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OH HB305

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kellie Deeter

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Origin

House of Representatives

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Judiciary5/28/2025

Full Bill Text

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