrying handguns

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

Description: To amend sections 2307.601, 2901.05, 2901.09, and 2923.126 of the Revised Code to grant civil immunity to nonprofit corporations for certain injuries, deaths, or losses resulting from the carrying of handguns and to expand the locations at which a person has no duty to retreat before using force under both civil and criminal law.

Session: 133rd General Assembly

Last Action: Concurred in House amendments

Last Action Date: December 18, 2020

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'.

37 sponsors: Timothy Schaffer (R); Rick Carfagna (R); Sara Carruthers (R); Alessandro Cutrona (R);Jay Edwards (R); Mark Fraizer (R); Doug Green (R); Don Jones (R); Kris Jordan (R); Candice Keller (R); Kyle Koehler (R); Riordan McClain (R); Derek Merrin (R); Rick Perales (R); Jena Powell (R); Craig Riedel (R); Todd Smith (R); Jason Stephens (R); Scott Wiggam (R); Shane Wilkin (R); Andrew Brenner (R); William Coley (R); Robert Hackett (R); Frank Hoagland (R); Matt Huffman (R); Stephen Huffman (R); Terry Johnson (R); Nathan Manning (R); Robert McColley (R); Sean O'Brien (D); Larry Obhof (R); Bob Peterson (R); Kristina Roegner (R); Michael Rulli (R); Kirk Schuring (R); Sandra Williams (D); Steve Wilson (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 112% (37 of 33)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Dec 18, 2020 Concurred in House amendments
House Dec 17, 2020 Passed - Amended
House Dec 17, 2020 Informally passed
House Dec 8, 2020 Informally passed
House Dec 2, 2020 Informally passed
House Nov 19, 2020 Informally passed
House Nov 18, 2020 Reported: Civil Justice
House May 12, 2020 Refer to Committee: Civil Justice
House May 5, 2020 Introduced
Senate Dec 11, 2019 Passed
Senate Nov 13, 2019 Reported - Amended: Judiciary
Senate Jul 17, 2019 Refer to Committee: Judiciary
Senate Jul 11, 2019 Introduced
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Enrolled Dec 21, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Dec 19, 2020 state link bill text
Engrossed Dec 18, 2020 state link bill text
Comm Sub Nov 18, 2020 state link bill text
Engrossed Dec 11, 2019 state link bill text
Comm Sub Nov 14, 2019 state link bill text
Introduced Jul 11, 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
11/13/2019 8 1 0 0 Yes
  • Coley, William (R) Nay
  • Eklund, John (R) Yea
  • Fedor, Teresa (D) Yea
  • Gavarone, Theresa (R) Yea
  • Huffman, Matt (R) Yea
  • Lehner, Peggy (R) Yea
  • Manning, Nathan (R) Yea
  • O'Brien, Sean (D) Yea
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
12/11/2019 31 0 0 0 Yes
  • Antonio, Nickie (D) Yea
  • Blessing, Louis (R) Yea
  • Brenner, Andrew (R) Yea
  • Burke, Dave (R) Yea
  • Coley, William (R) Yea
  • Craig, Hearcel (D) Yea
  • Dolan, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Eklund, John (R) 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
  • Johnson, Terry (R) Yea
  • Kunze, Stephanie (R) Yea
  • Lehner, Peggy (R) 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
  • Thomas, Cecil (D) Yea
  • Williams, Sandra (D) Yea
  • Wilson, Steve (R) Yea
  • Yuko, Kenny (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
11/18/2020 14 1 0 0 Yes
  • Blair, Gil (D) Yea
  • Brown, Richard (D) Yea
  • Butler, James (R) Yea
  • Callender, Jamie (R) Yea
  • Crossman, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Cutrona, Alessandro (R) Yea
  • Galonski, Tavia (D) Yea
  • Hambley, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Hicks-Hudson, Paula (D) Yea
  • Hudson Hillyer, Brett (R) Yea
  • Merrin, Derek (R) Yea
  • Patton, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Seitz, William (R) Yea
  • Skindell, Michael (D) Nay
  • Swearingen, Douglas (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
12/2/2020 85 7 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) Yea
  • Brinkman, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Brown, Richard (D) 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) Yea
  • Cross, Jon (R) Yea
  • Crossman, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Cupp, Robert (R) Yea
  • Cutrona, Alessandro (R) Yea
  • Dean, Bill (R) Nay
  • Edwards, Jay (R) Yea
  • Fraizer, Mark (R) Yea
  • Galonski, Tavia (D) Yea
  • Ghanbari, Haraz (R) Yea
  • Ginter, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Green, Doug (R) Yea
  • Greenspan, Dave (R) Yea
  • Grendell, Diane (R) Yea
  • Hambley, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Hicks-Hudson, Paula (D) Yea
  • Holmes, Adam (R) Yea
  • Hood, Ron (R) Nay
  • Hoops, James (R) Yea
  • Howse, Stephanie (D) Yea
  • Hudson Hillyer, Brett (R) Yea
  • Ingram, Catherine (D) Yea
  • Jones, Don (R) Yea
  • Jordan, Kris (R) Nay
  • Keller, Candice (R) Nay
  • Kelly, Brigid (D) Yea
  • Kick, Darrell (R) Yea
  • Koehler, Kyle (R) Yea
  • LaRe, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Lanese, Laura (R) Yea
  • Lang, George (R) Yea
  • Leland, David (D) Yea
  • Lightbody, Mary (D) Yea
  • Lipps, Scott (R) Yea
  • Liston, Beth (D) Yea
  • Manchester, Susan (R) Yea
  • Manning, Gayle (R) Yea
  • McClain, Riordan (R) Yea
  • Merrin, Derek (R) Yea
  • Miller, Adam (D) Yea
  • Miller, Joe (D) Yea
  • Miranda, Jessica (D) Yea
  • O'Brien, Michael (D) Yea
  • Oelslager, W. Scott (R) Yea
  • Patterson, John (D) Yea
  • Patton, Thomas (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) Yea
  • Roemer, Bill (R) Yea
  • Rogers, John (D) Yea
  • Romanchuk, Mark (R) Yea
  • Russo, Allison (D) Yea
  • Scherer, Gary (R) Yea
  • Seitz, William (R) Yea
  • Sheehy, Michael (D) Yea
  • Skindell, Michael (D) Yea
  • Smith, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Smith, Kent (D) Yea
  • Sobecki, Lisa (D) Yea
  • Stein, Dick (R) Yea
  • Stephens, Jason (R) Yea
  • Stoltzfus, Reginald (R) Yea
  • Strahorn, Fred (D) Yea
  • Strong Sykes, Emilia (D) Yea
  • Swearingen, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Sweeney, Bride (D) Yea
  • Upchurch, Terrence (D) Yea
  • Vitale, Nino (R) Nay
  • Weinstein, Casey (D) Yea
  • West, Thomas (D) Yea
  • Wiggam, Scott (R) Yea
  • Wilkin, Shane (R) Yea
  • Zeltwanger, Paul (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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