To amend sections 4773.10, 4774.08, and 4774.10 and to enact sections 4723.37, 4773.062, and 4774.101 of the Revised Code regarding physician supervision of contrast administration for imaging.
To amend section 5502.522 of the Revised Code to clarify the statewide emergency alert system in cases of missing autistic or developmentally disabled children and to name the alert the Joshua Alert.
To amend sections 3304.23, 4507.06, 4507.13, 4507.51, and 4507.52 and to enact sections 313.133, 3701.1311, 3705.081, 3902.65, and 5164.11 of the Revised Code regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and to allow a person with epilepsy to enroll in the Disability Database and have an epilepsy designation on the person's driver's license or state ID.
To amend sections 3718.02, 3718.021, 3718.11, 6111.44, and 6111.441 of the Revised Code to make changes to the law governing household sewage treatment systems.
Maddy summaryHB 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.
To amend section 4741.19 of the Revised Code to establish procedures that allow a registered veterinary technician to establish a veterinarian-client-patient relationship on behalf of a veterinarian to administer vaccines and antiparasitic medication to a dog or cat.
To amend sections 2152.17, 2901.13, and 2929.14 and to enact sections 2921.322 and 2941.1427 of the Revised Code to enact Katelyn's Law to create an offense and specification related to moving or removing human remains and to provide that the offense has no statute of limitations.
To amend sections 2151.421 and 2151.99 of the Revised Code to enact V.J.'s Law to require mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect to report to both a peace officer and the public children services agency.
To amend sections 1.64, 2108.16, 2108.61, 2111.031, 2111.49, 2133.211, 2305.51, 2907.13, 3313.7112, 3313.7117, 3705.01, 3705.09, 3705.15, 3705.16, 3705.17, 3705.22, 3705.29, 3705.30, 3705.33, 3705.35, 3705.99, 3715.50, 3719.06, 3719.064, 3727.06, 3727.70, 3728.01, 4723.36, 4725.27, 4725.40, 4725.53, 4725.56, 4725.59, 4729.01, 4729.39, 4730.01, 4730.02, 4730.03, 4730.04, 4730.05, 4730.06, 4730.07, 4730.08, 4730.141, 4730.15, 4730.20, 4730.201, 4730.203, 4730.204, 4730.22, 4730.25, 4730.26, 4730.39, 4730.41, 4730.411, 4730.43, 4730.432, 4730.433, 4730.437, 4730.49, 4730.53, 4730.56, 4731.22, 4731.297, 4731.33, 4761.17, 4765.51, 4773.01, 4773.02, 4773.06, 5122.10, 5164.301, and 5903.12; to enact sections 3902.65, 4730.021, 4730.081, 4730.09, 4730.091, 4730.16, 4730.205, and 4730.23; and to repeal sections 4730.19, 4730.202, 4730.21, 4730.38, 4730.42, and 4730.44 of the Revised Code to revise the law governing the practice of physician assistants.
Maddy summaryHB 639 creates a legal defense for racing facilities and racetracks against nuisance lawsuits brought by property owners within a five-mile radius who purchased or built on their land after the facility was constructed. It states that claims based on typical operations - like noise, traffic, or lighting - cannot succeed if the facility is lawfully operating. The defense applies regardless of future changes to the facility’s size, technology, or racing types, but does not override environmental laws, health/safety regulations, or claims for physical damage or injury. This bill directly affects property owners in the defined area and ensures racing facilities cannot be sued for normal, lawful activities.
