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OH SB140

Bill

Status

Passed

4/12/2021

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Uecker

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Origin

Senate

133rd General Assembly (2019-2020)

AI Summary

  • Exempts knives not used as weapons from Ohio's prohibition on carrying concealed weapons by defining "deadly weapon" or "weapon" to exclude any knife, razor, or cutting instrument not used as a weapon.

  • Eliminates the prohibition against manufacturing, possessing for sale, selling, or furnishing brass knuckles, cestus, billy, blackjack, sandbag, switchblade knife, springblade knife, gravity knife, or similar weapons.

  • Removes section 2923.20(A)(6) which previously prohibited the manufacture and sale of specified weapons other than firearms or dangerous ordnance.

  • Amends sections 2923.12, 2923.18, and 2923.20 of the Ohio Revised Code to implement these changes to weapons and concealed carry laws.

Legislative Description

Permit concealed carry of non-weapon knives; revise weapons law

Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Firearms

Last Action

Effective 4/12/21

4/12/2021

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice9/24/2019
Government Oversight and Reform5/15/2019

Full Bill Text

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