republic-os/legislation/us/states/oh/136/sb-273.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/oh	Ohio General Assembly	136	SB 273	Ohio SB 273 (136)	bill	Crimes Corrections and Law Enforcement Firearms Law Enforcement	enacted	Kyle Koehler	8	15	7	2025-09-24T04:00:00+00:00	2026-09-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/78dcfcb1-8595-49bf-96bd-a6643193cd41	https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/sb273/	de93526148f46f1ce2487a73116c6adb7d4ad4b3e22c637014d61a264dc6a26c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. As Re-Referred by the House Rules and Reference Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. As Reported by the House Finance Committee (committee substitute) — source
6. As Reported by the House Public Safety Committee (committee substitute) — source
7. As Reported by the Senate Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee (committee substitute) — source
8. As Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/78dcfcb1-8595-49bf-96bd-a6643193cd41. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Ohio legislature records).