128th General Assembly (2009-2010)
On this page you will find information about acts signed into law during the 128th General Assembly, which ran from 2009-2010. All links to acts are PDF documents which will open in a new window. Some of the PDFs may be large, so please allow for time to download.
House Bills
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Bill No. | Description | Effective Date |
AM SUB HB 1 | Budget Bill Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 1 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 2 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 3 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 4 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 5 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 6 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 7 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 8 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 9 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 10 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 11 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 12 (PDF) | 7/17/09; some sections effectively immediately on 7/17/2009 as the sections are or relate to an appropriation for current expenses. Other sections subject to the referendum period are effective on 10/16/09. |
HB 2 | Appropriations Related to Transportation and Public Safety…………Emergency Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 7/1/09; Certain sections effective immediately per section 901.11 of the Act. |
AM SUB HB 5 | To Permit Individuals Elected or Appointed to State Office to Establish Transition Funds….and to Declare an Emergency Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | #ERROR! |
AM SUB HB 10 | To Allow a Juvenile Court to Issue a Protection Order Against a Child Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 6/17/10 |
AM SUB HB 15 | Create the Competitive Workers' Compensation Task Force Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Some sections effective immediately on 06/30/2009 [311] Sections subject to the referendum effective 09/29/2009 [313] or as otherwise provided in the Act. |
AM SUB HB 16 | To Make Certain Reductions in State Employee Benefits; Operating Appropriations... Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Some sections effective immediately on 06/30/2009 [809.10] Sections subject to the referendum effective 09/29/2009 [809.12] or as otherwise provided in the Act. |
SUB HB 19 | To Revise the Criminal Offenses that Disqualify School Bus Drivers for Employment. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 3/29/2010 |
AM SUB HB 27 | Create Special License Plates and to Designate Certain Memorial Highways and a Memorial Bridge. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 5/31/10 |
SUB HB 48 | Provide up to Two Weeks of Leave for Any Employee who is the Spouse, Parent, or a Person who has or had Legal Custody of a Member of the Uniformed Services Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 1 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 2 (PDF) | Section 7 Provides that Amendment Of Sections 5747.01 and 409.10 are Effective Immediately on 4/2/10. Other Sections of the Act are Effective on 7/2/10. |
SUB HB 50 | To Modify the Prohibition Against a Pilot Carrying Passengers Unless Pilot has a Specified Certification. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/8/10 |
HB 67 | To Permit Persons who are Sixteen to Donate Blood with Parental Consent Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 10/6/200 |
SUB HB 102 | Umbilical Cord Blood Donations. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 6/30/10 |
AM HB 150 | Designate August as "Ohio Military Family Month" and to Make Operating Appropriations for the Period Beginning July 15, 2009, and Ending July 21, 2009. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective Immediately, Appropriations Period Beginning 7/15/09, Ending 7/21/09. |
SUB HB 190 | To Allow Certain Dental Hygienists to Administer Local Anesthesia Based on Instruction Obtained while Licensed in Another State, and to Authorize the Director of Health to Establish a School-Based Fluoride Mouth Rinse Program. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 8/31/10 |
SUB HB 198 | To Revise the Law Governing the Medicaid Reimbursement for Nursing Facilities' Tax Costs and to Declare an Emergency... Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | "6/8/10; Emergency Effective Immediately" |
SUB HB 215 | To Modify the Laws Governing Investigations and Hearings Conducted by the State Dental Board... Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/13/10 |
AM SUB HB 238 | To Require the Court in Divorce or Legal Separation Proceedings Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/8/10 |
HB 245 | To Make Operating Appropriations for the Period Beginning July 8, 2009, and Ending July 14, 2009 Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective Immediately, Appropriations Period Beginning 7/8/09, Ending 7/14/09. |
AM SUB HB 290 | To Establish a Longitudinal Student Data System, to Extend the Deadline for Certain School Districts to Secure Voter Approval of Bonds and Tax Levies for the Districts' Shares of State-Assisted Classroom Facilities Projects, to Make Performance of the Harmon Commission's Duties Contingent on the Availability of Funding, and to Declare an Emergency. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective12/28/2010, Immediately, Emergency |
SUB HB 292 | To Prohibit Transfer Fee Covenants in Certain Real Estate Transactions… Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/13/10 |
SUB HB 300 | Changes to Law Governing the Licensure and Regulation of Insurance Agents…… Declare an Emergency Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Section 7 provides that sections 1753.33 and 3903.83 will take effect Jan. 1, 2012; Section 3 provides that Sections 1 and 2 (all the other RC sections in the Act) take effect 90 days after the effective date of the Act on 5/26/10. Sections 4,5,6,8,9,10, 11 will be effective immediately on 2/25/2010. |
SUB HB 313 | To Authorize a County with a Population Greater than 60,000 to Organize a County Land Reutilization Corporation Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 7/7/10 |
SUB HB 318 | To Postpone for Two Years the Last of Five Scheduled Income Tax Rate Reductions, Create the Construction Reform Demonstration Project, Provide Granting of a Delay Implementing All-Day Kindergarten, and to Make an Appropriation. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 03/23/10; Sections 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12 and certain other provisions effective 12/22/09. |
HB 330 | To Authorize the Director of Transportation to Include School Districts in Purchase Contracts for Machinery, Materials, Supplies and Other Articles. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 3/24/11 |
SUB HB 338 | All Issues Concerning a Person's Driver's License to be Litigated in a Single Court Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/17/10 |
SUB HB 363 | To Revise the Concentrated Animal Feeding Facilities Law, to Specify that Certain Provisions Amended by this Act do not Become Operative Until the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Approves the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Program.... and to Declare an Emergency Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 12/22/09 Emergency, Effective Immediately |
