republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/hb-31.md

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Bill	Require electronic recordings of all parole board hearings	To amend sections 149.43 and 5149.10 and to enact section 5149.102 of the Revised Code to require electronic recordings to be made of all parole board hearings and to make electronic recordings of full parole board hearings public records.	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	HB 31	Ohio HB 31 (136)	bill	Crime and Punishment Crimes Corrections and Law Enforcement Postconviction Remedies Prisons and Jails Public Records Sentencing State and Local Government	enacted	Brian Stewart Latyna M. Humphrey	6	13	5	2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00	2026-09-07T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4b25a95d-4771-41ec-9b39-ce13f321f611	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb31/	23ac5866c5951e57662b8012398bab40246341e3c770ff9ef8e9b41ab8d29d48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio HB 31 (136) — Require electronic recordings of all parole board hearings

To amend sections 149.43 and 5149.10 and to enact section 5149.102 of the Revised Code to require electronic recordings to be made of all parole board hearings and to make electronic recordings of full parole board hearings public records.

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 Government Oversight Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concurred in Senate amendments — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported — 6–0 (fail) · upper
• Passed — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported — 12–0 (fail) · lower
• Passed — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Stewart — primary (person)
• Latyna M. Humphrey — primary (person)
• Beryl Piccolantonio — cosponsor (person)
• Bride Rose Sweeney — cosponsor (person)
• C. Allison Russo — cosponsor (person)
• Cecil Thomas — cosponsor (person)
• Christine Cockley — cosponsor (person)
• Dani Isaacsohn — cosponsor (person)
• Darnell T. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
• Desiree Tims — cosponsor (person)
• Dontavius L. Jarrells — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
• Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
• Jack K. Daniels — cosponsor (person)
• Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Josh Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Juanita O. Brent — cosponsor (person)
• Lauren McNally — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Sigrist — cosponsor (person)
• Phil Plummer — cosponsor (person)
• Sean P. Brennan — cosponsor (person)
• Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon A. Ray — cosponsor (person)
• Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
• Tex Fischer — cosponsor (person)
• Veronica R. Sims — cosponsor (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
• 2025-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 Reported
• 2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported - Substitute
• 2026-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2026-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Senate amendments amendment-passage
• 2026-06-02T04:00:00+00:00 Sent To The Governor passage
• 2026-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Signed By The Governor became-law
• 2026-09-07T04:00:00+00:00 Effective became-law
• 2026-09-07T04:00:00+00:00 Effective 9/7/26 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b25a95d-4771-41ec-9b39-ce13f321f611. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).