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HB9

FARM MACHINERY (CARMICHAEL, J) Require farm machinery that is designed by manufacturer to operate at a speed greater than 25 miles per hour to display a speed identification symbol and a slow-moving vehicle emblem.

Current Status:

7/19/2007 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Eff. 10/18/07

HB10

JUROR COMPENSATION (WOLPERT, L) Provide that a board of county commissioners may fix the compensation of jurors in the court.

Current Status:

4/19/2007 - House Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

HB10

JUROR COMPENSATION (WOLPERT, L) Provide that a board of county commissioners may fix the compensation of jurors in the court.

Current Status:

4/19/2007 - House Judiciary, (Second Hearing)

HB21

DRIVER SAFETY (FESSLER, D) To require a driver to pull over or slow down upon approaching a stationary road service vehicle that is displaying flashing, oscillating, or rotating amber lights while servicing a disabled vehicle.

Current Status:

4/16/2008 - House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, (Fourth Hearing)

HB33

RAILROAD SAFETY (WOLPERT, L) To revise state and local authority regarding the safety of railroad crossings and railroad tracks, bridges, and other structures.

Current Status:

5/15/2007 - PASSED BY HOUSE

HB41

SECURITY SYSTEMS (UECKER, J) Require licensure of persons operating security systems companies.

Current Status:

4/30/2008 - Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor, (Second Hearing)

HB89

CHARITABLE DONATIONS (COLEY, W) Provide qualified immunity from civil liability for those donating consumer goods to charity.

Current Status:

7/19/2007 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Eff. 10/18/07

HB102

SPEED LIMITS (UECKER, J) Establish procedures for board of township trustees to alter speed limits.

Current Status:

5/7/2008 - House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, (Third Hearing)

HB122

MEDICAL RECORDS (UJVAGI, P) Authorized person obtain one copy of patient's medical record without charge.

Current Status:

4/18/2007 - House Health, (First Hearing)

HB150

RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT RESTROOMS (MCGREGOR, J) Retail establishments allow customers with eligible medical conditions to use non-public restrooms.

Current Status:

6/12/2008 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

HB154

MAYOR'S COURTS (WOLPERT, L) To abolish mayor's courts and to create community courts and to modify the compensation of certain municipal court judges.

Current Status:

4/17/2008 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED

HB173

JUDGES (SEITZ, B) To increase compensation for justices and judges and to change qualifications for all judges.

Current Status:

6/10/2008 - Informally Passed

HB182

FITNESS FACILITY DEFIBRILLATOR (SETZER, A) Require a physical fitness facility to place an automated external defibrillator within the facility and to ensure its proper maintenance and testing, and to ensure a trained employee's presence at the facility during appropriate hours.

Current Status:

5/9/2007 - SUBSTITUTE BILL ACCEPTED

HB187

TOWING COMPANY REGULATIONS (REINHARD, S) To require the Public Utilities Commission to regulate towing companies.

Current Status:

5/23/2007 - House Public Utilities, (First Hearing)

HB207

TRAFFIC VIOLATION PENALTIES (PETERSON, J) Provide for increased penalties for violation of assured clear distance and failure to yield the right-of-way provisions.

Current Status:

5/17/2007 - House Criminal Justice, (First Hearing)

HB248

CIVIL LITIGATION (BLESSING, L) Set forth requirements governing non-recourse civil litigation advance contracts.

Current Status:

5/28/2008 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days

HB255

PROBATE/GUARDIANSHIP REQUIREMENTS (LATTA, R) Regarding probate and guardianship requirements.

Current Status:

6/25/2007 - 6/25/2007 - House Judiciary, (Third Hearing)

HB257

HOME INSPECTORS (SCHNEIDER, M) Require certification of home inspectors and regulate certification and performance of home inspectors.

Current Status:

5/28/2008 - Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

HB258

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROOF (STEBELTON, G) To increase the minimum amounts required for valid proof of financial responsibility.

Current Status:

1/23/2008 - House Insurance, (Fourth Hearing)

HB264

SELF-DEFENSE (WACHTMANN, L) Provide a criminal defendant who properly establishes the affirmative defense of self-defense or defense of another with immunity from civil liability for damages related to the acts of self defense or defense of another.

Current Status:

5/8/2008 - House Criminal Justice, (Fifth Hearing)

HB330

JURY LIST (HEALY, II, W) Require annual jury list be made up from the list of qualified driver licensees and holders of identification cards issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.

Current Status:

10/3/2007 - Referred to State Government and Elections Committee

HB339

VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS (UJVAGI, P) Require the headlights of a vehicle to be lighted when the windshield wipers are in use.

Current Status:

10/31/2007 - House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, (First Hearing)

HB355

MEDICAID FRAUD (HUGHES, J) Provide for recovery of damages and civil penalties for defrauding the state of money, property, or services in relation to the Medicaid Program.

