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OH HB305
Bill
Status
5/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kellie Deeter
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AI Summary
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Creates new offense of "trafficking in pressed pill fentanyl" with penalties ranging from third-degree felony (base offense) to first-degree felony with mandatory maximum prison term for 500+ unit doses or 50+ grams
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Establishes mandatory 5-year minimum prison term for involuntary manslaughter convictions when the victim's death involved lethal levels of fentanyl and autopsy results are consistent with opioid overdose
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Requires death certificates to indicate "fentanyl poisoning" as cause of death when toxicology shows lethal fentanyl levels and the death is not ruled suspicious or violent
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Amends Ohio Revised Code sections 2925.03 (drug trafficking), 2929.14 (sentencing), and 3705.08 (death certificates), and enacts new section 2941.1427 for fentanyl-related specifications
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Named "Logan's Law" and sponsored by Representatives Deeter and Williams in the 136th General Assembly (2025-2026 session)
Legislative Description
Enact Logan's Law
Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and Punishment
Last Action
Referred to committee: Judiciary
5/28/2025