---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise licensing rules for military personnel concealed carry"
description: "Revise licensing rules for military personnel concealed carry"
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "132"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Ohio SB 81 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Firearms", "Military and Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lou Terhar"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 10
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2018-11-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8055b05-f494-4444-82ff-8a6c7915b686"
source_url: "http://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb81/"
source_hash: "9be09b7f438465b70e983acb3b1ff54747ba97e3c86a4f5a4fa6f708543594d4"
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 SB 81 (132) — Revise licensing rules for military personnel concealed carry

## 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/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb81/IN/00?format=pdf)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb81/PH/04?format=pdf)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb81/PS/02?format=pdf)
4. **As Reported by the House Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb81/RH/03?format=pdf)
5. **As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb81/RS/01?format=pdf)
6. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/solarapi/v1/general_assembly_132/bills/sb81/EN/05?format=pdf)

## Votes

- pass_300 — **84–7** (pass) · lower
- crpt_301 — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- pass_300 — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- crpt_301 — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lou Terhar — primary (person)
- Adam Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Al Landis — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Brenner — cosponsor (person)
- Bernadine Kent — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Beagle — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Coley — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Seitz — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Hackett — cosponsor (person)
- Candice Keller — cosponsor (person)
- Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Christina Hagan — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Riedel — cosponsor (person)
- Darrell Kick — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Burke — cosponsor (person)
- Derek Merrin — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Green — cosponsor (person)
- Edna Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Frank Hoagland — cosponsor (person)
- Frank LaRose — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Gayle Manning — cosponsor (person)
- George Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Holmes — cosponsor (person)
- Hearcel Craig — cosponsor (person)
- James Hoops — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Hottinger — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Rezabek — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Uecker — cosponsor (person)
- John Becker — cosponsor (person)
- John Eklund — cosponsor (person)
- John Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Faber — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- Kris Jordan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristina Roegner — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Obhof — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Lanese — cosponsor (person)
- Louis Blessing — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Romanchuk — cosponsor (person)
- Marlene Anielski — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Dolan — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Henne — cosponsor (person)
- Michael O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Nicholas Celebrezze — cosponsor (person)
- Peggy Lehner — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Carfagna — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Perales — cosponsor (person)
- Riordan McClain — cosponsor (person)
- Robert McColley — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Sprague — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Young — cosponsor (person)
- Sandra Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Oelslager — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wiggam — cosponsor (person)
- Sean O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Wilkin — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hambley — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Terry Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Theresa Gavarone — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Ginter — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Schaffer — cosponsor (person)
- Troy Balderson — cosponsor (person)
- Vernon Sykes — cosponsor (person)
- Wes Retherford — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-12-06** Reported
- **2018-01-17** Passed `passage`
- **2018-01-18** Introduced `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Refer to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Reported
- **2018-06-28** Passed `passage`
- **2018-06-28** Senate Bill - No amendment
- **2018-11-05T05:00:00+00:00** Effective `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8055b05-f494-4444-82ff-8a6c7915b686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).