republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/hb-144.md

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Bill	Enact Keith’s Law regarding the communication disability database	To amend sections 3304.23 and 5502.08 of the Revised Code to expand the communication disability database to include any person with a disability, to expand access to that database through countywide 9-1-1 systems, and to name this act "Keith's Law".	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	HB 144	Ohio HB 144 (136)	bill	Crimes Corrections and Law Enforcement Health and Human Services Law Enforcement Mental Health and Disabilities Public Safety	enacted	Brian Lorenz Gary Click	6	12	4	2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00	2026-01-19T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7e466b51-544c-452c-84fb-4205b0f041d4	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb144/	93204d2b188a7984940df710be5eaeccad03a76b83f07953245bff6e4a85141b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio HB 144 (136) — Enact Keith’s Law regarding the communication disability database

To amend sections 3304.23 and 5502.08 of the Revised Code to expand the communication disability database to include any person with a disability, to expand access to that database through countywide 9-1-1 systems, and to name this act "Keith's Law".

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. As Reported by the House Community Revitalization Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported — 13–0 (fail) · lower
• Reported — 6–0 (fail) · upper
• Passed — 89–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brian Lorenz — primary (person)
• Gary Click — primary (person)
• David Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
• Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Kellie Deeter — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Odioso — cosponsor (person)
• Tex Fischer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-03T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported
• 2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-05-28T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 Reported
• 2025-10-01T04:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-10-09T04:00:00+00:00 Sent To The Governor passage
• 2025-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Signed By The Governor became-law
• 2026-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Effective became-law
• 2026-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Effective 1/19/26 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e466b51-544c-452c-84fb-4205b0f041d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).