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OH HB338

OH HB338
Enact Andy's Law

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Introduced
06/10/2025
In Committee
11/19/2025
Crossed Over
11/19/2025
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

136th General Assembly

Bill Summary

To amend sections 121.03, 2903.01, 2903.11, 2903.13, 2921.36, 2921.38, 2929.03, 2929.14, and 5120.01 and to enact sections 2941.1427, 5120.012, 5120.361, 5120.491, and 5120.85 of the Revised Code to enact Andy's Law to increase the penalty for assaulting or causing the death of specified victims at state or local correctional institutions and to make changes to department of rehabilitation and correction policies and procedures.

AI Summary

This bill enacts Andy's Law, which aims to increase penalties for assaults and homicides committed against employees, visitors, volunteers, and contractors at state correctional institutions, youth services facilities, and probation departments. The key provisions include: creating a mandatory seven-year prison term for assaults on correctional staff, requiring state correctional institutions to implement stricter security measures such as using police dogs to detect contraband, limiting visitation and worker entrance procedures, mandating that high-security institutions have no-contact visitation, eliminating higher education programs in high-security facilities, restricting tablet and vocational program access for inmates with serious disciplinary violations, establishing a sex offender registry within the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and providing health benefits to surviving spouses of correction officers killed in the line of duty. The bill also modifies existing laws related to sentencing, institutional management, and employee qualifications within correctional systems, with the overarching goal of enhancing safety for correctional staff and improving institutional security protocols.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (50)

Mark Johnson (R)*,  Phil Plummer (R)*,  Cindy Abrams (R),  Tim Barhorst (R),  Adam Bird (R),  Sean Brennan (D),  Thad Claggett (R),  Gary Click (R),  Rodney Creech (R),  Kellie Deeter (R),  Michael Dovilla (R),  Haraz Ghanbari (R),  Derrick Hall (D),  Thomas Hall (R),  Mark Hiner (R),  Adam Holmes (R),  Jim Hoops (R),  Marilyn John (R),  Angie King (R),  Matthew Kishman (R),  Roy Klopfenstein (R),  Jeff LaRe (R),  Brian Lorenz (R),  Gayle Manning (R),  Adam Mathews (R),  Ty Mathews (R),  Riordan McClain (R),  Kevin Miller (R),  Melanie Miller (R),  Johnathan Newman (R),  Mike Odioso (R),  Scott Oelslager (R),  Bob Peterson (R),  Tracy Richardson (R),  Monica Robb Blasdel (R),  Bill Roemer (R),  Jodi Salvo (R),  Nick Santucci (R),  Jean Schmidt (R),  Mark Sigrist (D),  Brian Stewart (R),  D.J. Swearingen (R),  Eric Synenberg (D),  Michelle Teska (R),  Cecil Thomas (D),  David Thomas (R),  Andrea White (R),  Josh Williams (R),  Heidi Workman (R),  Tom Young (R), 

Last Action

Referred to committee: Judiciary (on 02/11/2026)

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