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OH SB303
Bill
Status
10/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Terry Johnson
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AI Summary
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Allows persons aged 18-20 to purchase or receive handguns from federally licensed firearms dealers, removing the current prohibition on handgun sales to those under 21 from such dealers
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Maintains existing exceptions allowing 18-20 year olds to purchase handguns if they are law enforcement officers with approved firearms training or active/reserve military members with equivalent training
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Adds a new exception for honorably discharged veterans of the U.S. armed services or Ohio National Guard who have received military or equivalent firearms training
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Amends six sections of Ohio Revised Code including juvenile code definitions, delinquency provisions, and criminal weapons statutes to align with the new handgun purchase age provisions
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Retains the prohibition on selling any firearm to persons under 18, and continues to treat underage firearm purchase as a fourth-degree felony (delinquent act) while underage handgun purchase remains a second-degree misdemeanor
Legislative Description
Allow 18-21 year olds to purchase a handgun from a federal dealer
Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement : Crime and Punishment
Last Action
Referred to committee: General Government
11/19/2025