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Ohio · 136th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 273: Enact the Keep Them Safe Act

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 273 is a bill introduced in the Ohio Senate on September 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enact the Keep Them Safe Act. Primary sponsor: Kyle Koehler (Republican). It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 17, 2026): Effective 9/17/26.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

To enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to enact the Keep Them Safe Act to provide guidelines and civil immunity for the voluntary storage of firearms.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Republican 17

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kyle KoehlerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Cindy AbramsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Nickie AntonioCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Bill BlessingCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Andrew BrennerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Jerry CirinoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Hearcel CraigCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Bill DeMoraCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Theresa GavaroneCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Paula Hicks-HudsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Steve HuffmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Terry JohnsonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate14
George LangCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Nathan H. ManningCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Tom PattonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Bill ReinekeCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate26
Michele ReynoldsCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Kristina RoegnerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Mark RomanchukCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Tim SchafferCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Jane TimkenCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Casey WeinsteinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Bernie WillisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective 9/17/26
  2. Effective Appropriations effective June 18, 2026
  3. Signed By The Governor
  4. Sent To The Governor
  5. Concurred in House amendments
  6. Passed
  7. Reported - Amended
  8. Reported - Re-referred to Finance
  9. Reported - Substitute - Re-referred to Rules and Reference
  10. Referred to committee
  11. Introduced
  12. Reported - Substitute

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source