As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. B. No. 26
2025-2026
Senator Johnson
A B I LL
To enact sections 103.52 and 103.53 of the Revised
Code to create the Joint Law Enforcement
Oversight Committee and to make an
appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 103.52 and 103.53 of the Revised
Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 103.52. (A) As used in sections 103.52 and 103.53 of
the Revised Code:
(1) "JLEOC" means the joint law enforcement oversight
committee created under this section.
(2) "Peace officer" has the meaning defined in section
109.71 of the Revised Code.
(B) The joint law enforcement oversight committee (JLEOC)
is created. JLEOC shall evaluate training standards and programs
required to be completed by any peace officer in the state.
(C) JLEOC shall consist of the following members:
(1) Three members of the senate appointed by the president
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of the senate, two of whom are members of the majority party and
one of whom is a member of the minority party;
(2) Three members of the house of representatives
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, two of
whom are members of the majority party and one of whom is a
member of the minority party.
(D) The term of each JLEOC member shall begin on the day
of appointment to JLEOC and end on the last day that the member
serves in the house (in the case of a member appointed by the
speaker) or senate (in the case of a member appointed by the
president) during the general assembly for which the member is
appointed to JLEOC. The president and speaker shall make the
initial appointments not later than sixty days after the
effective date of this section. The president and speaker shall
make subsequent appointments not later than fifteen days after
the commencement of the first regular session of each general
assembly. JLEOC members may be reappointed. A vacancy on JLEOC
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(E) In odd-numbered years, the speaker shall designate one
of the majority members from the house as the JLEOC chairperson,
the president shall designate one of the majority members from
the senate as the JLEOC vice-chairperson, and the president
shall designate one of the minority members from the senate as
the JLEOC ranking minority member. In even-numbered years, the
president shall designate one of the majority members from the
senate as the JLEOC chairperson, the speaker shall designate one
of the majority members from the house as the JLEOC vice-
chairperson, and the speaker shall designate one of the minority
members from the house as the JLEOC ranking minority member.
(F) In appointing members from the minority, and in
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designating ranking minority members, the president and speaker
shall consult with the minority leader of their respective
houses.
(G) JLEOC shall meet at the call of the JLEOC chairperson.
The chairperson shall call JLEOC to meet not less often than
once each calendar month, unless the chairperson and ranking
minority member agree that the chairperson should not call JLEOC
to meet for a particular month.
(H) Notwithstanding section 101.26 of the Revised Code,
the members, when engaged in their duties as members of JLEOC on
days when there is not a voting session of the member's house of
the general assembly, shall be paid at the per diem rate of one
hundred fifty dollars, and their necessary traveling expenses,
which shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the payment
of expenses of legislative committees.
(I) The JLEOC chairperson may, subject to approval by the
speaker of the house of representatives or the speaker's
designee and the president of the senate or the president's
designee, employ professional, technical, and clerical employees
as are necessary for JLEOC to be able, successfully and
efficiently, to perform its duties. All such employees are in
the unclassified service and may be terminated by the
chairperson, subject to approval of the speaker or the speaker's
designee and president or the president's designee. JLEOC may
contract for the services of persons who are qualified by
education and experience to advise, consult with, or otherwise
assist JLEOC in the performance of its duties.
(J) The JLEOC chairperson, when authorized by JLEOC and
the president and speaker, may issue subpoenas and subpoenas
duces tecum in aid of JLEOC's performance of its duties. A
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subpoena may require a witness in any part of the state to
appear before JLEOC at a time and place designated in the
subpoena to testify. A subpoena duces tecum may require
witnesses or other persons in any part of the state to produce
books, papers, records, and other tangible evidence before JLEOC
at a time and place designated in the subpoena duces tecum. A
subpoena or subpoena duces tecum shall be issued, served, and
returned, and has consequences, as specified in sections 101.41
to 101.45 of the Revised Code.
(K) The JLEOC chairperson may administer oaths to
witnesses appearing before JLEOC.
Sec. 103.53. (A) JLEOC shall do both of the following:
(1) Review and evaluate training standards and programs
required to be completed by any peace officer in the state;
(2) Recommend, to the extent JLEOC determines appropriate,
improvements in statutes and rules concerning peace officer
training standards and programs.
(B) JLEOC may do all of the following:
(1) Require that the chairperson of the Ohio peace officer
training commission appear before JLEOC to provide information
and answer questions about the activities of the Ohio peace
officer training commission;
(2) Review bills and resolutions regarding the peace
officer training standards and programs that are introduced in
the general assembly. JLEOC may submit a report of its review of
a bill or resolution to the general assembly in accordance with
section 101.68 of the Revised Code. The report may include
JLEOC's determination regarding the bill's or resolution's
desirability as a matter of public policy; JLEOC's decision on
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whether and when to review a bill or resolution has no effect on
the general assembly's authority to act on the bill or
resolution.
(3) Solicit written comments on, and conduct public
hearings at which persons may offer verbal comments on, drafts
of its reports.
Section 2. All items in this act are hereby appropriated
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the
credit of the designated fund. For all operating appropriations
made in this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year
2026 and those in the second column are for fiscal year 2027.
The operating appropriations made in this act are in addition to
any other operating appropriations made for these fiscal years.
Section 3.
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A JLO JOINT LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
BGeneral Revenue Fund
CGRF030400Operating Expenses $600,000 $0
DTOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $600,000 $0
ETOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $600,000 $0
OPERATING EXPENSES
The foregoing appropriation item 030400, Operating
Expenses, shall be used for the purpose of employing a task
force of technical professionals to assist the Joint Law
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Enforcement Oversight Committee, created by section 103.52 of
the Revised Code, in the performance of its duty of evaluating
training standards and programs required to be completed by any
peace officer in the state.
Section 4. Within the limits set forth in this act, the
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation
made in this act, and shall determine the manner in which
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from
operating appropriations contained in this act shall be
accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all
applicable provisions of, the main operating appropriations act
of the 136th General Assembly.
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