As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. B. No. 75
2025-2026
Senators Hicks-Hudson, Ingram
Cosponsors: Senators Weinstein, Smith, Craig, DeMora
A B I L L
To amend section 2923.20 of the Revised Code to
increase the penalty for failure to report a
lost or stolen firearm.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 2923.20 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2923.20. (A) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Recklessly sell, lend, give, or furnish any firearm to
any person prohibited by section 2923.13 or 2923.15 of the
Revised Code from acquiring or using any firearm, or recklessly
sell, lend, give, or furnish any dangerous ordnance to any
person prohibited by section 2923.13, 2923.15, or 2923.17 of the
Revised Code from acquiring or using any dangerous ordnance;
(2) Possess any firearm or dangerous ordnance with purpose
to dispose of it in violation of division (A) of this section;
(3) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this
section, knowingly solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a
federally licensed firearms dealer or private seller to transfer
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a firearm or ammunition to any person in a manner prohibited by
state or federal law;
(4) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this
section, with an intent to deceive, knowingly provide materially
false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer or
private seller;
(5) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this
section, knowingly procure, solicit, persuade, encourage, or
entice a person to act in violation of division (A)(3) or (4) of
this section;
(6) When transferring any dangerous ordnance to another,
negligently fail to require the transferee to exhibit such
identification, license, or permit showing the transferee to be
authorized to acquire dangerous ordnance pursuant to section
2923.17 of the Revised Code, or negligently fail to take a
complete record of the transaction and forthwith forward a copy
of that record to the sheriff of the county or safety director
or police chief of the municipality where the transaction takes
place;
(7) Knowingly Recklessly fail to report to law enforcement
authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or
dangerous ordnance in the person's possession or under the
person's control.
(B) Divisions (A)(3), (4), and (5) of this section do not
apply to any of the following:
(1) A law enforcement officer who is acting within the
scope of the officer's duties;
(2) A person who is acting in accordance with directions
given by a law enforcement officer described in division (B)(1)
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of this section.
(C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful
transactions in weapons. A violation of division (A)(1) or (2)
of this section is a felony of the fourth degree. A violation of
division (A)(3), (4), or (5) of this section is a felony of the
third degree. A violation of division (A)(6) of this section is
a misdemeanor of the second degree. A violation of division (A)
(7) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth first degree.
(D) As used in this section:
(1) "Ammunition" has the same meaning as in section
2305.401 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Federally licensed firearms dealer" has the same
meaning as in section 5502.63 of the Revised Code.
(3) "Materially false information" means information
regarding the transfer of a firearm or ammunition that portrays
an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as
illegal.
(4) "Private seller" means a person who sells, offers for
sale, or transfers a firearm or ammunition and who is not a
federally licensed firearms dealer.
Section 2. That existing section 2923.20 of the Revised
Code is hereby repealed.
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