Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB314: Limit certain public record requests; allow contractor response
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to restrict harassing or disruptive public records requests and permit private contractors to respond to voluminous public records requests.
What the bill says
To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to restrict harassing or disruptive public records requests and permit private contractors to respond to voluminous public records requests.
From the amended text, June 9, 2026:
To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to restrict harassing or disruptive public records requests and permit private contractors to respond to voluminous public records requests. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That section 149.43 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 149.43. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Public record" means records kept by any public office, including, but not limited to, state, county, city, village, township, and school district units, and records pertaining to the delivery of educational services by an alternative school in this state kept by the nonprofit or for-profit entity operating the alternative school pursuant to section 3313.533 of the Revised Code. "Public record" does not mean any of the following: (a) Medical records; (b) Records pertaining to probation and parole proceedings, to proceedings related to the imposition of community control sanctions and post-release control sanctions, or to proceedings related to determinations under section 2967.271 of the Revised Code regarding the release or maintained incarceration of an offender to whom that section applies; (c) Records pertaining to actions under section 2151.85 and division (C) of section 2919.121 of the Revised Code and to appeals of actions arising under those sections; (d) Records pertaining to adoption proceedings, including the contents of an …
Sponsors
- Dani Isaacsohn (D, 24) · primary sponsor
- Sharon Ray (R, 66) · primary sponsor
- Cindy Abrams (R, 29)
- Sean Brennan (D, 14)
- Joseph Miller (D, HD-053)
- Russo, C. Allison (D, 7)
- Jean Schmidt (R, 62)
- Tom Young (R, HD-037)
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
- : Passed
- : Reported - Substitute
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Votes
- Passed (June 9, 2026): 78 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (June 8, 2026): 11 yea, 1 nay, failed
Subjects: State and Local Government, Public Records
Common questions
- What is HB314?
- HB314 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Limit certain public record requests; allow contractor response.
- What does HB314 do?
- In its own words: To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to restrict harassing or disruptive public records requests and permit private contractors to respond to voluminous public records requests.
- What is the status of HB314?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB314?
- Dani Isaacsohn (D, 24), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB314?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb314
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