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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Regards law enforcement training and competitive examinations"
+description: "To amend sections 124.11 and 124.30 and to enact section 737.061 of the Revised Code regarding training schools for prospective law enforcement officers and filling a vacant police department position without a competitive examination."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
+legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
+session: "136"
+identifier: "HB 44"
+citation: "Ohio HB 44 (136)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Employment", "Law Enforcement", "Local Government", "Public Safety", "State and Local Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joseph A. Miller, III", "Kevin D. Miller"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a803343a-de0d-4b0d-bdaf-65b27a17c639"
+source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb44/"
+source_hash: "bf5444939ed0c1d537633e93795ef472739e07119155184280a95757db720381"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-oh"]
+---
+
+# Ohio HB 44 (136) — Regards law enforcement training and competitive examinations
+
+To amend sections 124.11 and 124.30 and to enact section 737.061 of the Revised Code regarding training schools for prospective law enforcement officers and filling a vacant police department position without a competitive examination.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb44/00_IN/pdf/)
+2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb44/02_PH/pdf/)
+3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb44/04_PS/pdf/)
+4. **As Reported by the House Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb44/01_RH/pdf/)
+5. **As Reported by the Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb44/03_RS/pdf/)
+6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb44/05_EN/pdf/)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported — **6–0** (fail) · upper
+- Passed — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported — **11–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joseph A. Miller, III — primary (person)
+- Kevin D. Miller — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute
+- **2025-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported
+- **2025-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
+- **2025-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
+- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`
+- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Effective 2/4/26 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a803343a-de0d-4b0d-bdaf-65b27a17c639`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).
+