---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enact the Keep Them Safe Act"
description: "To enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to enact the Keep Them Safe Act to provide guidelines and civil immunity for the voluntary storage of firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/oh"
legislature: "Ohio General Assembly"
session: "136"
identifier: "SB 273"
citation: "Ohio SB 273 (136)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Corrections", "and Law Enforcement", "Firearms", "Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kyle Koehler"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-09-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-09-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78dcfcb1-8595-49bf-96bd-a6643193cd41"
source_url: "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb273/"
source_hash: "de93526148f46f1ce2487a73116c6adb7d4ad4b3e22c637014d61a264dc6a26c"
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 273 (136) — Enact the Keep Them Safe Act

To enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to enact the Keep Them Safe Act to provide guidelines and civil immunity for the voluntary storage of firearms.

## 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/sb273/00_IN/pdf/)
2. **As Passed by the House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb273/06_PH/pdf/)
3. **As Passed by the Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb273/02_PS/pdf/)
4. **As Re-Referred by the House Rules and Reference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb273/04_RCH/pdf/)
5. **As Reported by the House Finance Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb273/05_RH/pdf/)
6. **As Reported by the House Public Safety Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb273/03_RH/pdf/)
7. **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/sb273/01_RS/pdf/)
8. **As Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb273/07_EN/pdf/)

## Votes

- Reported — **5–0** (fail) · upper
- Concurred in House amendments — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported — **31–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported — **11–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported — **13–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kyle Koehler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute
- **2025-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported - Substitute - Re-referred to Rules and Reference
- **2026-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported - Re-referred to Finance
- **2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported - Amended
- **2026-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2026-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Concurred in House amendments `amendment-passage`
- **2026-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Sent To The Governor `passage`
- **2026-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Signed By The Governor `became-law`
- **2026-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective Appropriations effective June 18, 2026 `became-law`
- **2026-09-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective 9/17/26 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78dcfcb1-8595-49bf-96bd-a6643193cd41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).