2023-2024 Regular SessionOhio Legislature

SB32: Grant immunity for self or other-defense in certain circumstances

Legislative Summary

To amend sections 121.22, 122.66, 122.70, 1901.31, 2303.12, 2303.26, 2329.01, 2329.44, 2923.126, 3314.03, 3326.11, 3328.24, 4707.101, and 5721.20 and to enact sections 2307.221 and 3319.48 of the Revised Code to generally grant civil immunity for certain injuries to a person who acts in self-defense or defense of another during the commission, or imminent commission, of an offense of violence to protect the members or guests of a nonprofit corporation under certain circumstances; to modify the laws governing community action agencies; to modify the law regarding the storage, maintenance, and retrieval of all papers delivered to the clerk of courts; to revise the law relating to the notice of excess funds in real property foreclosure sales; to exempt certain licensed auctioneers from continuing education requirements; and to enact the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act prohibiting discrimination by a public school against an individual based on hair texture and protective hair styles.

Bill History

1/26/2023
Introduced
Senate
2/8/2023
Referred to committee: Judiciary
Senate
11/13/2024
Reported - Substitute: Judiciary
Senate
11/13/2024
Passed
Senate
11/18/2024
Introduced
House of Representatives
11/19/2024
Referred to committee: Civil Justice
House of Representatives
12/18/2024
Reported - Substitute: Civil Justice
House of Representatives
12/18/2024
Informally passed
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

House Favorable Passage
12/18/2024
14
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Favorable Passage
11/13/2024
7
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate Passed
11/13/2024
30
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED