As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. B. No. 114
2025-2026
Senator Patton
Cosponsor: Senator Manning
A B I L L
To enact section 109.70 of the Revised Code to
prohibit law enforcement agencies from using
quotas for arrests and citations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 109.70 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 109.70. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Law enforcement official or agency" means any of the
following that has jurisdiction over the applicable local or
state police officer listed in division (A)(2)(a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section that corresponds with the
respective division (A)(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g)
of this section:
(a) A county sheriff;
(b) A village marshal;
(c) The organized police department of a municipal
corporation;
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(d) The organized police department of a township;
(e) A board of township trustees that appoints a township
constable;
(f) The board of a township police district or of a joint
police district;
(g) The state highway patrol.
(2) "Local or state police officer" means any of the
following who is under the jurisdiction of the applicable law
enforcement official or agency listed in division (A)(1)(a),
(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of this section that corresponds
with the respective division (A)(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f),
or (g) of this section:
(a) A county deputy sheriff;
(b) A village deputy marshal;
(c) A member of the organized police department of a
municipal corporation;
(d) A member of the organized police department of a
township;
(e) A police constable appointed by a board of township
trustees;
(f) A member of the police force of a township police
district or of a joint police district;
(g) A highway patrol trooper of the state highway patrol.
(3) "Quota" means a mandate of a finite number of arrests
made or citations issued for any offense that a local or state
police officer must meet in a specified time period.
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(B) No law enforcement official or agency shall do any of
the following:
(1) Establish or maintain, formally or informally, a plan
utilizing a quota as the basis by which to evaluate, promote,
compensate, transfer, or discipline a local or state police
officer over whom the law enforcement official or agency has
jurisdiction;
(2) Require a local or state police officer described in
division (B)(1) of this section, or suggest to the police
officer, that the police officer is required or expected to meet
a quota;
(3) Offer a financial reward or other benefit to a local
or state police officer described in division (B)(1) of this
section that is determined by or based on the quota of that
police officer.
(C) This section does not prohibit a law enforcement
official or agency from doing any of the following:
(1) Collecting, analyzing, and applying any information
concerning the number of arrests made and citations issued in
order to ensure that a particular local or state police officer
or group of local or state police officers does not violate an
applicable legal obligation of the officer or officers;
(2) Assessing the proportion of the arrests made, and
citations issued, by a local or state police officer or group of
local or state police officers.
(D)(1) The attorney general shall establish a form that
any local or state police officer may access on the web site of
the attorney general for the purpose of reporting the use of
quotas in violation of division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this
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section by the law enforcement official or agency that has
jurisdiction over the local or state police officer. Upon
receiving a report, including a report submitted by an
unidentified complainant, under this division, the attorney
general shall investigate the alleged use of quotas in violation
of any of those divisions by the law enforcement official or
agency that is the subject of the report and whether any of the
circumstances described in division (C) of this section apply.
The investigation shall be conducted within one year after
receiving the report.
(2) The attorney general shall determine the procedure for
the investigation conducted under division (D)(1) of this
section on a case-by-case basis and shall provide the law
enforcement official or agency that is the subject of the
investigation an opportunity to be heard. If after the
investigation the attorney general finds that the law
enforcement official or agency uses quotas in violation of
division (B)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the attorney
general shall order the law enforcement official or agency to
cease and desist from using quotas in violation of any of those
divisions.
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