Current Status:

4/16/2008 - House Civil and Commercial Law, (Ninth Hearing)

HB366

PIT BULL DOGS (WEBSTER, S) Remove pit bulls from the definition of "vicious dog" in state law and to authorize the adoption of local ordinances or resolutions that define "dangerous dog" and "vicious dog" more broadly than state law defines those terms.

Current Status:

1/30/2008 - House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, (Third Hearing)

HB387

PROTECTIVE BICYCLE HELMETS (SKINDELL, M) Require bicycle operators and passengers under 18 to wear protective helmets when the bicycle is operated on a roadway and to establish the Bicycle Safety Fund to be used to assist low-income families in purchase of helmets.

Current Status:

1/9/2008 - House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, (First Hearing)

HB390

BICYCLE OPERATION (SETZER, A) To revise certain laws as they relate to bicycle operation.

Current Status:

5/7/2008 - House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, (Third Hearing)

HB425

TEXT MESSAGING/DRIVING (FESSLER, D) Prohibit driving a vehicle while text messaging or typing on a mobile communication device and to establish the violation as a secondary traffic offense.

Current Status:

1/16/2008 - House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs, (First Hearing)

HB426

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS (DEBOSE, M) Require persons employed as school bus or motor van drivers to maintain control of the pupils on that bus or van, and to provide an exception to political subdivision sovereign immunity if injury, death or loss to person or property results.

Current Status:

1/9/2008 - Referred to State Government and Elections Committee

HB437

OHIO HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR LAW (SCHINDEL, C) Establish the Ohio Home Improvement Contractor Law, to deem that specified violations of the law constitute a violation of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, and to provide civil remedies for owners who are damaged by a contractor who violates the law

Current Status:

5/21/2008 - House Civil and Commercial Law, (Fifth Hearing)

HB481

UNINSURED MOTORISTS (BLESSING, L) Regarding underinsured and uninsured motorists.

Current Status:

3/5/2008 - Referred to Insurance Committee

HB502

SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION (STEWART, D) Prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Current Status:

3/31/2008 - Referred to State Government and Elections Committee

HB533

UNWANTED FACSIMILE ADVERTISEMENTS (YUKO, K) Abolish criminal penalty for sending unwanted facsimile advertisement to business and establish that person may recover one thousand dollars in a civil action for such a violation.

Current Status:

4/15/2008 - Referred to Civil and Commercial Law Committee

HB536

HEALTHY FAMILIES ACT (HUSTED, J) Enact the Healthy Families Act.

Current Status:

5/28/2008 - House Commerce and Labor, (Second Hearing)

HB537

RETIRED JUDGES (OELSLAGER, S) Permit a civil action referred to a retired judge for consideration and adjudication to be tried and determined by a jury presided over by the retired judge.

Current Status:

5/28/2008 - REPORTED OUT AS AMENDED

HB547

SNOW REMOVAL-DISABLED PARKING (FENDE, L) To require the removal of snow or ice from special parking locations designated for persons with disabilities within 24 hours after the weather condition causing the snow or ice ceases.

Current Status:

5/6/2008 - Referred to Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs Committee

HB555

WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS (ZEHRINGER, J) Prohibit employee from receiving workers' compensation benefits in this state if employee has received a decision on the merits of claim filed in another state for the same injury.

Current Status:

5/20/2008 - Referred to Commerce and Labor Committee

HB568

PIT BULL DOGS SEIZURE (YATES, T) To prohibit the owning, keeping, or harboring of pit bull dogs beginning ninety days after the effective date of the act and to require specified officers to seize all pit bull dogs after that date.

Current Status:

5/20/2008 - Referred to State Government and Elections Committee

HB569

AUTOMOTIVE SOUND SYSTEM (YATES, T) To prohibit generally the operation of a sound device or system of devices in or on a motor vehicle if the sound is clearly audible to a person who possesses normal hearing at a distance greater than 75 feet from any part of the motor vehicle.

Current Status:

5/20/2008 - Referred to Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs Committee

HB578

TESTIMONIAL PRIVILEGE (BATCHELDER, W) To create an accountant-client testimonial privilege.

Current Status:

6/10/2008 - Referred to Financial Institutions, Real Estate and Securities Committee

HB584

OIL/GAS WELL SAFETY (SCHINDEL, C) Applicable board of municipal corporation where existing/proposed oil or gas well is or is to be to submit written comments specifically describing safety issues.

Current Status:

6/10/2008 - Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

HB585

UNSAFE CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS (BOLON, L) Prohibit sale of unsafe children's products and require commercial dealers/retailers to take specific actions in respect to those products they have sold or are selling.

Current Status:

6/10/2008 - Referred to Civil and Commercial Law Committee

HB586

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FINES (GIBBS, B) Require proceeds of fines paid by certain political subdivisions under environmental laws to be expended in the county that incurred the fine.

