Governor DeWine Signs Bills Authored By Area Legislators

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed the following bills into law to open 2025:

House Bill 37, sponsored by State Representatives Mark Johnson (R-Chillicothe) and Kevin Miller (R-Newark), modifies the law related to OVI-related offenses.

House Bill 497, sponsored by State Representatives Brian Stewart (R-Ashville) and Roy Klopfenstein (R-Haviland), makes various changes regarding county law, to extend the Erie county municipal court’s territorial jurisdiction, to modify educational requirements for public children services agency caseworkers, to extinguish a land use restriction and release an easement in Montgomery County, and to authorize the conveyance of certain parcels of state-owned real property in Knox County.

Senate Bill 58, sponsored by State Senators Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) and Theresa Gavarone (R-Bowling Green), prohibits requiring fees or firearms liability insurance for the possession of firearms, or fees for the possession of knives, and to enact the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act.

Senate Bill 95, sponsored by State Senator Michele Reynolds (R-Canal Winchester), amends the Revised Code related to remote dispensing pharmacies and other changes to the pharmacy law and to license certified mental health assistants.