Ohio legislation · 136th General Assembly
Ohio SB466: Increase sentence reduction credit a prisoner may receive
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
To amend section 2967.194 of the Revised Code to increase the availability of sentence reduction credit a prisoner may receive for successfully participating in specified programs.
What the bill says
To amend section 2967.194 of the Revised Code to increase the availability of sentence reduction credit a prisoner may receive for successfully participating in specified programs.
From the introduced text, July 21, 2026:
To amend section 2967.194 of the Revised Code to increase the availability of sentence reduction credit a prisoner may receive for successfully participating in specified programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That section 2967.194 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 2967.194. (A)(1) Beginning April 4, 2024, the provisions of this section shall apply, in the manner described in division (G) of this section, to persons confined on or after that date in a state correctional institution or in the substance use disorder treatment program. (2) Except as provided in division (C) of this section and subject to the maximum aggregate total specified in division (A)(4) of this section, a person confined in a state correctional institution or placed in the substance use disorder treatment program may provisionally earn one day or five days of credit, based on the category set forth in division (D)(1) or (2) of this section in which the person is included, toward satisfaction of the person's stated prison term, as described in division (F) of this section, for each completed month during which the person, if confined in a state correctional institution, productively participates in an education program, vocational training, employment in prison industries, treatment for substance abuse, or any other constructive …
Sponsors
- Louis Blessing (R, 8) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to committee
- : Introduced
Subjects: Courts, Prisons and Jails, Sentencing, Crimes, Corrections, and Law Enforcement, Courts and Civil Law, Crime and Punishment
Common questions
- What is SB466?
- SB466 is a bill in the Ohio Legislature (136th General Assembly): Increase sentence reduction credit a prisoner may receive.
- What does SB466 do?
- In its own words: To amend section 2967.194 of the Revised Code to increase the availability of sentence reduction credit a prisoner may receive for successfully participating in specified programs.
- What is the status of SB466?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Referred to committee (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB466?
- Louis Blessing (R, 8).
- Where is the official record for SB466?
- On the Ohio Legislature website: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/sb466
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