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HB23Introduced in the House

Create the escaped convict alert program

Passed

Introduced by Bill Roemer, District 31

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

To amend section 4973.17 and to enact section 5502.54 of the Revised Code to create the escaped convict alert program and to allow a prior parent company of a bank to apply to the Secretary of State for the appointment and commission of banking police officers.

Where it stands

Effective

March 2, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Passed · November 5, 2025

92

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

92 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Latyna Humphrey2Yes
Ismail Mohamed3Yes
Beryl Brown Piccolantonio4Yes
Meredith Lawson-Rowe5Yes
Christine Cockley6Yes
Michael Dovilla7Yes
Allison Russo7Yes
Anita Somani8Yes
Munira Abdullahi9Yes
Crystal Lett11Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced

  2. Referred to committee: Public Safety

  3. Reported - Substitute: Public Safety

  4. Passed

  5. Introduced

  6. Referred to committee: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety

  7. Reported - Substitute: Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety

  8. Passed

  9. Concurred in Senate amendments

  10. Sent To The Governor

  11. Signed By The Governor

  12. Effective

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