Passed Ohio Firearm Legislation SB81
Legislation Overview
Title: Revise licensing rules for military personnel concealed carry
Subject: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Firearms: Military and Veterans
Description: To amend section 2923.125 of the Revised Code to waive the concealed carry license fee for active members of the armed forces and retired and honorably discharged veterans, to accept military experience with firearms as proof of competency with firearms regardless of when the applicant for a license acquired the experience, to permit a licensee to renew a concealed handgun license at any time before the expiration of the license, and to require the Attorney General to monitor the number of license fees waived and cap the total amount allowed to be waived at $1.5 million.
Session: 132nd General Assembly
Last Action: Effective 11/5/18
Last Action Date: November 5, 2018
Sponsors
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70 sponsors: Louis Terhar (R); William Coley (R); Kevin Bacon (R); Bill Beagle (R); Edna Brown (D); Dave Burke (R); Matthew Dolan (R); John Eklund (R); Robert Hackett (R); Frank Hoagland (R); Jay Hottinger (R); Matt Huffman (R); Kris Jordan (R); Frank LaRose (R); Peggy Lehner (R); Gayle Manning (R); Robert McColley (R); Larry Obhof (R); Sean O'Brien (D); Scott Oelslager (R); Vernon Sykes (D); Cecil Thomas (D); Joseph Uecker (R); Sandra Williams (D); Jason Wilson (D); Al Landis (R); Rick Perales (R); Marlene Anielski (R); John Becker (R); Louis Blessing (R); Andrew Brenner (R); James Butler (R); Rick Carfagna (R); Nicholas Celebrezze (D); Hearcel Craig (D); Bill Dean (R); Jonathan Dever (R); Keith Faber (R); Theresa Gavarone (R); Timothy Ginter (R); Doug Green (R); Christina Hagan (R); Stephen Hambley (R); Michael Henne (R); Glenn Holmes (D); James Hoops (R); Jim Hughes (R); Terry Johnson (R); Candice Keller (R); Bernadine Kent (D); Darrell Kick (R); Laura Lanese (R); George Lang (R); Riordan McClain (R); Derek Merrin (R); Eugene Miller (D); Michael O'Brien (D); Wes Retherford (R); Craig Riedel (R); Kristina Roegner (R); John Rogers (D); Mark Romanchuk (R); Scott Ryan (R); Timothy Schaffer (R); Gary Scherer (R); William Seitz (R); Robert Sprague (R); Scott Wiggam (R); Shane Wilkin (R);Ron Young (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 212% (70 of 33)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Nov 5, 2018 | Effective 11/5/18 | |
| House | Jun 27, 2018 | Passed |
| House | Mar 22, 2018 | Reported: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security |
| House | Jan 24, 2018 | Refer to Committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security |
| House | Jan 18, 2018 | Introduced |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2018 | Passed |
| Senate | Dec 6, 2017 | Reported: Judiciary |
| Senate | Mar 7, 2017 | Refer to Committee: Judiciary |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2017 | Introduced |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | Jul 5, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Jun 29, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Mar 22, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Jan 17, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Dec 6, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Mar 2, 2017 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate Passed | 01/17/2018 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House Passed | 06/27/2018 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
