republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/hb-44.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	HB 44	Ohio HB 44 (136)	bill	Crimes Corrections and Law Enforcement Employment Law Enforcement Local Government Public Safety State and Local Government	enacted	Joseph A. Miller, III Kevin D. Miller	6	12	4	2025-02-03T05:00:00+00:00	2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a803343a-de0d-4b0d-bdaf-65b27a17c639	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb44/	bf5444939ed0c1d537633e93795ef472739e07119155184280a95757db720381	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. As Reported by the House Public Safety 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 — 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; origin ocd-bill/a803343a-de0d-4b0d-bdaf-65b27a17c639. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).