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OH SB273

Bill

Status

Engrossed

11/19/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kyle Koehler

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Origin

Senate

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Allows firearm owners to voluntarily store firearms with federally licensed firearms dealers or law enforcement agencies through a formal application and agreement process

  • Grants civil immunity to firearms dealers who accept storage, protecting them from liability for injury, death, or property loss unless they act with malicious purpose or withhold return without legal cause

  • Prohibits dealers and law enforcement from returning firearms if doing so would violate state or federal law, and allows both to establish their own policies for acceptance and return

  • Courts must award reasonable costs and attorney's fees to owners if a dealer or agency is found to have illegally withheld a stored firearm without legal cause

  • All information submitted in storage applications is confidential and exempt from public records disclosure

Legislative Description

Enact the Keep Them Safe Act

Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Law Enforcement

Last Action

Referred to committee: Public Safety

2/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Public Safety2/4/2026
Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety10/1/2025

Full Bill Text

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