---
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).