Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio HB565: Enact the Grand Jury Privacy and Protection Act
Status: In committee, June 2, 2026
To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to exempt from disclosure under Public Records Law, the name and address of a grand juror and the signature of a grand-jury foreperson, and to name this act the Grand Jury Privacy and Protection Act.
What the bill says
To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to exempt from disclosure under Public Records Law, the name and address of a grand juror and the signature of a grand-jury foreperson, and to name this act the Grand Jury Privacy and Protection Act.
From the amended text, May 20, 2026:
To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to exempt from disclosure under Public Records Law, the name and address of a grand juror and the signature of a grand-jury foreperson, and to name this act the Grand Jury Privacy and Protection Act. 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 …
Sponsors
- Dontavius Jarrells (D, 1) · primary sponsor
- Mike Odioso (R, 30) · primary sponsor
- Munira Abdullahi (D, 9)
- Cindy Abrams (R, 29)
- Rachel Baker (D, 27)
- Sean Brennan (D, 14)
- Juanita Brent (D, 18)
- Darnell Brewer (D, 22)
- Karen Brownlee (D, 28)
- Gary Click (R, 88)
- Michael Dovilla (R, 17)
- Chris Glassburn (D, 15)
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
- : Reported
- : Passed
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Votes
- Passed (May 20, 2026): 96 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Favorable Passage (May 20, 2026): 13 yea, 0 nay, failed
Subjects: Courts, State and Local Government, Public Records, Courts and Civil Law
Common questions
- What is HB565?
- HB565 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Enact the Grand Jury Privacy and Protection Act.
- What does HB565 do?
- In its own words: To amend section 149.43 of the Revised Code to exempt from disclosure under Public Records Law, the name and address of a grand juror and the signature of a grand-jury foreperson, and to name this act the Grand Jury Privacy and Protection Act.
- What is the status of HB565?
- In committee as of June 2, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (June 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB565?
- Dontavius Jarrells (D, 1), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB565?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb565
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