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OH SB303

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Terry Johnson

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Origin

Senate

136th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

General Government11/19/2025

Full Bill Text

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