SB 43 repeals the legal permission for Ohio counties to impose a special 3% lodging tax on hotel stays. This directly affects counties that previously had the authority to levy this tax, removing their ability to collect it for purposes like funding convention bureaus or public safety services. The bill eliminates the specific provision (Section 5739.09 of the Revised Code) that authorized the tax, ending the legal basis for counties to enact or maintain this tax without further legislative action.
To amend sections 2741.01, 2741.02, 2741.05, 2741.06, 2741.09, and 2905.11 and to enact sections 2742.01, 2742.02, 2742.03, and 2742.04 of the Revised Code to make changes to the law relating to the unauthorized use of an individual's persona and to prohibit certain unauthorized deepfake recordings.
To amend sections 131.02, 715.013, 928.01, 928.03, 4506.01, 5502.01, 5502.13, 5502.14, 5703.052, 5703.053, 5703.19, 5703.263, 5703.50, 5703.70, and 5703.77 and to enact sections 3779.01, 3779.02, 3779.03, 3779.04, 3779.05, 3779.06, 3779.21, 3779.22, 3779.23, 3779.24, 3779.25, 3779.26, 3779.27, 3779.28, 3779.29, 3779.40, 3779.41, 3779.42, 3779.43, 3779.431, 3779.44, 3779.45, 3779.451, 3779.46, 3779.47, 3779.48, and 3779.99 of the Revised Code to generally prohibit the sale of intoxicating hemp products, except for sales at licensed dispensaries; to regulate drinkable cannabinoid products, and to levy taxes on drinkable cannabinoid products and other intoxicating hemp products that may be sold.
To amend sections 4503.03, 4510.036, 4511.75, 4511.751, and 4511.76 and to enact sections 5.501, 3327.18, and 3327.19 of the Revised Code to address school bus safety, to designate this act as the School Bus Safety Act, and to make an appropriation.
To amend section 4301.69 of the Revised Code to reduce the mental state, from knowingly to recklessly, that applies to the prohibition against allowing an underage person to possess or consume alcohol in a private or public place.
HB 111 amends Ohio's speed limit law to impose an additional fine on drivers who exceed the speed limit by 30 miles per hour or more. This change directly affects drivers convicted of high-speed violations, adding a supplemental penalty to existing fines. The bill modifies Section 4511.21 of the Revised Code to specify this extra charge without altering existing speed limits or zone definitions. It does not change current speed restrictions (like 20 mph in school zones) but adds a financial consequence for the most severe speeding offenses. The bill is currently in the introduction phase, having been referred to committee on February 26, 2025.
To amend section 4561.50 and to enact section 4561.54 of the Revised Code to prohibit trespass and types of unauthorized recording with an unmanned aerial vehicle system.
To amend sections 2923.13 and 2923.14 and to enact section 2923.133 of the Revised Code to prohibit certain conduct regarding trigger cranks, bumpfire devices, and other items that accelerate a semi-automatic firearm's rate of fire but do not convert it into an automatic firearm.
To amend sections 2152.17, 2901.13, and 2929.14 and to enact sections 2921.322 and 2941.1427 of the Revised Code to enact Katelyn's Law to create an offense and specification related to moving or removing human remains and to provide that the offense has no statute of limitations.
HB 370, the Ohio Prenatal Equal Protection Act, would ban abortion in Ohio by defining "person" to include preborn children from conception, making abortion a criminal offense under homicide laws. It directly affects pregnant people seeking abortions, healthcare providers offering abortion services, and individuals who may pressure someone to terminate a pregnancy. Key provisions require that abortion-related acts be treated as homicide or assault under existing laws, with exceptions only for life-saving procedures on the pregnant person (when reasonable steps to save the fetus are taken) or spontaneous miscarriages. The bill repeals current legal provisions that permit abortion or "prenatal homicide" and mandates due process protections for those subject to the law.