SUB HB 393 | Revise the Notice Required to be Provided by a Board of Township Trustees…. to Declare an Emergency Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | "6/18/10; Emergency Effective Immediately" |
AM SUB HB 398 | To Revise the Waiting List Provisions of the Passport, Pace, and Assisted Living Programs Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 8/31/10 |
SUB HB 414 | Ohio Livestock Care … Emergency Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 3/31/10; Emergency Act |
SUB HB 449 | To Make Changes to the Law Regarding the Ohio Veterans' Home Agency and the Department of Veterans Services… to Make an Appropriation. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | "9/17/10; Except that Sections 3, 4 and 5 are Effective Immediately" |
SUB HB 462 | To Make Capital Reappropriations for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2012, and Certain Capital Appropriations. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Pursuant to Section 111.70 of the Act, All Sections Take Effect on 7/1/10 |
SUB HB 495 | Postpone Operation of the Sunset Review Law Until July 1, 2011; and to Declare an Emergency. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 12/15/10 Immediately, Emergency |
AM SUB HB 519 | To Create the Ohio Casino Control Commission Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/10/10 |
Senate Bills
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Bill No. | Description | Effective Date |
AM SB 51 | Designate the Last Week of May as "Ohio Turfgrass Week." Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 3/24/11 |
SUB SB 58 | To Prohibit from Collecting any Bodily Substance of Another Person Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/17/10 |
SB 73 | Coal Mining with Regard to the Imposition of a Portion of the Severance Tax…...…Emergency Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 6/15/09 emergency effective immediately |
SUB SB 77 | Expansion of DNA Testing for Certain Convicted Felons Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 7/6/10 |
SUB SB 79 | To Change the Name of the Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 1 (PDF) Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office Part 2 (PDF) | Effective 10/6/09 |
SUB SB 85 | Authorize Certain Political Subdivisions to Contract for Engineering Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 6/30/10 |
AM SUB SB 89 | Prescriptive Authority of Out-of-State Advanced Practice Nurses Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 3/29/2010 |
SB 93 | Establish the War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, to Prescribe the Commission's Powers and Duties. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 3/18/10 |
SUB SB 106 | To Exclude from the Application of the Savings Statute Certain Estate and Trust Proceedings. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 3/24/2010 |
AM SUB SB 110 | To Revise the Household Sewage and Small Flow On-Site Sewage Treatment Systems Law Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/17/10 |
AM SUB SB 124 | To Authorize the Governor to Execute a Release of Reversionary Interest in Certain Real Estate Located in Auglaize County, and to Declare an Emergency. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective12/28/09 Immediately, Emergency |
SUB SB 131 | Establish a Program that Ensures that Supplies Composed of Biobased Products are Purchased by the Dept of Administrative Services, Other State Agencies, State Institutions of Higher Education, and to Extend the Income Tax Credit for Retail Sales of Alternative Fuel for Two Additional Years. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 5/31/10 |
SUB SB 147 | Right of Disposal to the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Regarding Unclaimed Cremated Remains of Persons who are Entitled to be Buried in a National Cemetery. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 7/2/10 |
SUB SB 155 | General Assembly to Require that the Costs of all Bienniel Audits of State Agencies be Charged to the State Agency being Audited .... Emergency Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 3/31/10; Emergency Act |
SUB SB 162 | To Create the Select Committee on Telecommunications Regulatory Reform. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/13/10 |
SUB SB 165 | Revise the Oil and Gas Law Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 6/30/10 |
AM SUB SB 181 | To Provide Immunity from Liability for Eligible Landowners… Make Appropriations Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Section 1 and 2 Effective 9/13/10. Sections 3 and 4 Effective 6/13/10. Sections 5 and 6 Effective 9/13/10. Section 7 Effective 6/13/10. Section 8 Effective 9/13/10. Section 9 Effective 6/13/10. Section 10 Effective 9/13/10. Sections 11,12,13,14, and 15 Effective 6/13/10. Section 16 Effective 9/13/10. Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 Effective 6/13/10. |
AM SB 183 | To Eliminate a Grandfather Exemption from the Requirements of the Architects Law Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/10/10 |
AM SUB SB 187 | To Establish the Ohio Planned Community Law. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/10/10 |
AM SUB SB 194 | Transmit an Income Tax Refund Directly to the Taxpayer's Checking, Savings, or Individual Retirement Account Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 8/19/10 |
SUB SB 204 | To the Termination of Franchises and Prohibited Acts Under the Motor Vehical Dealers Law. Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/10/10 |
SUB SB 210 | To Establish Nutritional Standards for Certain Foods and Beverages in School Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/17/10 |
AM SUB SB 232 | To Exempt Qualifying Energy Facilities from Property Taxation Upon County Approval… to Declare an Emergency… Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 6/17/2010; Emergency, Effective Immediately |
SUB SB 235 | Offenses of Trafficking in Persons and Unlawful Conduct... Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 3/24/11 |
AM SB 270 | To Authorize a Joint Recreation District Operating on the Site of the United States Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee... Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | Effective 9/13/10 |
Joint Resolutions
No. | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
SUB SJR #1 | Compensation to veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq conflicts Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 3/11/2009 |
AM SUB SJR #6 | Create the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 7/16/2009 |
AM SJR #8 | Change the authorized location of the casino in central Ohio from Columbus to a designated site in Franklin County Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 2/3/2010 |
AM SUB HJR #12 | Issuance of additional general obligation bonds to fund research and development Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 2/3/2010 |
SJR #12 | Honoring the recipients of the Ohio Military Medal of Distinction and their families Legislation as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State's Office (PDF) | 11/10/2010 |