HB 338 Ohio House · 136th Legislature (2025-2026)

Enact Andy's Law

HB 338, "Andy's Law," increases criminal penalties for assaults or causing death of staff or inmates at Ohio state or local correctional facilities. It amends specific Ohio Revised Code sections to impose stricter sentencing for these offenses and updates policies and procedures for the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The law directly affects correctional facility staff, inmates, and the state's criminal justice system by changing how such incidents are prosecuted and managed. These changes focus on enhancing accountability for violence within correctional settings.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Nov 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 10, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Introduced As Passed by the House · 3 edits · Nov 19, 2025
MINOR
The bill was amended to add several new cosponsors and reorganize the text formatting. The substantive policy content regarding Andy's Law and other criminal penalties appears unchanged, with only formatting adjustments and additional cosponsors added to the House version.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and cosponsor additions.
TECHNICAL

Multiple new cosponsors were added to the list of representatives supporting the bill, including Swearingen, Mathews, A., Odioso, Stewart, Williams, Abrams, Barhorst, Bird, Brennan, Claggett, Click, Creech, Deeter, Dovilla, Ghanbari, Hall, D., Hiner, Holmes, Hoops, John, King, Klopfenstein, LaRe, Lorenz, Manning, Mathews, T., McClain, Miller, K., Miller, M., Oelslager, Peterson, Richardson, Roemer, Salvo, Santucci, Sigrist, Synenberg, Teska, Thomas, C., White, A., Workman, and Young.

The bill's title page formatting was reorganized with line breaks and spacing adjustments, though the substantive content remains the same.

Section headers and text were reformatted with line breaks and spacing changes throughout the document, but no substantive policy changes were made.

Floor votes · House Nov 20, 2025

How they voted

813
Passed
Total votes 84
Nov 20, 2025
D Democratic24
21 Yea 3 Nay
87% Yea
R Republican60
60 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee
upper
Nov 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Nov 20, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (81-3)
house
Nov 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jun 11, 2025
Committee
Referred to committee
lower
Jun 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
lower
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors

Sponsors