Pending and enacted firearms legislation by state
This tracker displays legislation from the current session.
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Last action: Adopted (2026-04-27)
Sponsor: William DeMora D
Honoring The Ohio State University pistol team on securing the 2026 National Championship.
Last action: Adopted (2025-12-08)
Sponsor: William DeMora D
Honoring The Ohio State University pistol team on winning the 2025 National Championship.
Last action: Effective (2025-09-30)
Sponsor: David Thomas R
To amend sections 1533.10, 1533.11, 1533.111, 1533.32, and 1533.321 of the Revised Code to allow Ohio residents who are 65 and up, instead of 66 and up, to qualify for discounted hunting and fishing licenses and permits.
Last action: Adopted: Rules and Reference (2025-03-19)
Sponsor: Allison Russo D
Honoring The Ohio State University pistol team as the 2025 National Champion.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2026-05-20)
Sponsor: Levi Dean R
To enact section 3345.211 of the Revised Code to enact the Campus Self-Defense Act to allow adults to carry nonlethal self-defense weapons on state institution of higher education campuses.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2026-05-20)
Sponsor: Darnell Brewer D
To amend section 149.43 and to enact section 5103.164 of the Revised Code to require foster caregivers to securely store firearms.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2026-05-20)
Sponsor: Karen Brownlee D
To establish the Ohio Economic Task Force on Gun Violence and Violent Crimes to study the impact of gun violence and other violent crimes on Ohio businesses.
Last action: Referred to committee: General Government (2026-05-20)
Sponsor: Darnell Brewer D
To enact section 5.22101 of the Revised Code to designate June as "Gun Violence Awareness Month."
Last action: Referred to committee: Judiciary (2026-05-13)
Sponsor: Terry Johnson R
To amend section 9.68 of the Revised Code to permit individuals to seek punitive or exemplary damages against municipal corporations that pass gun control measures.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2026-05-13)
Sponsor: Timothy Schaffer R
To enact sections 5119.081 and 5123.131 of the Revised Code regarding the carrying of firearms by certain special police officers.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2026-05-13)
Sponsor: Kyle Koehler R
To amend sections 1533.04, 2923.11, and 2923.17 of the Revised Code to remove firearm mufflers and suppressors from the classification of dangerous ordnance.
Last action: Referred to committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety (2026-04-15)
Sponsor: Timothy Schaffer R
To amend sections 1547.69, 2923.128, 2923.16, 2953.35, and 4511.19 of the Revised Code to modify the circumstances in which a person may transport a firearm in a motor vehicle.
Last action: Referred to committee: General Government (2026-03-25)
Sponsor: Alessandro Cutrona R
To amend sections 9.68, 109.69, 109.731, 311.41, 311.42, 311.43, 1547.69, 2921.13, 2923.11, 2923.111, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.124, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.127, 2923.128, 2923.129, 2923.1210, 2923.1211, 2923.1212, 2923.1213, 2923.16, 2923.17, 2953.35, 4511.19, and 4749.10 and to repeal section 1533.04 of the Revised Code to enact the Freedom to Carry Act to rename a concealed handgun license a concealed weapons license, to allow a concealed weapons licensee to carry a concealed deadly weapon other than an exclusive deadly weapon, and to allow the possession or transportation of a loaded firearm while in a motor vehicle or vessel.
Last action: Referred to committee: Select Committee on Gaming (2026-02-11)
Sponsor: Meredith Craig R
To amend sections 109.32, 2915.01, 2915.07, 2915.08, 2915.081, 2915.082, 2915.092, 2915.093, 2915.10, 2915.101, and 2915.14; to amend, for the purpose of adopting a new section number as indicated in parentheses, section 2915.092 (2915.16); and to enact sections 2915.17, 2915.18, 2915.19, and 2915.20 of the Revised Code to authorize online raffles and make related changes to the Charitable Gaming Law and to declare an emergency.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2026-02-04)
Sponsor: Bernard Willis R
To amend section 2923.11 and to enact sections 2923.26 and 3701.982 of the Revised Code to enact the Second Chance Safety Act to provide civil immunity to a federally licensed firearm dealer or law enforcement agency that enters into a firearm hold agreement with the owner of a firearm.
Last action: Referred to committee: General Government (2025-11-19)
Sponsor: Terry Johnson R
To amend sections 2151.022, 2152.02, 2152.16, 2923.21, 2923.211, and 2930.01 of the Revised Code to allow a person who is between eighteen and twenty-one years old to receive or purchase a handgun from a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-10-01)
Sponsor: Thaddeus Claggett R
To amend section 2923.126 of the Revised Code to allow members of the General Assembly, statewide elected officials, judges, and magistrates to carry a concealed handgun in a government facility of the state or a political subdivision.
Last action: Referred to committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety (2025-10-01)
Sponsor: Hearcel Craig D
To amend sections 149.43, 2923.11, 2923.125, 2923.128, and 2923.20 and to enact sections 2923.133, 2923.22, 2923.221, and 4731.058 of the Revised Code to enact the Suicide Self-Defense Act, relative to the creation of a do not possess firearms registry.