Current Status:

6/10/2008 - Referred to Economic Development and Environment Committee

SB6

CONSUMER'S CREDIT REPORT (NIEHAUS, T) To allow a consumer to place a security freeze on the consumer's credit report.

Current Status:

10/30/2007 - Referred to Committee House Financial Institutions, Real Estate and Securities

SB48

SPEED LIMITS (SCHAFFER, T) Establish procedures for township trustees to alter prima-facie speed limits.

Current Status:

4/24/2007 - Senate Highways and Transportation, (First Hearing)

SB59

MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE (COUGHLIN, K) Establish pilot program mandating arbitration for claims of medical negligence.

Current Status:

11/14/2007 - Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor, (Fourth Hearing)

SB69

DISCRIMINATION (MILLER, R) Increase the civil penalties imposed on employers that discriminate in payment of wages on basisof race.

Current Status:

5/20/2008 - Senate Judiciary - Civil Justice, (First Hearing)

SB123

VEHICLE LIGHTS (MILLER, D) Require vehicles display lighted lights within construction zones during hours of work.

Current Status:

5/1/2007 - Senate Highways and Transportation, (First Hearing)

SB152

BICYCLE OPERATORS (ROBERTS, T) Require bicycle operators and passengers under 18 to wear protective helmets when bicycle is operated on a roadway and to establish the Bicycle Safety Fund to assist low-income families in the purchase of bicycle helmets.

Current Status:

6/26/2007 - 6/26/2007 - Senate Highways and Transportation, (First Hearing)

SB153

ACCIDENT MINIMUM FINANCIAL LIMITS (SCHULER, R) Increase the minimum financial limits for bodily injury for one person injured in an accident, for all bodily injuries in one accident, and for the property damage maximum in one accident.

Current Status:

10/31/2007 - Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor, (First Hearing)

SB154

NONPUBLIC RESTROOMS (CATES, G) Require certain establishments to allow customers with eligible medical conditions to use the retail establishment's restrooms that are not usually available to the public.

Current Status:

5/16/2007 - Senate Health, Human Services and Aging, (Third Hearing)

SB155

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY COURT (FABER, K) Create a Domestic Relations-Juvenile-Probate Division of the Champaign County Court of Common Pleas.

Current Status:

12/21/2007 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 12/21/07

SB158

TRAFFIC VIOLATION PENALTIES (PADGETT, J) Increase penalties when a person violates the assured clear distance ahead or failure to yield the right-of-way offenses that result in serious physical harm or death to another person.

Current Status:

5/29/2008 - BILL AMENDED

SB184

SELF-DEFENSE (BUEHRER, S) Provide a criminal defendant who properly establishes the affirmative defense of self-defense or defense of another with immunity from civil liability for damages related to the acts of self-defense or defense of another.

Current Status:

6/10/2008 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days

SB222

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY SAFETY (CATES, G) Add representative from the Ohio Campus Law Enforcement Association to the Peace Officer Training Commission, develop recommendations for training peace officers in higher education settings.

Current Status:

5/28/2008 - House Criminal Justice, (First Hearing)

SB252

COMMUNITY COURTS (COUGHLIN, K) Abolish mayor's courts and create community courts, to convert three part-time municipal court judgeships into full-time judgeships, and to modify the compensation of municipal court judges in territories having a population of more than 50,000.

Current Status:

1/23/2008 - Senate Judiciary - Civil Justice, (First Hearing)

SB275

OHIO HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR LAW (SPADA, R) Establish the Ohio Home Improvement Contractor Law, to deem that specified violations of the law constitute a violation of the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, and to provide civil remedies for owners who are damaged by a contractor who violates the law

Current Status:

6/10/2008 - PASSED BY SENATE

SB296

UNWANTED FACSIMILE ADVERTISEMENT STATUTE (MILLER, D) Require court award attorney fees to a successful plaintiff in an action against a person for violating the unwanted facsimile advertisement statute.

Current Status:

4/1/2008 - Senate Judiciary - Civil Justice, (First Hearing)

SB305

SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION (MILLER, D) To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Current Status:

5/13/2008 - Senate Judiciary - Civil Justice, (Second Hearing)

SB309

PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION (SEITZ, B) Require statutes enacted that create a private right of action contain express language providing for that right.

Current Status:

5/21/2008 - Referred to Judiciary Committee

SB323

COAL MINE SAFETY (NIEHAUS, T) Revise certain coal mine safety requirements, to create the Mine Safety Fund, allow Administrator of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation to transfer portion of earnings of Coal-Workers Pneumoconiosis Fund.

Current Status:

6/11/2008 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; Effective Immediately

SB334

WORKERS' COMPENSATION (FABER, K) Prohibit employee receiving workers' compensation in Ohio if they have received a decision on claim filed in another state for the same injury. to make other changes in the Workers' Compensation Law regarding interstate claims.

Current Status:

6/11/2008 - SIGNED BY GOVERNOR; eff. 90 days