Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB393: Require certain facilities assist inmates in obtaining ID cards
Status: Signed into law, August 26, 2026
To amend sections 4507.01, 4507.50, 4507.51, 4507.52, and 5120.102 and to enact sections 2301.551 and 5120.106 of the Revised Code to require that community-based correctional facilities and programs and halfway house organizations assist inmates in obtaining state identification cards prior to release.
What the bill says
An act To amend sections 4507.01, 4507.50, 4507.51, 4507.52, and 5120.102 and to enact sections 2301.551 and 5120.106 of the Revised Code to require that community-based correctional facilities and programs and halfway house organizations assist inmates in obtaining state identification cards prior to release.
From the enrolled text, May 13, 2026:
AN ACT To amend sections 4507.01, 4507.50, 4507.51, 4507.52, and 5120.102 and to enact sections 2301.551 and 5120.106 of the Revised Code to require that community-based correctional facilities and programs and halfway house organizations assist inmates in obtaining state identification cards prior to release. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: Section 1. That sections 4507.01, 4507.50, 4507.51, 4507.52, and 5120.102 be amended and sections 2301.551 and 5120.106 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 2301.551. (A) Within a reasonable time prior to a prisoner who is serving a sentence within a community-based correctional facility and program or a district community-based correctional facility and program successfully completing the programming at that facility, the facility shall attempt to verify the prisoner's age and identity in order to satisfy the requirements of section 4507.51 of the Revised Code. (B) The facility shall provide each prisoner who does not have a current valid and unexpired state issued identification card or driver's license with the application described in section 4507.51 of the Revised Code. The facility shall submit any completed application, along with a color photograph of the prisoner and documentary evidence of the prisoner's age and identity, to the registrar of motor vehicles in accordance with the process established by the registrar under sections …
Sponsors
- Gary Click (R, 88) · primary sponsor
- Darnell Brewer (D, 22) · primary sponsor
- Rachel Baker (D, 27)
- Tim Barhorst (R, 85)
- Adam Bird (R, 63)
- Sean Brennan (D, 14)
- Juanita Brent (D, 18)
- Thaddeus Claggett (R, 68)
- Jack Daniels (R, 32)
- Tex Fischer (R, 59)
- Chris Glassburn (D, 15)
- Derrick Hall (D, HD-034)
Latest actions
- : Effective
- : Signed By The Governor
- : Sent To The Governor
- : Concurred in Senate amendments
- : Passed
- : Reported - Substitute
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
- : Passed
- : Reported
Votes
- Passed (May 13, 2026): 90 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Passed (April 15, 2026): 33 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (March 25, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, failed
- Passed (November 19, 2025): 89 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (November 19, 2025): 9 yea, 0 nay, failed
Subjects: Drivers' Licenses, Prisons and Jails, Transportation, Public Safety, Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement
Common questions
- What is HB393?
- HB393 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Require certain facilities assist inmates in obtaining ID cards.
- What does HB393 do?
- In its own words: An act To amend sections 4507.01, 4507.50, 4507.51, 4507.52, and 5120.102 and to enact sections 2301.551 and 5120.106 of the Revised Code to require that community-based correctional facilities and programs and halfway house organizations assist inmates in obtaining state identification cards prior to release.
- What is the status of HB393?
- Signed into law as of August 26, 2026. Latest action: Effective (August 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB393?
- Gary Click (R, 88), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB393?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb393
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