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OhioHB 210136th General Assembly (2025-2026)HouseWALLET
Regards the sale of used catalytic converters
Sponsored By: Bill Roemer (Republican), Phil Plummer (Republican)
Signed by Governor
CommerceCrimes, Corrections, and Law EnforcementCrime and Punishment
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Converter offenses can end business licenses
Qualifying convictions or guilty pleas block new or renewed scrap metal and bulk merchandise container dealer registrations; revocation is allowed. The bar covers violations of the converter transaction law and converter theft or stolen-receipt offenses with the specified sentencing classifications. For salvage dealer, auction, and pool licenses and motor vehicle repair registrations, the covered converter transaction offense is reckless noncompliance. These licenses and registrations must be denied or not renewed, and existing ones revoked, after qualifying convictions or guilty pleas. Licensed motor vehicle salvage dealers also cannot buy or accept separately traded catalytic converters.
Dealers face daily reporting fines
Covered dealers must electronically report the previous day's retail transactions by noon Eastern Standard Time. Reporting violations carry a $500 civil penalty, plus $500 for each day they continue, paid into the infrastructure protection fund. The penalty also covers a concurrent violation of the registry transfer rule. The state must suspend registration until it determines the dealer has taken the steps needed to comply. Dealers can request reinstatement only once every 90 days and can appeal the decision.
Scrap dealers face registration penalties
Unregistered scrap or container dealers face a required court-order request and a $10,000 civil penalty. Each consecutive day after the first adds $1,000; the attorney general must collect overdue penalties and can add collection costs. Dealers must visibly post their registration or face a $500 penalty. Application fraud or knowing false statements or omissions carry a $500 penalty when they would cause denial or nonrenewal. These penalties go to the infrastructure protection fund; unregistered-operation penalties can fund only investigations authorized by that enforcement section.
Converter buyers must use traceable payments
Covered dealers must pay by check or another state-approved traceable method, not cash, for converters and other listed items. Converter payments are held for two days. Scrap dealers must keep copies of covered payment devices, and covered dealers must photograph each converter they buy or receive. Other businesses receiving used converters in their regular business must follow specified record, ownership-proof, and traceable-payment rules. That separate requirement excludes scrap dealers and licensed motor vehicle dealers; covered businesses cannot recklessly fail to comply.
Converter sellers need proof of ownership
Covered buyers must collect proof of ownership before acquiring a catalytic converter. Vehicle owners can show a title, registration, or repair receipt documenting removal and replacement, plus make, model, year, and vehicle identification number. Repair businesses and motor vehicle dealers that performed the work must provide their registration or license number and that receipt. Individual sellers lacking these papers can instead submit a signed affidavit with contact information and an explanation. The state must publish the form within 90 days after the amendment takes effect; knowingly false statements are criminal falsification.
Dealer investigations include limits and sanctions
The public safety director can investigate covered dealers and other regulated people, subpoena witnesses and records, and seek court enforcement. Searches require prior consultation with local police and must occur during regular work hours or between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Investigated violations can lead to suspension; the director must restore registration or licensing after receiving evidence the violation is fixed. A later violation can lead to revocation. Suspended or revoked operators must stop regulated work; continued violations found in follow-up investigations require a court-order request.
Some converter and vehicle sales exempt
Converter sales between scrap metal dealers and motor vehicle dealers are exempt from the law's specified scrap-transaction requirements. Converter-specific requirements also do not apply when a whole vehicle is sold or donated, including its converter.
Police share theft and dealer records
Ohio law enforcement agencies must send electronic lists of known thieves and stolen-property receivers to the state dealer registry. Dealers and law enforcement can use those lists. Agencies must also submit all scrap-buying and selling investigation records involving scrap metal or bulk merchandise container dealers.
Dealers face age and converter limits
Scrap metal dealers can buy or receive only one catalytic converter per day from the same person. This daily limit does not apply when the seller or provider is a motor vehicle dealer. Covered dealers cannot buy or receive special purchase articles or bulk merchandise containers from anyone under 18.
Tougher penalties for catalytic converter crimes
Ohio makes catalytic converter theft a fifth-degree felony, regardless of value. Receiving, keeping, or disposing of converters known or reasonably believed to be stolen also carries that felony grade. Covered parts include converter cores, diesel particulate filters, and diesel oxidation catalysts. Businesses can face fines up to $7,500 per violation for these crimes and specified converter sale, purchase, or receipt offenses. Fines from the covered offenses go to local governments or law enforcement bodies involved in the arrest and prosecution.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Bill Roemer
Republican • House
Phil Plummer
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Adam Mathews
Republican • House
Andrea White
Republican • House
Brian Lampton
Republican • House
Brian Lorenz
Republican • House
Cecil Thomas
Democratic • House
Cindy Abrams
Republican • House
Darnell T. Brewer
Democratic • House
David Thomas
Republican • House
Derrick Hall
Democratic • House
Erika White
Democratic • House
Gayle Manning
Republican • House
Haraz N. Ghanbari
Republican • House
Ismail Mohamed
Democratic • House
Jack K. Daniels
Republican • House
Jeff LaRe
Republican • House
Jennifer Gross
Republican • House
Jodi Salvo
Republican • House
Johnathan Newman
Republican • House
Joseph A. Miller, III
Democratic • House
Josh Williams
Republican • House
Justin Pizzulli
Republican • House
Kevin D. Miller
Republican • House
Latyna M. Humphrey
Democratic • House
Marilyn John
Republican • House
Mark Johnson
Republican • House
Mark Sigrist
Democratic • House
Matthew Kishman
Republican • House
Meredith Craig
Republican • House
Michael D. Dovilla
Republican • House
Mike Odioso
Republican • House
Monica Robb Blasdel
Republican • House
Nathan H. Manning
Republican • Senate
Rodney Creech
Republican • House
Sean P. Brennan
Democratic • House
Sedrick Denson
Democratic • House
Sharon A. Ray
Republican • House
Steve Demetriou
Republican • House
Terrence Upchurch
Democratic • House
Thaddeus J. Claggett
Republican • House
Thomas Hall
Republican • House
Tim Barhorst
Republican • House
Tom Young
Republican • House
Ty D. Mathews
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/10/2026
Judiciary: Reported
Yes: 7 • No: 0
House vote • 6/10/2026
Concurred in Senate amendments
Yes: 92 • No: 2
Senate vote • 6/10/2026
Passed
Yes: 32 • No: 1
House vote • 6/4/2025
Passed
Yes: 91 • No: 2
House vote • 6/3/2025
Public Safety: Reported
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor
7/7/2026GovernorSent to Governor
7/1/2026GovernorConcurred in Senate amendments
6/10/2026HousePassed
6/10/2026SenateReported
6/10/2026SenateRefer to Committee
6/11/2025SenateIntroduced
6/9/2025SenatePassed
6/4/2025HouseReported
6/3/2025HouseRefer to Committee
4/2/2025HouseIntroduced
3/28/2025House
Bill Text
As Enrolled
7/7/2026
As Introduced
As Passed by the House
As Passed by the Senate
As Reported by the House Public Safety Committee
As Reported by the Senate Judiciary Committee
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