Senate Bill 202
Prohibit disability from being used to deny, limit parenting
To amend sections 107.43, 167.05, 309.09, 517.23, 517.24, 517.25, 1901.06, 1907.13, 2107.52, 2108.82, 2111.18, 2117.06, 2117.07, 2131.09, 2301.01, 2501.02, 2503.01, and 5301.071 and to enact sections 2131.03, 2131.031, 2131.032, 2131.033, 2131.034, 2131.035, 2131.036, 5801.20, 5801.21, 5801.22, 5801.23, and 5801.24 of the Revised Code and to amend Section 3 of H.B. 518 of the 134th General Assembly to prohibit a person's disability from being the basis to deny or limit custody, parenting time, visitation, adoption, or service as a guardian or foster caregiver, regarding a minor, to provide that a civil action to challenge a state administrative order issued in a state of emergency be brought in the Court of Claims or an appropriate local court depending on the nature of the action, to make changes concerning the validity of real property instruments and fiduciary signature errors, to make changes to the law related to the disinterment of bodies buried in cemeteries, presentment of claims against an estate, Guardianship Law, and the Ohio Trust Law, to create the Task Force on Bail, to allow a county prosecutor to provide legal services to certain entities, to convey state-owned land in Lucas County, to modify the qualifications for office for judges of municipal courts, county courts, courts of common pleas, courts of appeals, and justices of the Supreme Court, and to convert one part-time judgeship of the Fulton County County Court to a full-time judgeship effective January 1, 2023, until that court is abolished on January 1, 2024.
Current Version
Effective Date
April 3, 2023
Introduced In House
In House Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By House
Introduced In Senate
In Senate Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By Senate
Subjects
Committees
House Civil Justice Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Primary Sponsors
Bob D. Hackett
Nickie J. Antonio
Cosponsors
Senators
Louis W. Blessing, III
Andrew O. Brenner
Jerry C. Cirino
Hearcel F. Craig
Theresa Gavarone
Jay Hottinger
Terry Johnson
Stephanie Kunze
Tina Maharath
Nathan H. Manning
Bob Peterson
Mark Romanchuk
Michael A. Rulli
Tim Schaffer
Kirk Schuring
Cecil Thomas
Steve Wilson
Kenny Yuko
Representatives
Sara P. Carruthers
Gary Click
Tavia Galonski
Brett Hudson Hillyer
Darrell Kick
Sharon A. Ray
Bill Seitz
Thomas West
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