republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/hb-359.md

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Bill	Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids	To amend section 5502.522 of the Revised Code to clarify the statewide emergency alert system in cases of missing autistic or developmentally disabled children and to name the alert the Joshua Alert.	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	HB 359	Ohio HB 359 (136)	bill	Child Welfare Crimes Corrections and Law Enforcement Health and Human Services Juvenile Justice Juvenile and Family Law Law Enforcement Mental Health and Disabilities	enacted	Cecil Thomas Jennifer Gross	6	12	4	2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00	2026-09-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3c4ba776-f724-4a43-bec4-506396f7c6e4	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb359/	8013a85de1e963d3787790f628385b0c4f2ccfc5e857182a0666bb764cf34edc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-oh

Ohio HB 359 (136) — Regards emergency Joshua Alert system for certain missing kids

To amend section 5502.522 of the Revised Code to clarify the statewide emergency alert system in cases of missing autistic or developmentally disabled children and to name the alert the Joshua Alert.

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 Children and Human Services 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 — 6–0 (fail) · upper
• Passed — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported — 13–0 (fail) · lower
• Passed — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cecil Thomas — primary (person)
• Jennifer Gross — primary (person)
• Beth Lear — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Lorenz — cosponsor (person)
• C. Allison Russo — cosponsor (person)
• Crystal Lett — cosponsor (person)
• Eric Synenberg — cosponsor (person)
• Erika White — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Click — cosponsor (person)
• Ismail Mohamed — cosponsor (person)
• Jean Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
• Jodi Salvo — cosponsor (person)
• Johnathan Newman — cosponsor (person)
• Kellie Deeter — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Odioso — cosponsor (person)
• Sean P. Brennan — cosponsor (person)
• Sedrick Denson — cosponsor (person)
• Terrence Upchurch — cosponsor (person)
• Tex Fischer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2025-10-29T04:00:00+00:00 Reported - Amended
• 2025-11-12T05:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-11-18T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced introduction
• 2025-11-19T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee referral-committee
• 2026-04-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported
• 2026-06-03T04:00:00+00:00 Passed 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 became-law
• 2026-09-17T04:00:00+00:00 Effective 9/17/26 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c4ba776-f724-4a43-bec4-506396f7c6e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).