Enact Amanda Dean's Law
HB 654, titled "Enact Amanda Dean's Law," would amend Ohio's Revised Code (section 2927.01) to increase criminal penalties for the abuse of a corpse. This bill directly affects individuals who commit acts such as desecration, mutilation, or unauthorized handling of a deceased person's body. The key provision raises the severity of penalties for these offenses under existing law. The bill seeks to strengthen legal consequences for violating the dignity of the deceased, as specified in the proposed amendment to section 2927.01.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2026
Last action Jun 11, 2026
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What changed between versions
As Introduced
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As Passed by the House
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2 edits
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Jun 9, 2026
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted to reflect its passage by the House, adding cosponsors and correcting the title page layout. The core legal provisions regarding penalties for corpse abuse remain substantively identical to the original version, with only minor line-break adjustments in the text.
TECHNICAL
The document structure was updated to show the bill as 'As Passed by the House,' including the addition of cosponsor names and a corrected title page layout.
Line breaks within the legal text were adjusted to fit standard formatting, but the actual wording and legal penalties for abuse of a corpse were not altered.
Floor votes · House Jun 10, 2026
How they voted
92–2
Passed
Total votes 94
Jun 10, 2026
D
Democratic32
93% Yea
R
Republican62
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Jun 11, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jun 10, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (92-2)
house
Jun 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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