2021 Regular Session (Ohio Session Laws)

AN ACT To enact sections 4933.40, 4933.41, and 4933.42 of the Revised Code to prevent local governments from limiting use of natural gas and propane

AN ACT To amend sections 149.43, 4123.88, and 5913.01 of the Revised Code to include emergency service telecommunicators, protective services workers, certain Ohio National Guard members, and certain mental health care providers as individuals whose residential and familial information is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Law, and to make changes to the Workers' Compensation Law...

AN ACT To amend sections 1333.11, 1333.12, 1333.14, and 1333.15 and to enact section 1333.13 of the Revised Code regarding cigarette minimum pricing

AN ACT To amend sections 2305.03, 2305.06, 2305.07, and 2305.11 and to enact section 2305.117 of the Revised Code to shorten the period of limitations for actions upon a contract; to make changes to the borrowing statute pertaining to applicable periods of limitations; and to establish a statute of repose for a legal malpractice action

AN ACT To provide assistance to schools and other entities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to make an appropriation

AN ACT To amend sections 3721.28, 3721.31, and 3721.32 and to enact sections 4731.11, 4731.111, and 4731.112 of the Revised Code to enter into the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, to revise the law governing nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs, and to make an appropriation

AN ACT To enact sections 4753.17 and 4753.171 of the Revised Code to enter into the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact

AN ACT To amend section 4755.48 and to enact sections 4755.57 and 4755.571 of the Revised Code to enter into the Physical Therapy Licensure Compact

AN ACT To amend sections 3301.0710, 3301.0712, 3301.0714, 3301.0715, 3301.52, 3302.01, 3302.02, 3302.021, 3302.03, 3302.035, 3302.04, 3302.05, 3302.10, 3302.12, 3302.13, 3302.151, 3311.741, 3313.413, 3313.618, 3313.6113, 3313.6114, 3314.012, 3314.02, 3314.03, 3314.034, 3314.05, 3314.35, 3326.11, and 3328.24 and to enact sections 3302.037, 3302.038, and 3302.039 of the Revised Code...

AN ACT To enact section 2925.62 of the Revised Code to prohibit sales of dextromethorphan without a prescription to persons under age 18

AN ACT To amend section 4765.401 of the Revised Code regarding emergency medical services and stroke patient protocols

AN ACT To amend sections 106.022, 111.15, 119.03, 2743.03, 3701.13, 3701.14, 3707.01, 3707.26, 3715.74, and 4935.03 and to enact sections 101.36, 103.65, 103.651, 107.42, 107.43, 3707.11, 3707.54, 3709.212, and 3709.50 of the Revised Code to establish legislative oversight of certain orders and rules issued by the executive branch, including by establishing the Ohio Health...

AN ACT To amend sections 4758.20, 4758.42, and 4758.61 of the Revised Code to modify the requirements that may be met for licensure as a chemical dependency counselor II and to modify the professionals who may supervise certain individuals providing prevention services, and to amend the version of section 4758.20 of the Revised Code that is scheduled to take effect October 9, 2021,

AN ACT To amend sections 339.10 and 513.172 of the Revised Code to specify that a nonprofit formed or acquired by a county hospital or joint township district hospital is a separate entity from the hospital

AN ACT To make appropriations for the Industrial Commission for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, and to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of Commission programs

AN ACT To amend sections 4121.43, 4123.57, 4123.58, 4123.85, 4123.88, 4133.03, 4133.07, and 4133.08 of the Revised Code to make appropriations for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2023, to provide authorization and conditions for the operation of the Bureau's programs, and to make changes to the Workers' Compensation...

AN ACT To provide grants to businesses, local fairs, child care providers, and veterans homes, to provide funds to support various programs, and to make an appropriation

AN ACT To enact section 5.2317 of the Revised Code to designate January as "Radon Awareness Month" and to name this act the Annie Cacciato Act

AN ACT To amend sections 3501.01, 3505.03, 3505.04, and 3513.257 of the Revised Code to require certain judicial candidates to appear on the ballot with a party designation

AN ACT To enact sections 4703.20, 4703.201, 4703.202, 4703.203, 4703.204, 4703.205, 4703.206, 4703.54, 4703.541, 4703.542, 4703.543, 4703.544, 4703.545, 4703.546, 4733.30, 4733.301, 4733.302, 4733.303, 4733.304, 4733.305, and 4733.306 of the Revised Code to establish a payment assurance program for registered design professionals

AN ACT To amend section 307.04 of the Revised Code to exempt county utility supply contracts entered into under a joint purchasing program from the 10-year maximum period for such contracts and to declare an emergency

AN ACT To enact section 5534.501 of the Revised Code to designate a bridge along State Route 164 in Mahoning County as the "Don Manning Memorial Bridge"

AN ACT To amend section 5.2269 of the Revised Code to designate August 31 as "Ohio Overdose Awareness Day."

AN ACT To amend sections 3743.01, 3743.04, 3743.08, 3743.17, 3743.21, 3743.25, 3743.44, 3743.45, 3743.57, 3743.59, 3743.60, 3743.61, 3743.63, 3743.65, 3743.75, 3743.80, 3743.99, and 5703.21 and to enact sections 3743.021, 3743.041, 3743.151, 3743.171, 3743.22, 3743.26, 3743.27, 3743.28, 3743.29, 3743.451, 3743.46, 3743.47, and 3743.67 of the Revised Code to revise the Fireworks Law

AN ACT To enact section 5.2522 of the Revised Code to designate the second week of November as "Ohio Diabetes Awareness-Heart Connection Week"

AN ACT To amend sections 3706.40, 3706.41, 3706.43, 3706.45, 3706.46, 3706.49, 3706.55, 3706.59, 4928.143, 4928.642, and 4928.645; to enact sections 3706.491, 3706.551, and 4906.105; and to repeal sections 3706.53, 3706.61, 4928.471, and 5727.231 of the Revised Code to make changes regarding electric utility service law, to repeal certain provisions of, and limit to solar resources

AN ACT To amend sections 9.79, 109.572, 4723.34, 5123.169, 5123.1611, and 5123.452 and to enact sections 4723.11, 4723.111, 4723.112, 4723.113, 4723.114, 4723.115, and 4723.116 of the Revised Code to enter into the Nurse Licensure Compact and to revise the law governing occupational license restrictions for individuals convicted of criminal offenses

AN ACT To remit funds from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund to repay unemployment advances, to provide funds to support improvements at pediatric behavioral health care facilities, to require the Development Services Agency to establish the Water and Sewer Quality Program, and to make appropriations

AN ACT To enact section 5.246 of the Revised Code to designate March 29 as "Ohio Tuskegee Airmen Day"

AN ACT To enact sections 4755.062, 4755.14, and 4755.141 of the Revised Code to enter into the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact