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OH HB689

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2026

Primary Sponsor

Andrea White

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Origin

House of Representatives

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires fingerprints and case dispositions to be submitted electronically to the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI) rather than on paper forms, with the superintendent prescribing the submission method

  • Mandates that courts of record submit weekly reports electronically to BCI containing case summaries for felonies, certain misdemeanors, and juvenile delinquency adjudications, including incident tracking numbers assigned at fingerprinting

  • Requires BCI to maintain and publish an accurate list of reportable offenses and provide training on proper fingerprint and disposition reporting methods

  • Expands fingerprinting requirements to include offenders convicted of reportable offenses who were not previously fingerprinted and are sentenced to community control, making fingerprinting a condition of that sentence

  • Modifies the Ohio Courts Technology Initiative (Section 221.40 of H.B. 96) to expand eligibility for court technology funding to all courts of record and clerks statewide, removing the previous population cap of 125,000

Legislative Description

Align and modernize fingerprinting and disposition reporting

Courts and Civil Law : Courts

Last Action

Referred to committee: Public Safety

2/18/2026

Committee Referrals

Public Safety2/18/2026

Full Bill Text

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