Session laws, Acts and Laws of Ohio are three ways of referring to bills that have been passed by the General Assembly. Each session law may enact, repeal or amend numerous Ohio Revised Code Sections – for example see 2006 SB 185. Either the General Assembly or the Legislative Service Commission will assign Ohio Revised Code Section numbers to new legislation.
The Secretary of State is the official publisher of the session laws. The Secretary of State used to publish them in print as the Laws of Ohio, but discontinued this in 2006. As of 2007, the Laws of Ohio are not published in print anymore. They are only on the Secretary of State's website.
Session laws can be used to update an Ohio Revised Code section or to find prior versions of an Ohio Revised Code section.
Baldwin's Ohio Legislative Service Annotated
Page's Ohio Revised Code BulletinLaws of Ohio
Franklin County Law Library has most of these from vol. 1- (1803 -2006). Uncodified laws and laws vetoed by the governor are included. Please ask librarian for help in using these materials. The Laws of Ohio are not no longer published in print.
