Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB23: Create the escaped convict alert program
Status: Signed into law, March 2, 2026
To amend section 4973.17 and to enact section 5502.54 of the Revised Code to create the escaped convict alert program and to allow a prior parent company of a bank to apply to the Secretary of State for the appointment and commission of banking police officers.
What the bill says
An act To amend section 4973.17 and to enact section 5502.54 of the Revised Code to create the escaped convict alert program and to allow a prior parent company of a bank to apply to the Secretary of State for the appointment and commission of banking police officers.
From the enrolled text, November 5, 2025:
AN ACT To amend section 4973.17 and to enact section 5502.54 of the Revised Code to create the escaped convict alert program and to allow a prior parent company of a bank to apply to the Secretary of State for the appointment and commission of banking police officers. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: Section 1. That section 4973.17 be amended and section 5502.54 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 4973.17. [DELETED: (A)(1)] (A)(1)(a) Upon the application of any bank; savings and loan association; savings bank; credit union; or association of banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit unions in this state, the secretary of state may appoint and commission any persons that the bank; savings and loan association; savings bank; credit union; or association of banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit unions designates, or as many of those persons as the secretary of state considers proper, to act as police officers for and on the premises of that bank; savings and loan association; savings bank; credit union; or association of banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit unions; or elsewhere, when directly in the discharge of their duties. (b) Upon the application of any prior parent company of a bank, the …
Sponsors
- Bill Roemer (R, 31) · primary sponsor
- Josh Williams (R, 44) · primary sponsor
- Munira Abdullahi (D, 9)
- Cindy Abrams (R, 29)
- Adam Bird (R, 63)
- Sean Brennan (D, 14)
- Juanita Brent (D, 18)
- Darnell Brewer (D, 22)
- Karen Brownlee (D, 28)
- Thaddeus Claggett (R, 68)
- Gary Click (R, 88)
- Jack Daniels (R, 32)
Latest actions
- : Effective
- : Signed By The Governor
- : Sent To The Governor
- : Concurred in Senate amendments
- : Passed
- : Reported - Substitute
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
- : Passed
- : Reported - Substitute
Votes
- Passed (November 5, 2025): 92 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Passed (October 29, 2025): 32 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (October 28, 2025): 6 yea, 0 nay, failed
- Passed (June 18, 2025): 97 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (June 18, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, failed
Subjects: Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement
Common questions
- What is HB23?
- HB23 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Create the escaped convict alert program.
- What does HB23 do?
- In its own words: An act To amend section 4973.17 and to enact section 5502.54 of the Revised Code to create the escaped convict alert program and to allow a prior parent company of a bank to apply to the Secretary of State for the appointment and commission of banking police officers.
- What is the status of HB23?
- Signed into law as of March 2, 2026. Latest action: Effective (March 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB23?
- Bill Roemer (R, 31), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB23?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb23
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