Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB346: Enact V.J.'s Law
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
To amend sections 2151.421 and 2151.99 of the Revised Code to enact V.J.'s Law to require health care professionals to report child abuse or neglect to both a peace officer and the public children services agency.
What the bill says
To amend sections 2151.421 and 2151.99 of the Revised Code to enact V.J.'s Law to require health care professionals to report child abuse or neglect to both a peace officer and the public children services agency.
From the amended text, June 9, 2026:
To amend sections 2151.421 and 2151.99 of the Revised Code to enact V.J.'s Law to require health care professionals to report child abuse or neglect to both a peace officer and the public children services agency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That sections 2151.421 and 2151.99 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 2151.421. (A)(1)(a) No person described in division (A)(1)(b) of this section who is acting in an official or professional capacity and knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect based on facts that would cause a reasonable person in a similar position to suspect, that a child under eighteen years of age, or a person under twenty-one years of age with a developmental disability or physical impairment, has suffered or faces a threat of suffering any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child shall knowingly fail to immediately report that knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect to the entity or persons specified in this division. Except as otherwise provided in this division or section 5120.173 of the Revised Code, the person making the report shall make it to the public children services agency or a peace officer in the county in which …
Sponsors
- Matthew Kishman (R, 50) · primary sponsor
- Josh Williams (R, 44) · primary sponsor
- Cindy Abrams (R, 29)
- Sean Brennan (D, 14)
- Gary Click (R, 88)
- Meredith Craig (R, 77)
- Jack Daniels (R, 32)
- Kellie Deeter (R, 54)
- Michael Dovilla (R, 17)
- Haraz Ghanbari (R, 75)
- Jennifer Gross (R, 45)
- Mark Johnson (R, 92)
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
- : Passed
- : Reported - Substitute
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Votes
- Passed (June 9, 2026): 96 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (June 9, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, failed
Subjects: Law Enforcement, Child Welfare, Juvenile and Family Law, Civil Law, Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement, Courts and Civil Law
Common questions
- What is HB346?
- HB346 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Enact V.J.'s Law.
- What does HB346 do?
- In its own words: To amend sections 2151.421 and 2151.99 of the Revised Code to enact V.J.'s Law to require health care professionals to report child abuse or neglect to both a peace officer and the public children services agency.
- What is the status of HB346?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB346?
- Matthew Kishman (R, 50), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB346?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb346
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