Last action: Referred to committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety (2025-10-01)
Sponsor: Hearcel Craig D
To enact section 2923.22 of the Revised Code to limit liability for federally licensed firearms dealers in regards to firearm hold agreements
Last action: Referred to committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety (2025-10-01)
Sponsor: Kent Smith D
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.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-09-15)
Sponsor: Tex Fischer R
To amend sections 2923.11, 2923.111, 2923.122, and 2923.17 and to enact section 2923.50 of the Revised Code to enact the Second Amendment Protection Act to safeguard the right to keep and bear arms.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-09-15)
Sponsor: Phillip Robinson D
To amend sections 2929.28 and 5122.311 and to enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to enact the Universal Background Checks Act to require a firearm transfer to be made through a dealer, through a law enforcement agency, or pursuant to a specified exception, and to require a background check when a firearm is transferred.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-06-18)
Sponsor: Darnell Brewer D
To enact section 2923.251 of the Revised Code to require distribution of information on firearm storage.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-06-18)
Sponsor: Cecil Thomas D
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.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-06-18)
Sponsor: Darnell Brewer D
To establish the Ohio Task Force on Gun Violence.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-06-18)
Sponsor: Dani Isaacsohn D
To amend sections 109.69, 109.731, 311.41, 311.42, 311.43, 1547.69, 2921.13, 2923.11, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.124, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.127, 2923.128, 2923.129, 2923.1210, 2923.1211, 2923.1213, 2923.16, 2953.35, and 5502.411 and to repeal section 2923.111 of the Revised Code to repeal the changes made by S.B. 215 of the 134th General Assembly to the laws regarding a concealed handgun licensee's duty to carry the license and notify law enforcement if the licensee is carrying a concealed handgun and to rename concealed handgun licenses as basic competency licenses.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-06-11)
Sponsor: Cecil Thomas D
To amend section 2923.25 of the Revised Code to require that gun trigger locks be attached and provided with firearms sales by federally licensed firearms dealers.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-06-11)
Sponsor: Kellie Deeter R
To amend sections 1533.04, 2923.11, and 2923.17 of the Revised Code to remove firearm mufflers and suppressors from the classification of dangerous ordnance.
Last action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means (2025-06-11)
Sponsor: Kellie Deeter R
To amend sections 5739.02, 5739.03, and 5739.05 of the Revised Code to authorize a sales tax holiday for four months each year for the sale of firearm safety and storage devices.
Last action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means (2025-04-30)
Sponsor: Meredith Lawson-Rowe D
To amend sections 5747.08 and 5747.98 and to enact sections 5747.87 and 5747.88 of the Revised Code to authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the cost of handgun training and firearms storage and locking devices.
Last action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means (2025-02-26)
Sponsor: Darnell Brewer D
To amend sections 5739.01, 5739.02, 5739.03, and 5739.17 of the Revised Code to exempt from sales and use tax sales of firearm safety devices.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-02-12)
Sponsor: Adam Mathews R
To amend sections 2923.123 and 2923.14 of the Revised Code to allow a concealed handgun licensee to carry a handgun in a building or structure that is not a courthouse but in which a courtroom is located in specified circumstances and to permit a nonresident of Ohio to obtain statutory relief from firearms disability based on an Ohio conviction, guilty plea, or delinquent child adjudication.
Last action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means (2025-02-12)
Sponsor: Hearcel Craig D
To amend sections 5747.08 and 5747.98 and to enact sections 5747.87 and 5747.88 of the Revised Code to authorize a nonrefundable income tax credit for the cost of handgun training and firearms storage and locking devices.
Last action: Referred to committee: Judiciary (2025-02-12)
Sponsor: Paula Hicks-Hudson D
To amend section 2923.20 of the Revised Code to increase the penalty for failure to report a lost or stolen firearm.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-02-05)
Sponsor: Cecil Thomas D
To amend sections 109.57, 2923.125, 2923.128, 2923.1213, and 2923.13 and to enact sections 2923.26, 2923.27, 2923.28, 2923.29, 2923.30, and 2923.99 of the Revised Code to enact the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act to allow certain persons to obtain a court order that temporarily restricts a person's access to firearms under specified circumstances.
Last action: Referred to committee: Public Safety (2025-02-05)
Sponsor: Cecil Thomas D
To amend section 2923.11 and to enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to prohibit a federally licensed firearms dealer from transferring a firearm unless the transferee passes a background check.
Last action: Referred to committee: Ways and Means (2025-01-29)
Sponsor: Alessandro Cutrona R
To amend sections 107.036, 5739.02, 5747.98, and 5751.98 and to enact sections 122.1712, 5747.053, and 5751.56 of the Revised Code to exempt from the sales and use tax the sale of certain firearms and ammunition and to authorize refundable tax credits for small arms and ammunition manufacturing projects.
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