Ohio Firearms Law Reform Passes Big Hurdle!

Today, the Ohio House voted 73-23 to approve the improved version of Senate Bill 184. This is a major accomplishment, but we need to keep pushing. The Buckeye Firearms Association and the National Rifle Association have been working very hard on this and deserve a tremendous amount of credit. The bill will next be considered by the full Senate. This bill addresses many of the issues we as firearms owners and concealed-carry-license holders have had for some time. Below, you can see a summary of the bill's most important features, in addition to the original "Castle Doctrine" law. You can read more about the amended bill here. Please contact your State Senator and express your support for SB 184.

Also, please check to see how your Representative voted (at bottom) and remember this in November.

SB 184's features (courtesy of Buckeye Firearms Association):

• Clarification on how persons without a Concealed Handgun License (CHL) can legally transport firearms in an automobile
  
• Allows lawful concealed carry in your home without a Concealed Handgun License (CHL)
  
• Clarifies an unloaded firearm as one with no ammunition in the firearm or in magazines or speedloaders, regardless of where else ammunition is stored
  
• Allows lawful Concealed Carry in retail establishments with a class D6/D8 liquor license (package sales only, not bars/restaurants)
  
• Allows pick up/drop off by CHL holders in school safety zones
  
• Provides for mandatory legal fees for gun owners who require court orders to have firearms returned to them.
  
• Allows lawful Concealed Carry in state owned shelters, restrooms and parking garages.
  
• Decriminalizes Concealed Carry in privately owned parking garages.
  
• Prohibits landlords from prohibiting tenants from owning/carrying firearms
  
• Allows CHL holders to carry firearm in unlocked glove compartment or center console.
  
• Expunged/Sealed records are no longer considered when applying for a CHL.
  
• Written test is no longer required for competency renewal of CHL

Yeas - 73

Adams, Aslanides, Bacon, Batchelder, Blessing, Bolon, Book, Brady, Brinkman, Carmichael, Coley, Collier, Combs, Core, Daniels, DeBose, DeWine, Dodd, Dolan, Domenick, Driehaus, Dyer, Evans, Fende, Fessler, Flowers, Gardner, Garrison, Gerberry, Gibbs, Goodwin, Goyal, Hagan, Harwood, Heydinger, Hite, Hottinger, Huffman, Hughes, Husted, Jones, Lundy, Mandel, J. McGregor, R. McGregor, Mecklenborg, Miller, Newcomb, Oelslager, Okey, Otterman, Patton, Peterson, Raussen, Redfern, Reinhard, Sayre, Schindel, Schlichter, Schneider, Sears, Setzer, J. Stewart, Szollosi, Uecker, Wachtmann, Wagner, Webster, White, Widener, Wolpert, Yuko, Zehringer

Nays - 23

Beatty, Boyd, Brown, Budish, Celeste, Chandler, DeGeeter, Foley, Heard, Koziura, Letson, Luckie, Mallory, Skindell, Slesnick, Stebelton, D. Stewart, Strahorn, Sykes, Ujvagi, B. Williams, S. Williams, Yates