Ohio General Assembly Update: March 2022 (Updated)

Note: This table was updated Tuesday, April 5, to address incorrectly cited bills and broken links.

While most of the focus of the Ohio General Assembly has been on finalizing state legislative and congressional district maps, committees have been meeting and holding hearings to review and consider legislative measures.  Below is a list of the measures that Ohio Council staff have been monitoring and advocating on.

General Legislation:

Bill: Bill Sponsor and Description: Status:
HB221 BETTER ACCESS, BETTER CARE ACT (BRINKMAN T, GROSS J) Modify the laws governing APRNs. 3/23/2021 - Referred to Committee House Health
HB413 REQUIRE COLLECTION OF ALCOHOL, DRUG ADDICTION SERVICE DATA (LOYCHIK M) To require the MHAS to collect certain data regarding alcohol and drug addiction services and recovery supports. 12/9/2021 - House Behavioral Health and Recovery Supports
HB439 INVOLUNTARY TREATMENT FOR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS (GALONSKI T, HILLYER B) To amend the law regarding involuntary treatment for mentally ill persons subject to a court order.

3/29/2022 - House Civil Justice
HB452 CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (MANNING G) Regarding the CDPB and the regulation of chemical dependency professionals. 3/30/2022 - House State and Local Government
HB454 SAFE ACT (CLICK G, GRENDELL D) To prohibit certain procedures to alter a minor child's sex. 2/17/2022 - House Families, Aging and Human Services, (First Hearing)
HB468 9-8-8 CRISIS TELEPHONE LINE (PAVLIGA G) To establish a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis telephone line.

3/16/2022 - House Behavioral Health and Recovery Supports
HB523 ADAMH BOARDS (SWEARINGEN D) Regarding the composition and authority of boards of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services. 2/17/2022 - House Behavioral Health and Recovery Supports
SB25 ENHANCE PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENSES (GAVARONE T) To enhance penalties for certain drug trafficking offenses committed in the vicinity of a substance addiction services provider or a recovering addict, to prohibit defrauding an alcohol, drug, or urine screening test. 3/31/2022 - House Criminal Justice
SB204 COUNSELING COMPACT (ROEGNER K) To enter the Counseling Compact. 3/16/2022 - House Behavioral Health and Recovery Supports
SB216 CUSTODY OF INFANTS - SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE (JOHNSON T) To enact Dylan's Law regarding parental custody of infants born substance exposed. 2/8/2022 - Senate Judiciary
SB296 NALOXONE, NARCOTIC TESTING ACCESS (MANNING N, HUFFMAN S) To revise the laws governing access to naloxone and certain narcotic testing products. 3/30/2022 - Senate Health

 

Marijuana and Medical Marijuana-Related Bills:

Bill: Bill Sponsor and Description: Status:
SB261
 LAW CHANGES - MEDICAL MARIJUANA (HUFFMAN S) To expand medical marijuana. 3/24/2022 - House Government Oversight
HB60 PERMIT MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR AUTISM (BRENT J, SEITZ B) To authorize the use of medical marijuana for autism spectrum disorder. 3/30/2022 - Senate Health
HB382 ALLOW POSSESSION, CULTIVATION OF MARIHUANA (WEINSTEIN C, UPCHURCH T) 

To allow for the cultivation and possession of marihuana, to modify possession, cultivation, and trafficking penalties, to allow for expungement of certain marihuana convictions, and to levy a tax.

  9/21/2021 - Referred to Committee, House Finance
HB498 ADULT USE ACT (CALLENDER J, FERGUSON R) To enact the Ohio Adult Use Act and to levy a tax. 12/7/2021 - Referred to Committee, House Finance