As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. B. No. 157
2025-2026
Senator Lang
To amend sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of the
Revised Code to reduce the statute of
limitations for bringing an action upon a
written or oral contract.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of the
Revised Code be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2305.06. Except as provided in sections 126.301,
1302.98, 1303.16, 1345.10, and 2305.04 of the Revised Code, an
action upon a specialty or an agreement, contract, or promise in
writing shall be brought within six three years after the cause
of action accrued.
Sec. 2305.07. (A) Except as provided in sections 126.301
and 1302.98 of the Revised Code, an action upon a contract not
in writing, express or implied, shall be brought within four two
years after the cause of action accrued.
(B) An action upon a liability created by statute other
than a forfeiture or penalty shall be brought within six years
after the cause of action accrued.
(C) Except as provided in sections 1303.16, 1345.10, and
2305.04 of the Revised Code, and notwithstanding divisions (A)
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and (B) of this section, section 1302.98, and division (B) of
section 2305.03 of the Revised Code, an action arising out of a
consumer transaction incurred primarily for personal, family, or
household purposes, based upon any contract, agreement,
obligation, liability, or promise, express or implied, including
an account stated, whether or not reduced to writing or signed
by the party to be charged by that transaction, shall be
commenced within six years after the cause of action accrued.
For purposes of this division, a cause of action accrues thirty
calendar days after the date of the last charge or payment by,
or on behalf of, the consumer, whichever is later.
Section 2. That existing sections 2305.06 and 2305.07 of
the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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